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[The Role of Grammar in Language Teaching] |

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Table of contents:

1. Introduction………………………………………….............3

2. A historical introduction into grammar teaching…………4

A: The Natural method……………………………………..5

B: The Direct method……………………………………….6

3. Modules of teaching grammar……………………………...8

4. Conclusion……………………..……………………………..9

5. Bibliography…………..…………………………………….10

1. Introduction

The idea of this paper is not to provide specific proposals for how language should be taught, these could only validly come from those actively involved in actual teaching. Rather the intention is to introduce some current ideas about grammar and second language learning that people may find useful for teaching in general. For the areas of grammar and language learning have been changing rapidly in ways of which people are still unaware, if teachers never know about them then they are not free either to accept or reject their uses in language teaching.

Learning a new language always implies learning its grammar. In what depth should then teaching grammar be part of the teaching unit and what important aspects of the Second Language Acquisition should be considered by teachers in the classroom? There is also a question how the students in general acquire grammatical structures.

This paper first gives an introduction into the history of language teaching, then explains the two methods in grammar teaching and then the modules of teaching grammar.

Thesis:

Grammar is very important within the English language, since it is, in effect, the glue that holds the language together.

2. A historical introduction into grammatical teaching

Grammar is considered to be an important part of a language and is therefore taught in detail using several different teaching methods. In the past Latin had been the most important second language – ‘the lingua franca’ – also because of its status...