初中学生英语语法学习现状分析_英语论文

On the Current Situation of English Grammar Study among Junior High School Students

摘要

英语作为中国初中学生的一门必修课已经有几十年的历史。语法学习是英语学习的重要组成部分，语法的整体地位在特定的时间内经历了一系列动态变化，其主导的教学法在一个特定的时间内从压倒性优势和绝对权威到被坚决反对和受到强烈批判，最后在最近几年又重新受到关注。那么目前初中生英语语法学习的现状是如何的呢？本论文旨在找出当前初中学生语法学习中存在的问题，从而促进学生语法学习。研究主要采用问卷调查和访谈两种方式，对初中生语法学习的现状进行调查，并获得一些准确的数据，为进一步研究和改进初中语法教学提供一些指导。

关键词：初中生； 英语语法学习； 语法学习现状

Abstract

English has become a compulsory course for Chinese junior high school students for several decades in China. Grammar learning is an important part of English learning, and the overall status of grammar has experienced dynamic changes with the predominant pedagogy over a specific period of time from the overwhelming dominance and absolute authority to a firm opposition and strong criticism of grammar and finally to a resurgence of attention and interests in recent years. Then what’s the current situation of junior high school students’ grammar learning? This thesis aims at finding out the existing problems of current students’ grammar learning and then to promote their grammar learning. The thesis adopts the means of questionnaires and interviews to investigate the situation of junior high school students’ grammar learning and obtain some accurate data for future grammar teaching.

Key words: Junior high school students; English grammar learning; the current situation of grammar learning

Contents

1. Introduction 5

1.1 Research Background 5

1.2 Research Purpose 7

1.3 Significance of the Research 7

1.4 Structure of the Dissertation 8

2. Literature Review 8

2.1 The Definition of Grammar 8

2.2 The Classification of Grammar 9

2.3 The Role of Grammar Learning in English Learning 10

2.4 The Limitations of Previous Grammar Teaching 11

2.5 The Traditional Authority of the Grammar-Translation Method 11

3. Research Design and Methods 12

3.1 Research Questions 12

3.2 Research Subjects 13

3.3 Research Methods 13

3.3.1 Questionnaires 14

3.3.2 Interview 15

3.3.3 Data Analysis 15

4. Findings and Discussion 16

4.1 Analysis and Discussion of the Results from Questionnaires 16

4.1.1 Current Situation of Students' English Language Learning 16

4.1.2 Current Situation of Students' Understanding of Grammar 18

4.1.3 Current Situation of Students' Efforts on Grammar Learning and on English Learning. 19

4.1.4 Current Situation of Grammar Learning Methods Adopted in English Learning 20

4.1.5 Current Situation of Students’ Confidence to Achieve More Improvements in Future Grammar Learning. 21

4.2 Analysis and Discussion of the Results From Interviews 22

5. Conclusion 23

5.1 Implications of the Research 23

5.2 Limitations of the Research 24

5.3 Suggestions for Future Research 25

Appendix 1 25

Appendix 2 27

Bibliography 28

Acknowledgements 28