Abstract

Nowadays, group work has always been used in teaching activities and it has a good teaching effect. Gradually, group work has also been used in English grammar classes.

There are three research questions in this thesis. First, why does group work help to teach English grammar in junior high school? Second, when the teacher designs group work activities for English grammar classes, what should they pay more attention to? Third, how can we design efficient group work activities in English grammar classes?

The thesis answers these questions from theory and practice. The paper surveys students’ attitude towards group work in English grammar classes by questionnaire. And the writer records the problems of group work in English grammar classes by class observation and gives some suggestions to improve it. And the aim of this thesis is to provide some suggestions for the junior high school English teacher while they design group work activities in English grammar classes.

Keywords: group work; teaching English grammar; junior high school

Contents

Abstract

摘  要

1. Introduction-1

1.1 Background of the study-1

1.2 Research questions-1

1.3 Significance of the study-1

1.4 Layout of the thesis-1

2. Literature review-3

2.1 Grammar teaching-3

2.1.1 The approaches of grammar teaching abroad-3

2.1.2 The approaches of grammar teaching in China-4

2.1.3 The current situation of English grammar teaching in China-4

2.2 Group work-6

2.2.1 Definition of group work-6

2.2.2 Types of group work-6

2.2.3 Characteristics of group work-6

3. The designing of group work in English grammar class-8

3.1 Why group work can be used in English grammar class-8

3.2 How to design group work in English grammar class-8

4. Methodology and analysis of group work about English grammar class-12

4.1 Questionnaire-12

4.1.1 Participants-12

4.1.2 Research questions-12

4.1.3 Analysis of the results-13

4.1.4 Limitation-13

4.2 Class observation-13

4.2.1 Participants-13

4.2.2 Recordings of class observation-13

4.2.3 Discussion-14

5. Conclusion-15

References-16

Appendix 1-17

Appendix 2-20