Abstract

Grammar plays an essential role in language teaching. The present paper aims to clarify the role of Grammar in language teaching and the different approaches to teaching Grammar. It intends to illustrate the best approach which can be used in teaching grammar at schools. It describes, compares, and contrasts approaches and methods to teach Grammar by showing the main principles of each approach. It also aims to identify the grammatical difficulties that intermediate students face and the causes of these problems. Students' issues have been explained by identifying and analyzing the different types of mistakes they commit to specify the reasons behind committing them.

Furthermore, the study seeks to investigate the strategies and solutions to tackle this problem. The data in this research has been collected from 30 students in one of the Iraqi intermediate schools. By surveying the most common errors students may commit, we can tell what is the best approach to avoid these errors.