The Application Of Pedagogical Grammar In Communicative Approach In Middle School Classroom

This thesis is an attempt to argue for the necessity and even importance of grammar teaching. The author recommends an optimal English grammar teaching method by means of communicative activities in middle schools.The teaching of grammar has always been a central aspect of foreign language teaching (FLT) in history. Beginning in 1970s there has been a rapid shift of research and practice from grammar-translation and audiolingual methods to the exploration of communicative language teaching (CLT), and more emphasis has been put on the use of the language for communication. The Communicative approach (CA) reveals the social function of language and the goal of FLT. It regards the development of communicative competence as the core of FLT. CA was not introduced into China until 1984s. Although the adoption of it met with considerable resistance, CA is worth exploring and has been one of the mainstreams influencing the methods of FLT of our country. Recently, it is necessary to rethink about the role of grammar teaching in the communicative framework.In the view of the author, CA does not involve neglecting the role of grammar teaching but involve integrating communicative activities into grammar reaching to acquire the good results of form and meaning, and get balance between accuracy and fluency. It is significant to apply CA to the teaching of grammar in the middle schools because grammar is an element of language, a basis of communicative competence and a tool of FLT.