There have been debates on the necessity of grammar teaching in the English language teaching in China over the past few decades. This paper has attempted to elaborate on the necessity of grammar teaching from such an...There have been debates on the necessity of grammar teaching in the English language teaching in China over the past few decades. This paper has attempted to elaborate on the necessity of grammar teaching from such angles as the definition and characteristics of grammar, the nature of ELT in China, the challenge of grammar instruction and a survey about correlation between grammar recognition and English proficiency.展开更多
文摘There have been debates on the necessity of grammar teaching in the English language teaching in China over the past few decades. This paper has attempted to elaborate on the necessity of grammar teaching from such angles as the definition and characteristics of grammar, the nature of ELT in China, the challenge of grammar instruction and a survey about correlation between grammar recognition and English proficiency.