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In total, 459 grammatical terms were examined based on students' familiarity with them as well as their frequencies in a group of English grammar books. Then, the reasons why some terms were more difficult than others were investigated. In addition, 3 equivalent tests of English grammatical terminology were developed.
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The importance of the study mainly lies in the significance of grammatical terminology in English language teaching.
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The study provides valuable insight into the reasons why some grammatical terms are more difficult than others. It also gives guidelines on which grammatical terms to use in language education.
Mehrdad Yousefpoori-Naeim
Shahid Beheshti University
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This page is a summary of: Towards finding a difficulty index for English grammatical terminology, Terminology International Journal of Theoretical and Applied Issues in Specialized Communication, November 2018, John Benjamins,
DOI: 10.1075/term.00020.you.
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