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Astheintegrationofworldeconomy,countriescommunicatewitheachothermoreafter.English,theInternationallanguage,becomesmoreandmoreimportantinthecourseofschool.AndEnglishgrammar,ansignificantroleinEnglishteaching,alsobecomesahottopicintheresearchofEnglishteachinginschool.Since1940s,inordertoimprovethequalityofEnglishtalent,ChinahasattachedimportancetoEnglishteaching.However,Englishgrammarteachinghasn’tbeenvalueduntil1980s.IntheNewCurriculum,itpointsoutthattheaimofEnglishteachingistocultivatethecomprehensivelanguagecompetence,whichbasedonstudents’languageskills,languageknowledge,emotionalattitudes,learningstrategiesandculturalawarenessandsoon.Therefore,bytheguidanceoftheNewCurriculum,itbecomesincreasinglynecessarytofindoutsuitableandusefulmethodsofEnglishgrammarteaching.
ChinabegantoimplementtheNewCurriculumreformsin2001,sounderthisnewcriteria,Englishgrammarteachinginjuniorhighschoolisstillinearlystageandtoidentifythestatusquoofitsdevelopmentisconducivetoanalysethecurrentproblemsingrammarteaching.Sofar,Englishgrammarteachinginjuniorhighschoolhasmadesomeachievements,buttherearestillsomeproblems,suchastheknowledgeofgrammarinthetextbook-GoforitoftheNewCurriculumistoobroad,theconceptofteachershasn’tbeenstrengthenedontime,peoplepayinsufficientattentiontogrammarteachingandsoon.Acknowledgedtheseproblems,it’snecessarytofindappropriatesolutionssoastoenhancethequalityofEnglishgrammarteachingandthenpromotethedevelopmentofEnglisheducationinChina.
ThisthesiswillsumuptheachievementsofEnglishgrammarteachinginjuniorhighschool,analysetheproblemsandfindoutsomeeffectivesolutionstoit.AnditwillstudytheresearchofEnglishgrammarteachingathomeandabroad,treatthetextbookundertheNewCurriculumasastartingpointandfindoutsolutionsaccordingtothesituationinourcountry.It’ssignificanttodothisstudyanditwilldoitwell.
Thisthesisstudiesmainlyinthewayoftheoryandexamplesofanalysis,supplementingliteraturemethodandmaterialanalysisandsoon.ThispaperwillsearchforthefamousresearchesofEnglishgrammarteachingabroad,andrecenttypicalexamplesofitsteachingundertheNewCurriculuminChinaandthenfindoutsomeeffectivemethodsforEnglishgrammarteaching.Thewholethesisismadeupofsixchapters.ChapterOnegivesbackground,significance,contents,aimsandmethodsofthisthesis.ChapterTwoisabouttheliteraturereview.ChapterThreeissomethingaboutEnglishgrammarteaching,suchasitsrequirements,characters,principles,functionandgoalsandsoon.ChapterFourpointsoutEnglishgrammarteachingproblemsandtheircausesinjuniorhighschool.ChapterFivegivesthestrategiesofitsteachinginjuniorhighschoolthroughclassobservation.Atlast,aconclusionisdrawnnaturallyinChapterSix.
2.LiteratureReview
2.1Definition
ThisthesisexploresthewaysandmeansoftheEnglishgrammarteachinginjuniorhighschool,themainrelevantconceptsaregrammarandgrammarteachinginthefollowing.
“Themeaningofgrammaristhestudyoftherulesgoverningtheuseofagivennaturallanguageandassuch,isafieldoflinguistics.Traditionally,grammarincludedmorphologyandsyntax;
inmodernlinguisticsthesesubfieldarecomplementedbyphonetics,phonology,semantics,andpragmatic.”Inaword,grammaristhedescriptionoflinguisticinthewayofexplainingtheorganizationofsentence.Grammarteachinghastraditionallyconsistedofgivinglearnersopportunitiestoproducespecificgrammaticalstructures.Itbasesoninterpretinginput.Anditemphasizeshelpinglearnerstonoticegrammaticalfeaturesintheinput,comprehendtheirmeaning,andcomparetheformspresentintheinputwiththoseoccurringinlearneroutput.
2.2TheResearchofEnglishGrammarTeachingAbroad
In1970s,thecommunicativeapproachaboutEnglishteachingprevailedinabroad,butitweakenedgrammarteaching.Intheendof1970sandthebeginningof1980s,KrashenandTerellputforwardnaturalapproach.Itprotestedtoobtaintheknowledgethroughpracticeandopposedgrammarteaching.BecauseofthepsychologicalperspectiveofKrashen,grammarteachingdisappearedintheclassroomsothatitdeeplyinfluencedtheoveralldevelopmentofstudents’learningability.AsMariannaCelce-Marciasaid,withoutgrammarteaching,itwasn’tcomprehensiveEnglishteaching.Afterreflection,peopleappreciatedgrammarteachingagain.AndSpadafoundthatitwaseasyforstudentstolearngrammarbycommunicativeapproach.What’smore,N.Ellissuggestedtoteachgrammartimelyincommunicativetask-basedlanguageteaching.
