| Abstract(English) | 第1-7页 |
| Abstract(Chinese) | 第7-9页 |
| Acknowledgements | 第9-10页 |
| Contents | 第10-13页 |
| Chapter 1 Introduction | 第13-16页 |
| ·The significance of grammar teaching through the communicative approach | 第13-14页 |
| ·Organization of the thesis | 第14-16页 |
| Chapter 2 Literature Review | 第16-27页 |
| ·The emergence of the communicative approach | 第16-22页 |
| ·Notions of communicative competence | 第17-19页 |
| ·The main characteristics of communicative language teaching | 第19-22页 |
| ·Concept of grammar teaching | 第22-24页 |
| ·Definitions of grammar | 第22-23页 |
| ·Status of grammar teaching in language teaching | 第23-24页 |
| ·Grammatical competence and communicative competence | 第24-27页 |
| Chapter 3 Applying communicative activities to grammar teaching | 第27-50页 |
| ·Reasons why most Chinese English teachers still prefer to teach grammar in the traditional approach | 第27-34页 |
| ·Questionnaire design | 第27-29页 |
| ·Data presentation and discussion | 第29-34页 |
| ·Summary | 第34页 |
| ·Applying communicative activities to grammar teaching | 第34-45页 |
| ·Presenting grammar through the communicative approach | 第35-39页 |
| ·Practicing grammar through the communicative approach | 第39-41页 |
| ·Producing grammar items through the communicative approach | 第41-45页 |
| ·Techniques to deal with grammar errors | 第45-50页 |
| ·Mistakes and errors | 第45-46页 |
| ·Techniques of correcting grammar errors | 第46-50页 |
| Chapter 4 Experiment | 第50-65页 |
| ·Aims of the experiment | 第50页 |
| ·Steps of the experiment | 第50-61页 |
| ·Subjects | 第50-51页 |
| ·Teaching material and exam papers | 第51页 |
| ·Process of the experiment | 第51-56页 |
| ·Data analysis | 第56-59页 |
| ·The differences in the communicative competence between the two classes | 第59-61页 |
| ·Special attention which should be paid in the use of the communicative approach in grammar teaching | 第61-65页 |
| ·Teacher role in CLT | 第61-62页 |
| ·Teacher-student interaction | 第62-63页 |
| ·Activities | 第63页 |
| ·Summary | 第63-65页 |
| Chapter 5 Conclusions and limitations | 第65-68页 |
| ·Conclusions | 第65-66页 |
| ·Limitations | 第66-68页 |
| References | 第68-70页 |
| Appendices | 第70-80页 |
| Appendix I Questionnaire for teachers of junior high schools | 第70-73页 |
| Appendix II The pre-test | 第73-77页 |
| Appendix III The post-test | 第77-80页 |
