A Study Of The Application Of The TBI Teaching Method To The English Grammar Teaching In Senior High School

Grammar teaching has been playing a very important role in English teaching in China. However, for many years, it has been laborious, time-consuming, and ineffective. In our teaching practice, teachers usually teach grammar rules and students practise mainly by means of multiple choices, which results in tiredness and boredom in both students and teachers. Therefore, it’s quite urgent to change this situation.Based on the study of grammar teaching class in senior high schools, this paper explores the appropriate ways by applying the content-based instruction method to grammar teaching, so as to improve the efficiency, thus helping the students turn their language knowledge into language skills through observation, reflection and application.In the course of the study, while creating situations and designing activities, we have paid special attention to the relevance between situations and three factors, namely pragmatic functions of the target grammatical items, students’ life experience, and students’ interest and feelings. Three classical cases studies(attachment 4)which were carefully designed in open class during 2014 and 2015 are included in the paper. The grammar items are from students’ textbook(Jiangsu Province) in Senior Two. After a series of surveys, tests and class observation and comparison of students’ grades, teaching efficiency by applying TBI teaching method will be measured.With careful classroom observations and data analysis, the following conclusions are reached:1. The application of the TBI teaching method to the English grammar teaching in senior high schools to some extent stimulates and maintains student’s interests in grammar learning.2. The application of the TBI teaching method to the English grammar teaching in senior high schools can, to some extent, renew students’ ideas and change students’ methods of grammar learning, thus helping improve their language competence.The study has some pedagogical implications. We find there is a lot to do to improve the grammar teaching in senior high school. Teachers ought to try their best to polish up teaching methods, advance teaching style and make students improve the learning efficiency, thus helping the students put what they have learnt into practice.. During designing grammar class by employing “TBI teaching method”, teachers should carefully design situations and activities according to the appropriate teaching objectives.