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试论英语语法教学的趣味性(1)

2017-08-09 02:38 [Abstract] Grammar, as a set of rules for choosing words and putting words together to make sense, plays a significant role in language teaching. It is difficult for students to speak English without learning English grammar. However, the traditional teaching methods are so boring that modern language teaching tends to neglect grammar. There have been more and more teaching theories and teaching methods at present. In this paper, some features and rules of grammar teaching have been generalized. Besides, several teaching modes have been introduced and discussed to make students more active in the class and to enhance communicative activities between the teacher and students, so as to make abstract grammar teaching more vivid and interesting.
[Key words] English grammar teaching; teaching methodology; delights
[摘 要] 语法在英语教学中占有重要地位，没有语法规则的监控和修饰，学生很难成为地道的英语使用者。机械地沿用以教师为中心的传统方法进行教学使语法教学抽象枯燥。目前又出现了各种各样的教学理论和教学方法。本文总结了语法课堂教学的特征和规则，提出了几种基本教学方法以便更好地发挥学生的主动性，增强师生间的交互式教学活动，使抽象的语法教学形象活泼。从而使语法教学更好地服务于英语教学的最终目的---培养学生的语言交际能力。
[关键词] 英语语法教学；教学法；趣味性

1. Introduction
Grammar is a set of rules for choosing words and putting words together to make sense. Every language has a set of grammar rules. It has been held that if a language is a building, the words are the building bricks and the grammar is the architect’s plan. Without a plan, there would not be any building. However, with the growing popularity of the communicative language teaching approach, grammar is more and more neglected and grammar teaching is regarded as inherently “dull” or “old-fashioned”. Some teachers are even going to extremes by avoiding talking about grammar under the supposition that grammar teaching do no good to students’ communicative competence. As a consequence, the grammatical knowledge is not timely consolidated, internalized and converted into a practical ability. There are some problems in grammar teaching, which are generalized as “five emphases” and “five neglects”, [1] that is: emphasizing instilling knowledge while neglecting practicing skills; emphasizing explaining in detail while neglecting exercising; emphasizing written exercises while neglecting oral practices; emphasizing the analyses of grammar while neglecting the usage of grammar; emphasizing the mastery of rules while neglecting knowing examples. It is because of these problems and difficulties that grammar teaching is so boring for both teachers and students. （科教范文网http://fw.nseac.com）
2. Features of English grammar teaching
There are some features of grammar teaching in the class which is worth noticing.[2]
2.1 Activeness and interest
Grammar teaching should fit the students’ age, the class situation, and the content of teaching materials.
1) Try to satisfy the students’ desire of success. For instance, according to different levels of the students, teachers can teach them to sing English songs, read some interesting stories to them or talk about children’s programs with them.