METHODOLOGICAL ANALYSIS OF THE OPPORTUNITIES FOR DEVELOPING GRAMMATICAL AND SPEECH COMPETENCE IN THE GRADE 6 ENGLISH COURSE PACKAGE

This article presents a methodological analysis of how the Grade 6 English course package used in general secondary schools (Guess What! 6) supports the development of learners' grammatical and speech competence. It proposes a set of criteria for evaluating course materials and examines the sequence in which grammar is presented, practised and transferred to communicative use. The analysis shows that the course presents new structures in context and moves from controlled practice to personalized production, but that most grammar exercises remain teacher-guided and model-based. Transferring structures to new situations and spontaneous speech therefore depends on additional teacher-designed tasks. The article concludes that an integrative-communicative technology should be used to systematically fill this gap.