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1、Grammar Teaching李昌昌Grammarteachinghasbeendebatedalotintermsof“whethergrammarshouldbetaughtornotand“howtoteachgrammar.Manylinguistsandeducatorshavedoneresearchandwrittenpapersonthattopic.Despitetheproductiveresultsofgrammarinsecond-languageresearchandmethodologyovertheyears,thelanguageteacherscogniti
2、onsknowledge,attitudes,beliefs,andpracticesanditsrelationtotheteachingofgrammarinclassroomisrarelyexplored.Moreover,thecurrentstudiesconductedinthistopicmostlychoosenativeEnglishteachersastheparticipantsandfewhaveaddressesnon-nativeEnglishteachersincountrieswherEnglishisaforeignlanguage.Inresponseto
3、thisgap,thepresentstudyfocusesonanalyzingtheteachingofgrammarinansecond-languageclassroomfromtheperspectiveofthepersonalpedagogicalsystems,suchasteachersbeliefs,knowledge,theories,assumptionsandattitudes,whichwouldplayasignificantroleinthedecisionsofchoosingthegrammarteachingmethods.Therearestillsom
4、eproblemsinEnglishgrammarteachinginChina.Chinesestudentsarereluctanttolearngrammarbecausetheythinkitistoodullandtoodifficulttomaster.Theeffectsofteachingmethodsareveryunsatisfactory,moststudentslacksystematicgrammarknowledge.Somestudentscanpassthegrammarexaminations,yetfailtocommunicateoutsidethecla
5、ssroomandalwaysmakevariousoralandwrittenmistakesinapplication.Themostcommonphenomenaofgrammarlearningisthatstudentsspentalottimememorizingthoseabstractgrammaticalrulesandaregoodatgrammartest,however,theydonotknowhowtoconnectthegrammaticalknowledgewiththereallanguageineverydaylifeandtheydonotregardth
6、isprocessasmeaningful,challenginganduseful.WhentheyareaskedtoproduceEnglishorallyorverbally,numerouserrorsaremade.Onereasontoexplainthisphenomenaisthattheineffectiveteachingmethodinclass,Chineseteachersjustintroduceanddescribegrammarrulesonebyonetheoreticallyandallstudentshavetodoisjustrememberanddo
7、manyrelatedexercised.Thisisactuallyrelatedtohowteachersconsidergrammar,iftheycannotregardgrammarasabstractrules,butasausefultoolforcommunicationinrealcontext,theymightchangethewayofteachinggrammar.Grammarshouldnotbeisolatedwiththebasicfourskills.Anotherreasonisthatstudentsattitudetowardgrammarteachi
8、ng,theyfeelitisdullandboring,thustheyhavenointerestinlearning.Aseffectivelanguageeducators,itistheirresponsibilitytodevelopstudentsabilitytousegrammarcorrectlyandmeaningfully.endprintInrecentyears,moreandmoreChinesescholarsbegintoexplorethegrammarteachingmethodsthataresuitableforChinaandconsiderthes
9、tatusofgrammarteachingincollegeEnglishteaching.Thetraditionalmethod,grammartranslationmethodreferstostudentslearngrammaticalrulesandthenapplythoserulesbytranslatingsentencesbetweenthetargetlanguageandthenativelanguage.Inthisapproach,studentslearngrammarrulesthroughafixedprocedure,andpracticetherules
10、mostlybytranslatingsentencestoandfromthetargetlanguage.However,thereisnotusuallyanylisteningorspeakingexercises,andverylittleattentionispaidoncommunicativeaspects.Themainmethodinthetraditionalgrammarteachingisexplicitgrammarteaching,whichaimsonmasteringgrammarbystudyinggrammarrulesandemphasizetheawa
11、renesspurpose.Theadvantageofthismethodisthatstudentscanlearngrammarrulesprofoundlyandsystematically,yetthereislittlepracticalapplicationoflanguage.Implicitgrammarteachingisalsoknownassuggestivemethod,mainlyadoptingtheinductivethinkingmethod,andinducingthegrammarrulesthroughcommunicativeuseofthelangu
12、age.UnlikeExplicitgrammarteaching,whichisteacher-centeredteachinginclassroomandstudentspassivelyreceivetheobjects,whileImplicitgrammarteachinghelpstudentsgainabetterunderstandingoftherelationshipbetweentheform,meaningandfunctionbyintegrateabstractrulesintoacommunicativecontext.References:【1】Borg,S.1
13、999.Teacherstheoriesingrammarteaching.ELTJournal,157-167.【2】Borg,S.2020.Selfperceptionandpracticeinteachinggrammar.ELTJournal,21-29.【3】Borg,S.2020.Teachercognitioninlanguageteaching:Areviewofresearchonwhatlanguageteachersthink,know,believeanddo.LanguageTeaching,81-109.【4】Burgess,J.E.2020.Focusongrammaticalform:Explicitorimplicit?System,433-458.【5】Burn,A.1996.Startingalloveragain:Fromteachingadultstoteachingbeginners.Teacherlearninginlanguageteaching,154-177.【6】Dornyei,Z.2020.ThePsychologyofSEcondLanguageacquisition.OxfordUniversityPress.endprint