I. The role of grammar in ELTGrammar teaching has always been one ofthe most controversial and least understoodaspects of language teaching.'Grammar teaching' can mean differentthings to different people
☻ Grammar teaching has always been one of the most controversial and least understood aspects of language teaching. ☻ ‘Grammar teaching’ can mean different things to different people. I. The role of grammar in ELT
We do not need to learn grammarbecause one learns one's mother tonguewithout studying grammar.No grammar teachinge.g. The Direct MethodThe Natural Approach
We do not need to learn grammar because one learns one’s mother tongue without studying grammar. No grammar teaching e.g. The Direct Method The Natural Approach
Teaching learners how to constructgrammatical sentences does not enable themto produce real-life discourse.Covert / implicit grammar teachinge.g. Communicative Language Teaching (CLT)Task-based Language Teaching (TBLT)
Teaching learners how to construct grammatical sentences does not enable them to produce real-life discourse. Covert / implicit grammar teaching e.g. Communicative Language Teaching (CLT) Task-based Language Teaching (TBLT)
Despite many different views about therole of grammar in language learning, theimportance of grammar cannot be denied.Grammatical competence is essential forcommunication(Brown,1994iLarsenFreeman,1991)
• Despite many different views about the role of grammar in language learning, the importance of grammar cannot be denied. • Grammatical competence is essential for communication (Brown, 1994; LarsenFreeman,1991)
The ultimate goal of language teaching isto develop students' communicativecompetence, which includes both theknowledge about the language and theknowledge about how to use the languageappropriately in communicativesituations
The ultimate goal of language teaching is to develop students’ communicative competence, which includes both the knowledge about the language and the knowledge about how to use the language appropriately in communicative situations