中学英语语法教学On the Teaching Methods of English Grammar in Middle SchoolAbstract: The term paper is concerned with the debate at home and abroad, that is, whether the students should learn English grammar and what kinds of teaching methods teachers should adopt. By analyzing the English grammar viewpoints of foreign English teaching schools and present situations of English grammar teaching in China, and connecting the Understanding Second Language Acquisition to the format of final examination of English, the author draw a conclusion that learning English grammar is of importance. By digging into the advantages and disadvantages of traditional English grammar teaching methods, the author presents her English grammar teaching methods.Key words: grammar; grammar teaching; English in middle school摘 要：这篇文章是关于国内外都一直在讨论的话题：学生是否应该学习英语语法以及教师应该用什么方法来教授英语语法。通过分析国外英语教学流派的语法教学观念和我国英语语法教学的现状，结合二语习得理论和高考题型来阐述英语语法学习的重要性以及传统英语语法教学方法的利与弊,并提出自己的英语语法教学方法。关 键 字：语法； 语法教学；中学英语 ContentsI. Several Definitions of Grammar .1II. The Debate on English Grammar in Present Situation.1III. The Historical Development of English Grammar .2.The Theoretical and Practical Meaning for Us to Learn English Grammar.3A. The theoretical meaning for us to learn English grammar.3B. The practical meaning for us to learn English grammar.3.The Methods We Should Apply to English Grammar Teaching .4A. The habit-formation theory.4B. The traditional methods of English grammar teaching.4C. Opinions about the methods of English grammar teaching .5 1. Role playing.5 2. Using pictures or information sheets.73. Using stories.84. Using conversations.95. Reciting passages.10. Conclusion.11Works Cited.11 On the Teaching Methods of English Grammar in Middle SchoolI. Several Definitions of GrammarGrammar may be roughly defined as the way language manipulates and combines words (or bits of words) in order to form longer units of meaning (David 2).Grammar is a description of the structure of a language and the way in which units such as words and phrases are combines to produce sentences in the language (David 2).Grammar is the way in which words change themselves and group together to make sentences. The grammar of a language is what happens to words when they become plural or negative, or what order is used when we make questions or join two clauses to make one sentences (David 2).In my opinion, grammar is just a rule which attributes to combining different word or word phrases to a meaningful sentence. All these sentences joining together form a meaningful discourse.II. The Debate on English Grammar in Present SituationWith the development of China, more and more parents realize that mastering foreign languages is of importance for people living in China. As is known to all, each language has its own rules which help people to combine different words into different phrases, and then into a sentence in order that we can communicate with each other. In English, we call these rules grammar. Without grammar, words hang together without any real meaning or sense. In order to be able to speak a language to some degree of proficiency and to be able to express what we really what to say, we need to have some grammatical knowledge. By teaching grammar, we not only give our students the means of expressing themselves, but we also fulfill their expectations of what learning a foreign language involves. From this point of view, we could make a conclusion that learning the grammar well is the way in which is related to convey ourselves. Even though we could interpret many evidences that we should learn English grammar, we still need more examples to prove it. Whether the English grammar should be taught in middle school or not and what the teaching methods we should adopt are worth being talked here. Just like what has been written on the A Course In English Language Teaching, “the value of grammar in foreign language teaching has been a focus of debate for decades and the focus of the debate has been: 1) the role of grammar in language teaching; 2) the methods in which grammar should be presented and practiced” (Wang 102).III. The Historical Development of English GrammarThe history of the debate can be found in a journal which can be paraphrased like this: issues on whether the teaching of English grammar should be taught and ever were debated intensely. In the history of English teaching in foreign countries, most foreign language teaching schools depended on their own system of theories and came up with different advocates to the foreign language