The Role Of Explicit Grammar Instruction In Foreign Language Teaching

The debate on grammar in second language acquisition: past, present, and future is a well written summary of both explicit and implicit grammar instruction in second language acquisition from past to present and with future projections. The thesis aims to answer what type of grammar instruction might be useful for language learners.Arguments against explicit grammar instruction have never been ceased throughout the years. Krashen's five hypotheses on second language acquisition, Reber's nostion of implicit rule both have a strong position on teaching grammar implicitly. On the contrary, by different empirical studies on explicit grammar instruction, other linguists such as Bialystok, Mclaughlin and Robison insist on their opinions that explicit grammar instruction help improve language's learners learning proficiency.The paper makes a very elaborate dissertation on data analyses and results discussion. The instructor of the case study employed SPSS for windows to explore the role of explicit grammar instruction in foreign language teaching by using descriptive analysis.According to the analyses on different views and experimental results, the paper holds that explicit grammar instruction plays a very important role in foreign language learning and teaching and argues that English education in China should lay emphasis on how to assist students'grammar internalization and promote the conversion from explicit learning to implicit learning.