CommunicativeApproachandGrammarTeachinginSeniorMiddleSchool

毕业论文〔设计)1.IntroductionIt is always a popular topic in education field whether grammar teaching isnecessary.And Communicative Approach is the other pop theme in teaching.Canthey combine together?That is the theme which this thesis discuses and probes into.Grammar plays a very significant role in language learning and teaching.Howshould grammar be taught?When considering this question,teachers should considerwhere grammar fits in language teaching.Some of them tend to extremes,eitherlaying too much emphasis on grammar or just ignoring it.Neither of the two attitudesis adoptable,just as David Nunan argued "it is wrong to imply that teachers areconfronted with two mutually exclusive choices when it comes to teaching grammar,either avoiding the teaching of grammar altogether or returning to a traditionalform-focused approach"(1991:151).In other words,grammar should be putsomewhere on the continuum between greatly emphasizing and completely ignoringgrammar.Now,more attention has been paid towards developing communicativecompetence in the foreign language teaching.Accordingly,grammar,as a part oflanguage competence,should be considered as means rather than an end in itself.However,many middle school teachers especially those in the western areas insist ontaking grammar knowledge as the key link in teaching.Most English teachers inChina take a traditional method in foreign language teaching.Statistics show thatmany middle school students especially those in the countryside are taught by theGrammar-Translation Method and are tied to knowledge about English but have fewchances to practice listening and speaking.Since the Grammar-Translation Methodlays too great emphasis on grammar,many investigators believe this method which is2