Explicit Teaching of Grammar Should Be Given Its Right Due at Tertiary Level Education

Introduction :For many years, Chinese teachers of English have followed the traditional way of teaching grammar, which generally consists of three steps in teaching : to learn about the grammar rules; to study a few examples, and to do some written grammar exercises, mostly of fill-in-the-blank and translation type. The teacher does 90 percent of the talking, explaining the rules, reading out the examples from either the textbook or his teaching notes or writing them on the blackboard. The st…

Explicit Teaching of Grammar Should Be Given Its Right Due at Tertiary Level Education

Explicit grammarteachingis a musttothe studentsto beteachersinthefuture.Both accuracy andfluency are very important."Saying that we don't needtoteach grammaris like saying that you car have a chickenwalking around without bones."Butthe way ofteaching should be communication-oriented.