Y. Petrova Moscow State Institute of International Relations Communicative and grammar-translation approaches in teaching an online course of English grammar Y. Petrova Moscow State Institute of International Relations

Methodology quasi-experimental reflective approaches

Communicative Techniques used: Past Tenses – to create an account in social media the modal verb “should” - skype or audio and video-conferencing articles with proper names - an electronic mailing list about interesting places of the city countable and uncountable nouns - to create a web forum or a thread prepositional phrases - e-newspapers Future tenses - a weather forecast

Placement test results >90 75-89 60-74 Group 1 24% 62% 14% Group 2 23% 68% 9%

Final grades >90 75-89 60-74 Group 1 43% 46% 9% Group 2 23% 48% 32%

Conclusion: Advantages: Communicative approach students’ motivation, Anonymity online, Exchange/interaction between students Disadvantages: limited usage, technical constraints, additional work for teachers