Unit 6 Teaching Grammar

I. Mini-teaching Teach the following words: book, take, walk, good, meter II. The importance of grammar English grammar is the core of English language. Without grammar English language cannot be well constructed. There is naturally Chinese grammar in the minds of Chinese, and it's not easy to take in the grammar of a foreign language. But this difficulty must be overcome. If you cannot solve this difficulty, the foreign language you write, though it may be understandable, will be Chinese type foreign language. III. The role of Grammar 1. How grammar is currently taught Task 1 Read the statements on page 61 about grammar in English learning and decide if you agree with them or not. In China grammar is taught in a traditionally teacher-centred way. Obviously there is too much teacher dominance and too little student involvement in such a class. Often preparing such a grammar lesson means collecting all the concerned rules or ideas on a topic form various books together with copied examples, and teaching grammar simply means reading aloud to the class what has been prepared beforehand. Students are supposed to take notes for the final assessment. For many years Chinese teachers of English have followed the traditional way of teaching grammar as the following three steps: to learn about the grammar rules, to study a few examples, and to do some written grammar exercises. 2.What is the place of Grammar in English teaching? Grammar is not a separate `subject', nor is it even a separate division of English work. Language teaching theory has tended to emphasize the rapid development of automatic speech habits, and the need to discourage students form thinking consciously about the underlying grammatical rules. Advocates of the `Oral Method', the Audio-lingual method' and the Natural Approach in their more extreme forms have assumed that language learning is an inductive rather than a deductive process, and that the most effective method of teaching is to provide plenty of oral and written practice, so that students learn to use the language spontaneously() without the need for overt()grammatical analysis. IV. Grammar presentation methods 1. Deductive method: The deductive method relies on reasoning, analyzing and comparing. Its teaching procedure is:

 teachers example on the board teachers explanation of the rules (in students native language) students practice application of the rules. Advantages: good for selected and motivate students save time to explain complex rules increase students confidence in examination Disadvantages: grammar is taught isolatedly little attention is paid to meaning the practice is often mechanical 2. Inductive method In the inductive method, the teacher induces the learners to realize grammar rules without any form of explicit (clear) explanation. Students will become evident to the grammar rules if they are given enough appropriate examples. It is believed the inductive method is more effective in that students discover the grammar rules themselves while engaged in language use. This is especially true with grammatical regularities which are easily perceived, understood and applied. V. Grammar practice According to Ur successful practice should consists of the following factors: Pre-learning; Volume and repetition Success-orientation. Heterogeneity () Teacher assistance Interest 1. Mechanical practice: Mechanical practice involves activities that are aimed at form accuracy. By doing mechanical practice, the students pay repeated attention to a key element in a structure. The form of practice: Substitution and transformation drills 2. Meaningful practice: In meaningful practice the focus is on the production, comprehension or exchange of meaning though the students keep an eye on the way newly learned structures are used in the process. VI. Home work Write a mini teaching plan to teach "present continuous tense