This study attempts to assess the practice of awareness raising approach to teachingrnthe course English Grammar in Use I. The study assessed whether or not the methodrnand different components of grammar teaching used helped students effectively use thernlanguage both in the classroom and in real-life situations in their professional career. Inrnorder to achieve the objective, Kotebe College of teacher education was selected as arnsample. Two instructors offering the course and also students were selected and takenrnas sample subjects. To select the subjects, availability sampling was used for therninstructor and lottery method of simple random sampling was used for the students.rnAfterwards, three research instruments were used to gather information: questionnaire,rnclassroom observation and interview. The results of the study indicated that, though therninstructors claim the application of awareness raising to grammar teaching, the actualrnclassroom practice with reference to task, techniques, procedures and integration ofrnskills was not up to the expectation. In other words, what the instructors intended tornapply and what was exactly going on in each grammar in use session was notrnharmonious. As the data revealed, different techniques which enhance students' activernuse of the language were not incorporated in the tasks. That is, students were notrnprovided with series of tasks which enable them intensively practice. This,rnconsequently, left most students passive in the production stage. The findings alsornindicated the less attempts made to integrate grammar with other basic language skills.rnTo address the problems, the following were recommended for better practice. sincernteaching is a developing art which requires innovative and creative ideals to enrich itsrneffectiveness, instructors must not hesitate to: (1) use alternative methods, (2) make usernof varied techniques in presenting series of tasks which can bring about a balancernamong language skills, (3) make smooth and precise transition from one stage to thernother. Besides, the college, in general, and the department, in particular, need to developrncourse material like module and avail other relevant teaching materials.