The Effect Of Using Concept Map s On Achieving English Grammar ...

from the first elementary class , but in fact we can notic e the low level ofour learners′ achievement in English language (Hamad : 2005 ; 3 ) . Theresearcher , being an English teacher , noticed this problem , such aproblem may relate to curriculum , materialistic resources , evaluation,instruments and strategies used in the teaching -learning process .Newauthentic technique may contribute in solving this problem .Palmer ( 1971 : 7 ) believes grammar is being taught in the schoolsfrom early ages , many learners think that grammar is a boring schoolsubject and children usually s pared the boredom because the teaching ofgrammar in schools depends on teaching the rules . Kohli ( 199 9 : 138 )sees that grammar is the subject of criticism , because there is nocorrelation between teaching grammar and learners ′ improvement inwriting English , Teachers also were criticized because of the ways ,techniques or methods that they use in teaching grammar .Lewis ( 1986 : 18 ) sees that teachers of foreign languages usually commita mistake when they think that the most important part of their job is toexplain the rules of grammar .Fromkin and Rodman ( 1993 :13 ) claim human being who speaks alanguage knows its grammar , and knowing the grammar of the targetlanguage will help you as a communicator to communicate easily with2