More and more researchers have now agreed upon the necessity of teaching grammar, but it still remains controversial ashow to teach the forms, with the central consideration of not to harm the meaning-focused communicative teaching method. In thisessay, one of the issues in grammar teaching will be discussed as how to present new grammar to learners, through evaluating andmodifying a particular presentation activity in a grammar-teaching textbook.
More and more researchers realized that what happened in classrooms was deeply influenced by the social and culturalcontexts outside and various articles and researches have been written or done to address this problem.The essay evaluates a teach-ing material from the perspectives of culture,society and politics by suggesting a few adaptations to the teaching material to make itmore culturally appropriate for Chinese learners.
