Functional Grammar in the ESL Classroom
Noticing, Exploring and Practicing
1st Edition
Published on 14. December 2010
VII, 146 pages
978-0-230-29752-4 (ISBN)
Description
A set of easy to use techniques helps students discover for themselves how grammar works in real world contexts and how grammatical choices are not just about form but about meaning. Sample teaching ideas, covering a wide range of grammatical topics including verb tense, voice, reference and the organization of texts, accompanies each procedure.
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Series
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Palgrave Macmillan UK
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Product notice
Reflowable
Illustrations
VII, 146 p.
File size
18,07 MB
ISBN-13
978-0-230-29752-4 (9780230297524)
DOI
10.1057/9780230297524
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Persons
RODNEY H. JONES Associate Professor of English at City University of Hong Kong, prior to which he taught English for many years in China and Taiwan. His main research interest is discourse analysis, and he is co-editor of
Discourse in Action: Introducing Mediated Discourse Analysis
and
Advances in Discourse Studies
.
GRAHAM LOCK has taught English language and courses in English language teacher education in Singapore, Australia, New Zealand and Hong Kong. He was an Associate Professor at the City University of Hong Kong until 2007, and he is the author of Functional English Grammar: An Introduction for Second Language Teachers (1996). He currently lives on an island, writes and teaches part time.
GRAHAM LOCK has taught English language and courses in English language teacher education in Singapore, Australia, New Zealand and Hong Kong. He was an Associate Professor at the City University of Hong Kong until 2007, and he is the author of Functional English Grammar: An Introduction for Second Language Teachers (1996). He currently lives on an island, writes and teaches part time.
Content
Introduction: Basic Principles Comparing Sequencing Gap Filling Reconstructing Combining Activities Transforming Elaborating Appendix 1 - List of General Procedures Appendix 2 - Glossary References Index
