Integrating an Interactive Approach to Teaching Grammar in the English as a Foreign Language Classroom: A Case Study of a Japanese Senior High School Student

At a time when new language-teaching trends encourage the use of interactive methods to motivate\nand maintain student interest, the persistent tendency to retain a teacher-centered approach in teaching\nEnglish grammar is counterproductive. With more effective methods currently available, monotonous rote\nlearning need no longer dominate the main part of a lesson. Guided by the work of Ur (2009), this paper\nwill introduce the results of a case study conducted by interview. In response to these and other related\nfindings, a model for an interactive, multi-skilled, learner-centered activity designed to effectively teach a\nspecific grammatical concept will also be presented.