By examining recent studies on grammar instruction, which reflect the waxing and waning of grammar instruction in history, and some new teaching approaches and techniques in grammar teaching, this paper concludes that...By examining recent studies on grammar instruction, which reflect the waxing and waning of grammar instruction in history, and some new teaching approaches and techniques in grammar teaching, this paper concludes that grammar instruction does make a difference to foreign language teaching and thus is important and necessary for Chinese leamers, especially English majors, to develop their ability of using the language accurately and fluently in real life. And on the basis of it, this paper evaluates an EFL textbook of China in terms of some grammar teaching approaches and techniques to illustrate the application and practice of these new perspectives and new teaching approaches and techniques in Chinese foreign language teaching and leaming.展开更多
The place of language forms in a communicative language classroom has been addressed by many researchers over the past decade. This article reveals the challenge it poses to classroom practitioners in China and seeks ...The place of language forms in a communicative language classroom has been addressed by many researchers over the past decade. This article reveals the challenge it poses to classroom practitioners in China and seeks the optimal treatment of language forms in a tertiary level language classroom.展开更多
文摘By examining recent studies on grammar instruction, which reflect the waxing and waning of grammar instruction in history, and some new teaching approaches and techniques in grammar teaching, this paper concludes that grammar instruction does make a difference to foreign language teaching and thus is important and necessary for Chinese leamers, especially English majors, to develop their ability of using the language accurately and fluently in real life. And on the basis of it, this paper evaluates an EFL textbook of China in terms of some grammar teaching approaches and techniques to illustrate the application and practice of these new perspectives and new teaching approaches and techniques in Chinese foreign language teaching and leaming.
文摘The place of language forms in a communicative language classroom has been addressed by many researchers over the past decade. This article reveals the challenge it poses to classroom practitioners in China and seeks the optimal treatment of language forms in a tertiary level language classroom.
