The Influence of Teachers' Practices on English Grammar Teaching

Teaching grammar has always been the central debate in foreign language teaching for many decades. The choice of grammar as the focus of investigation in this book is triggered by the controversies that surround the conflicting views about how grammar should be taught. There is no well-defined approach to teaching grammar because of the different views of concerning grammar in English language. The book offers the different views regarding grammar teaching and provides a historical glance at the stages of grammar teaching. It throws light on the status of grammar in major methods of teaching English . It also focuses on the various methods of teaching grammar or practices which are followed by the teachers when teaching grammar. This book comprises six chapters. It contributes to a better understanding of how teachers' practices influence the English grammar teaching by identifying the practices that help students to acquire the knowledge of grammar or not. It will also offer some insights to improve the current practices. The book focuses attention on the importance of how some factors influence teachers' practices which in turn affect the process of teaching grammar.