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【Abstract】The present essay studies the role of grammar in young learners’ classroom， perceived by the English teachers in China. The study gives a detailed description of what the role of grammar is like in young learners’ classroom， by interviewing primary school teachers both from a city in a developed coastal city and a less developed city in central China. It highlights the differences in the perceptions of teachers on the prominence of grammar in their classes. These differences may indicate regional disparity and potential factors for teachers’ teaching approaches to grammar instruction.
【Key words】grammar； teachers’ perception； young learner； regional disparity
1. Introduction
Since the early 70s， it was believed that focus on form， error correction may do more harm than good. （Terrell， 1977； Krasen， 1985）. Since then， the foreign language teachers have been encouraged to use interactional ways to teach in their classrooms.
A lot of researchers have found that grammar should be combined with communicative language teaching to develop the communicative competence in a foreign language（ Nassaji，1999； Nassaji
【Key words】grammar； teachers’ perception； young learner； regional disparity
1. Introduction
Since the early 70s， it was believed that focus on form， error correction may do more harm than good. （Terrell， 1977； Krasen， 1985）. Since then， the foreign language teachers have been encouraged to use interactional ways to teach in their classrooms.
A lot of researchers have found that grammar should be combined with communicative language teaching to develop the communicative competence in a foreign language（ Nassaji，1999； Nassaji