Accordingtothisresearch,ifwewanttoteachEnglishwell,grammarteachingisindispensable.Inordertoimprovegrammarteaching,P.Balcomsuggestedthreeideas,
(1)Makeitsinputeasy,thatistomakelanguagesystematic.
(2)Letlearnerchangeteacher’sexplanationintosystematicgrammarknowledgeeasily.(3)Approveordisapprovelearners’unconsciousassumptionofaim.Therefore,EnglishgrammarteachingisgoodforstudentstomasterthebasiclawsofEnglishandtolearnmoreandefficiently.Englishgrammarteaching,afterregarded,suspectedandnegated,nowisregardedagain.ThischangedeservesourEnglishteachers’reflection.Aboveall,tochangegrammarconceptionisalsoveryimportantforEnglishgrammarteaching.What’smore,inordertoreformEnglishgrammarteaching,weneedtodrawlessonsfromancienttomodernandfromChinatoabroadandsearchforbetterteachingmethods.
2.3StudyofEnglishGrammarTeachinginChina
UndertheNewCurriculum,manyexpertsandfamousteachershavesearchedforlotsofusefulmethodsinteachingEnglishgrammar.OneofthemosttypicalmethodsisthetenstrategiesofWangDule.Therearemini-situation,visualcase,picnicplanning,findingtheowner,imaginedtour,ifIwere--,mimeguessing,reasonexploreandpicturestory.Hefindoutthemaccordingtothecharacteristicsofthegrammarinjuniorhighschool.Inrecenttwoyears,therearealsomanyscholarscontinuetodothisresearch,suchasZhangXin(2008),ChenQiong(2009),YuMin(2009)andsoon.ZhangXinresearchedaccordingtothetextbook—Goforit!
andhisteachingexperience.ChenQiongfoundthemethodsofscene,music,readingandplaysbystudents’interest.YuMinresearchedthemethodsbythegrammarprinciplesofmotivation,communicationandthecenterofstudents’development,thengavesomeexamplesforhowtoteach.SuDingfang(1996)pointedoutthattheproblemofgrammarinEnglishteachingisnotwhethertoteachitornotbutwhatandhowtoteachaboutit.
Tosumup,intheNewCurriculum,grammarteachingisawayofEnglishteachingbutnotpurpose,anditshouldn’tdisappearinEnglishteachingofmiddleschool.AfterresearchingtheEnglishgrammarteachingathomeandabroad,itisfoundthatrecentlyitbecomesmoreandmoreimportanttomakegrammarinteresting,contextualizationandsoonbygatheringthethoughtofcommunicativeapproachandtask-basedteaching.Butatpresent,manyteachersarestillweakinteachingmethodsandteachingphilosophy,thisthesiswillsearchforbetterwaysofteachingEnglishgrammar,accordingtotherequirementoftheNewCurriculum.AnditwillfindoutreasonsandstrategiesthenprovetheirfeasibilitybyusingteachingexamplesinordertodobetterinEnglishgrammarteaching.
3.ASurveyofEnglishGrammarTeachinginjuniorhighschoolundertheNewCurriculum
3.1TheRequirementsofEnglishGrammarTeaching
AccordingtotheEnglishCourseStandardundertheNewCurriculum,atthestageofbasiceducation,objectivesatalllevelsofEnglishcoursesgivesacomprehensivedescriptionofstudents’overallbehaviouronthebasisoflanguageskill,languageknowledge,affectiveattitude,learningstrategiesandculturalawarenessofstudents.AndthespecificobjectivesofLevel5aboutEnglishgrammarareasfollow:
(1)Tounderstandthebasicstructureofcommonlanguageandcommonformofideographicfunction.
(2)Tounderstandandgrasptheideographicfunctionoflanguageforminpractice.
(3)Tounderstandandgrasphowtodescribepeopleandthings.
(4)Tounderstandandgrasphowtodescribeconcretethingsandtheonsetandprogressionofspecifiedaction.
(5)Tohavearudimentarygraspabouthowtodescribetime,placesanddirections.
(6)Tounderstandandgrasphowtocomparepeople,objectsandthings.
3.2ItsCharacters
Asgrammaritselfisverybaldness,itisachallengeforteacherstoteachitintheEnglishcourse,especiallythetextbookofjuniorhighschoolissoirregular.InthehistoryofEnglishteaching,ithaveappearedmanytheoriesofgrammarteachingandmanyschoolsofgrammarteaching.Thesetheoriesandschoolscontainacertainteachingphilosophy,andtheyholddifferentviewstothestatusandfunctionofEnglishgrammarteaching.Grammar-translationapproach,audiolingualismandcognitiveapproachvaluegrammarteachingandemphasizeonmasteringitregularly.Inopposite,naturalapproachandcommunicativeapproachneglectoropposeitandclaimtomasterlanguagerulesinnature.It’ssaidthatitisverynecessarytoanalysecertaincommonteachingmethodsabouthowtoteachgrammar.SomeEnglishteachingmethodsusedinthebasiceducationstagearemainlyasfollowsintimeorder:
(1)Grammar-translationapproach,itsmainmethodistotranslateEnglishintoChineseandteachinginChineseintheclassandthesentencesarethecenterofteaching.ThisapproachemphasizesEnglishgrammar