A Comprehensive Review of Systematic Functional Grammar (SFG): Reliability, Advantages/ Disadvantages and Pedagogical Application

Abstract

The present study aims to examine the dependability or reliability of Systemic Functional Grammar (SFG) in textual examination, finding its advantages and disadvantages in textual examination, and finding its pedagogical application in language instruction, research, and lesson design or planning. This study reviews eleven studies concentrating on Systemic Functional Grammar (SFG) discipline. Findings of this study are ambiguous because basic ideas like "complement" are not used reliably. Most studies focuse on how Systemic Functional Grammar (SFG) is used only in English-language settings. In spite of these irregularities, in this review it is concluded that Systemic Functional Grammar (SFG’s) reliably exhibits advantages in text-based examination, instructive uses, and language learning. This review recommends further research which should deal with conceptual inconsistencies, carry out strong evidence-based research employing corpus linguistics, and investigate assorted pedagogical contexts to comprehend Systemic Functional Grammar (SFG’s) influence on language instruction and its consequences. Incorporating Systemic Functional Grammar (SFG) with other language paradigms could also improve its critical range and uses in recent linguistic research, adding insights to an explicit comprehension of Systemic Functional Grammar (SFG’s) advantages and disadvantages.