The Significance of English Grammar to Middle School Students in China

Abstract

In the last few years the pendulum of grammar instruction seems to be on the return swing both in the USA and the UK because of public pressure for standards and testing. The reasons for grammar instruction and different foreign language teaching methods are explored in this paper. Some experiments are followed up to demonstrate grammar instruction is vital in EFL learning and teaching in China Index Terms-grammar instruction, necessity, controversy, the case of China