ABSTRACT
The aim of this book has been to examine current developments in the teaching of grammar communicatively. As we have emphasized, the traditional grammar-based approaches that still often dominate foreign language situations have been challenged by the overwhelming demand for superior communicative ability in the target language. In the current global economy, communicative excellence in foreign languages is now regarded as essential for business, and learners are increasingly expecting to graduate from university with spoken and written fluency in the target language they have been studying. Compared to the purely communicative approaches of the past that did not address grammar in any way, L2 teachers, teacher educators, and researchers now recognize the importance of grammar instruction for accuracy in the target language and emphasize the need to incorporate formfocused instruction in communicative language teaching. The research findings summarized in the previous chapters have strongly supported this necessity.
