Author(s)

Jing Wang

Corresponding Author

Jing Wang

ABSTRACT

The paradigm shift from rules-based to usage-based in the post-method era reconstructs our traditional view of language and language teaching. In the post-method era, grammar is no longer a “golden rule-like” rule system, but the tools or resources used in the speech. It provides a new perspective for us to re-examine some important relationships in grammar teaching, the boundaries between explicit and implicit teaching of language, induction and deduction, input and output, which traditionally seem to be well-defined categories, also need to be clarified. Post-method transformation period emphasizes more on “implicit teaching obtained in the process”, “bottom-up inductive teaching” and “output-driven teaching”. These language ideas are overturning our traditional grammar and language teaching views.

KEYWORDS

Post-method transformation period, Grammar teaching, Explicit and implicit teaching, Inductive and deduction, Input and output