简介：IntroductionErrorsareunavoidableinlanguagelearning,however,toagreatextent,teachersinmostmiddleschoolsinChinaregarderrorsasundesirable,asignoffailureinlanguagelearning.Mostmiddleschoolsarestillusingthegrammar-translationmethodwhichaimsatencouragingstudentstoreadscientificworksandenjoyliteraryworks.Theothergoalsofthismethodaretogainagreaterunderstandingofthefirstlanguageandtoimprovethestudents’abilitytocopewithdifficultsubjectsandmaterials,i.e.todevelopthestudents’minds.Thepracticalpurposeofusingthismethodistohelplearnerspasstheannualentranceexamination."Toachievethesegoals,thestudentsmustfirstlearngrammarandvocabulary,...Grammaristaughtdeductivelybymeansoflongandelaborateexplanations...studentslearntherulesofthelanguageratherthanitsuse."(TangLixing,1983:11-12)