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Abstract: Controversies on grammar teaching arise as research into English teaching and learning develop. Quite a lot of teachers or professors think that there is no need to teach grammar in their class. There are also many linguists who believe there is still a need to instruct grammar in our English classes. According to my own experience in primary and middle school, I agree with the latter. I feel that since grammar still plays an important role in language learning, it certainly takes effect in language teaching. Although grammar may mean different things to different people, all teachers present grammar in different ways. There are many kinds of methods of presenting grammar, such as the translation method, natural method, conversation method, monolingual method, sentence pattern, TPR (total physical response), the direct method, communicative method, etc. No matter what they are, these approaches can generally be classified into two approaches—deductive and inductive. A deductive approach starts with the presentation of a rule and is followed by examples in which the rule is applied. An inductive approach starts with some examples from which a rule is inferred. There is no definite answer to which one is better, but some parts of grammar seem to be suitable for one and not the other, and vice-versa, which may be greatly affected by different materials or different students. As English teachers, what we need to do is apply these approaches to our work to find out what works best where. ［CLC number］G623 ［Document code］A ［Article ID］1006-2831(2006)11-0025-6 收稿日期：2006-8-30 1. How to teach grammar — deductive or inductive Everyone who has ever learned English must have heard and talked about the word grammar?hundreds of hundreds of times. It plays such an important role in our everyday teaching or learning that no one can avoid discussing it. Research has contributed much to grammar teaching, especially during recent decades. As research into English teaching develop, more and more controversies or arguments on "Grammar teaching"appear. Some people argue that if you want to learn English well, you should never think about grammar. "There is no need in teaching for learning grammar while learning English" some people say. Some think that it is not to learn English but to "learn about"English if you concentrate on grammar. Some people argue that people all over the world speak their own native language without having studied its grammar. Children start to speak before they even know the word "Grammar" so grammar is nothing important at all in learning a language. However, there are also many English teachers telling from their own experience that grammar really plays a very important role, perhaps a central one, in teaching or learning a foreign language. Just as it is said, grammar can help you to learn a language more quickly and more efficiently. When you understand the grammar or the system of a language, you can understand many things yourself, without having to ask a teacher or look into the book. Even in Shanghai or Guangzhou, grammar teaching plays a great part in everyday English. Although some teachers don't preach the importance of giving grammar lessons, they, as a matter of fact, do it in their own classroom or after class. They call it their "secret weapon" In some cities, English training is very popular with both clerks and middle school students. For example, The New-oriental Foreign Language