THE EFFICACY OF EX-IMPLICIT IN BETWEEN IMPLICIT AND EXPLICIT GRAMMAR TEACHING APPROACH ON SECOND/FOREIGN LANGUAGE LEARNERS’ WRITING

Implicit knowledge, also known as tacit knowledge or intuitive knowledge may manifest itself in one’s behaviour or judgments about grammaticality, but it cannot be articulated. Explicit knowledge on the other hand can be verbalized and explicated. For example, native speakers of English intuitively know the regularities in the use of a definite, indefinite or zero article, but are generally unable to describe the principles. This article contrasts implicit knowledge with explicit knowledge and explains the difficulties in implicit and explicit learning. Finally, it will present the pedagogical implementation of explicit and implicit grammar teaching and learning in an integrated approach namely Ex-implicit Grammar Teaching Approach in the classroom context.