Dr. Kamran Janfeshan (Department of English Language, Kermanshah Branch, Islamic Azad University, Kermanshah) & Sahar Nami (Department of English Language, Karaj Branch, Islamic Azad University, Karaj), Iran
Using funny activities help learners to find what to learn and be eager to learn better. Funny activities for learning grammar motivate and encourage learners for finding their problem in grammar. The purpose of this study was to investigate the impact of Funny Activities to teach English simple past tense to Iranian EFL learners. To begin with, an Oxford Placement Test was administered to a research population (N=80), then based on the scores of the test students were assigned to two homogenized groups: an experimental Group (N=15) and control group (N=15). Afterwards, the experimental group received funny activities treatment, while the control group received the traditional treatment. In the end the post-test was administered to both groups. The result of statistical data analysis revealed that funny activities were statistically more significant and effective than traditional method. Then it is suggested that English teachers become familiar with these types of funny activities to use in the classroom to help their students to learn grammatical concepts more effectively.
The above abstract is a part of the article which was accepted at The Second International Conference on Current Issues of Languages, Dialects and Linguistics (WWW.TLLL.IR), 1-2 February 2018, Ahwaz.
