Author(s)

Gefei Dong ¹, Xiaopeng Kang ¹

Affiliation(s)

¹ Foreign Studied College, Northeastern University, No.11, Lane 3, Wenhua Rode, Heping District, Shenyang, Liaoning, China

Corresponding Author

Gefei Dong

ABSTRACT

Grammar teaching has always been a field of great concern and controversy in the junior high school education of China. The shortcomings of traditional grammar teaching are becoming more and more obvious. After the publication of the 2022 new curriculum standards, educationalists began to pay attention to more vivid and practical grammar teaching methods, in order to help teachers update their teaching concepts and teaching methods, and help students develop their interest in English grammar learning. In this context, more and more researchers have paid more attention to the teaching of Three-Dimensional Grammar Framework proposed by Larsen Freeman. Three-dimensional grammar teaching is a method to improve grammar teaching by presenting the form, meaning and use of grammar knowledge. This approach focuses on the combination of grammatical rules, linguistic meaning and practical pragmatics in a specific context. However, there are also many problems that need to be solved in the process of applying it, such as the cognitive deficiency of teachers and students, the shortage of appropriate three-dimensional grammar teaching design. After summarizing the previous research results, the actual class teaching is investigated. Then these data are analyzed about advantages and disadvantages of the current traditional English grammar teaching and three-dimensional grammar teaching in junior high school. And this paper aims to explore the application of three-dimensional grammar teaching in junior high school English grammar classroom, provide teachers with more suitable teaching program design, and improve students’ interest in English grammar learning. Furthermore, feasible suggestions are given for improving the quality of English grammar teaching in junior high school.

KEYWORDS

Applied Linguistics, Second Language Acquisition, Junior High School English, Three-Dimensional Grammar Teaching, Teaching Design

CITE THIS PAPER

Gefei Dong, Xiaopeng Kang. Application of 3D Grammar Teaching Method to Junior High School English Grammar Classes. Curriculum and Teaching Methodology (2026). Vol. 9, No.1, 98-110. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.23977/curtm.2026.090114.

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