英语论文Communicative Approach and Grammar Teaching in Senior Middle School文档格式.docx

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2.1Thedefinitionofgrammar3

2.2Thecurrentsituationofgrammarteaching4

2.3Theessenceandsignificanceofgrammarteaching6

3.AnoverviewofCommunicativeApproach7

3.1ThecomprehensionofCommunicativeApproach7

3.2ThebasicfeaturesofCommunicativeApproach8

3.3TheapplicationofCommunicativeApproachingrammarteaching9

3.3.1Theprinciplesofapplication9

3.3.2Models10

3.3.2.1Byrne’sModel11

3.3.2.2Brumfit’sModel12

3.3.2.3Harmer’sModel12

4.ExperimentofgrammarteachingintheframeworkofCAinsenormiddleschool13

4.1Theaimofexperiment13

4.2Thestepsofexperiment14

4.2.1Thesubjects14

4.2.2Thematerialsofexperiment14

4.2.3Theprocessofexperiment14

4.2.4Theresultofexperimentandanalysis17

4.3Conclusionoftheexperiment19

5.Conclusion20

References21

1.Introduction

Itisalwaysapopulartopicineducationfieldwhethergrammarteachingisnecessary.AndCommunicativeApproachistheotherpopthemeinteaching.Cantheycombinetogether?

Thatisthethemewhichthisthesisdiscusesandprobesinto.

Grammarplaysaverysignificantroleinlanguagelearningandteaching.Howshouldgrammarbetaught?

Whenconsideringthisquestion,teachersshouldconsiderwheregrammarfitsinlanguageteaching.Someofthemtendtoextremes,eitherlayingtoomuchemphasisongrammarorjustignoringit.Neitherofthetwoattitudesisadoptable,justasDavidNunanargued“itiswrongtoimplythatteachersareconfrontedwithtwomutuallyexclusivechoiceswhenitcomestoteachinggrammar,eitheravoidingtheteachingofgrammaraltogetherorreturningtoatraditionalform-focusedapproach”（1991:

151）.Inotherwords,grammarshouldbeputsomewhereonthecontinuumbetweengreatlyemphasizingandcompletelyignoringgrammar.

Now,moreattentionhasbeenpaidtowardsdevelopingcommunicativecompetenceintheforeignlanguageteaching.Accordingly,grammar,asapartoflanguagecompetence,shouldbeconsideredasmeansratherthananendinitself.However,manymiddleschoolteachersespeciallythoseinthewesternareasinsistontakinggrammarknowledgeasthekeylinkinteaching.MostEnglishteachersinChinatakeatraditionalmethodinforeignlanguageteaching.StatisticsshowthatmanymiddleschoolstudentsespeciallythoseinthecountrysidearetaughtbytheGrammar-TranslationMethodandaretiedtoknowledgeaboutEnglishbuthavefewchancestopracticelisteningandspeaking.SincetheGrammar-TranslationMethodlaystoogreatemphasisongrammar,manyinvestigatorsbelievethismethodwhichisoppositetothepurposeofthetextwillproducenegativeeffect.Althoughthetraditionalmethodmayhelpdevelopstudents’communicativecompetencetosomeextent,whichisnowbelievedbymanyappliedlinguists（forinstance,Larsen-Freeman,2002）,itcannotachieveasmuchastheCA--CommunicativeApproach（ThetermCommunicativeLanguageTeachingisalsousedsometimes）.

NotethattheCommunicativeApproachsuggestedinthisthesisissomewhatacompromisemethod.Traditionalproceduresarenotsimplyrejectedbutarereinterpretedandextended.Languageknowledgeisintroducedinacontext,grammaticalitemsareisolatedforcontrolledpractice,andthenanumberoffreeactivitiesareprovidedtoreinforcewhattheydeduce.

Hopefully,thisthesiswillprovideseniormiddleschoolteacherswithsomeinsightsintogrammarteachingandmorepreferablytheywillsettothinkabouttheirgrammarteachingmethods.

Thisthesisconsistsoffiveparts.Somebasicconceptsofgrammarandgrammarteaching,andthecurrentsituationofgrammarteachingwillbeconcludedinparttwo.PartthreeistheliteraturereviewrelevanttotheCA,andsometheoriesoftheapplicationofCAandgrammarteachingismentioned.Inpartfour,itshowstheexperiment,andsomeresultsanddiscussionsconcernedwiththeexperimentarepresentedinthispart,andthenfollowedbytheconclusion.

2.Englishgrammarteaching

Inlastsection,itsummarizesthestructureofthethesissimply.Thissectionmainlyintroducessomenotionsaboutgrammarteaching.

2.1Thedefinitionofgrammar

Whatisgrammar?

InOxfordAdvancedLearner’sEnglish-ChineseDictionary（2004:

762-63）,grammarisreferredtoas:

n.1.[U]therulesinalanguageforchangingtheformofwordsandjoiningthemintosentences;

2.[U]aperson’sknowledgeanduseofalanguage;

3.[C]abookcontainingadescriptionoftherulesofalanguage;

4.[C]（linguistic）aparticulartheorythatisintendedtoexplaintherulesofalanguageoroflanguageingeneral.LongmanDictionaryofContemporaryEnglishdefinesgrammaras“thestudyofuseoftherulesbywhichwordsch