Some other thoughts on teaching grammar

Teaching grammar in HK schools is not an easy job. To most of us, I believe grammar is a very boring topic to students. Students still make mistakes because they could not make use of what they learnt during their lessons. It's about how much knowledge they could absorb through the presentation and practice stages. It is indeed another difficulty for me to guide them to make accurate and spontaneous production as their minds are still blank. Drilling is important in some ways, but when I changed the format, they would be very puzzled and did not know what they should do. It is hoped that the techniques which I learnt in today's lesson could boost up their interests in learning grammar and liven up their practices. It is always not a simple thing for us to strike a balance on too much drilling or livened up controlled practice. Still do I believe the ultimate goal is to guide them to use the grammar items correctly and naturally in their daily practices. I still have hope that I can have confidence and won't  get more frustration in teaching grammar to my beloved kids.