My thoughts about a Good Grammar Text for English Learners

For many years in the past – especially in the EFL (English as a Foreign Language) settings – the language teaching and learning had focused on the ability to use it for real-life communication with less or little attention on the grammar skill, and advocated proficiency-oriented language programs. However, the pendulum of language study has recently swung back to the importance of grammar, which definitely helps enhance the learners’ metalinguistic knowledge of the language and furthermore improve their speaking competency for communication. One of the characteristics frequently observed among the intermediate-level students is that they are getting better at beginning conversations as well as able to respond to questions with longer answers or even ask questions of their own to keep the conversation going. Even if the intermediate-level students feel successful using a certain grammatical structure, sometimes they find themselves totally embarrassed about losing or forgettin...