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About this product
Product Identifiers
PublisherOxford University Press, Incorporated
ISBN-100194313425
ISBN-139780194313421
eBay Product ID (ePID)74150
Product Key Features
Number of Pages384 Pages
LanguageEnglish
Publication NamePractical English Grammar
Publication Year1986
SubjectGrammar & Punctuation, English As a Second Language
FeaturesRevised Edition, Revised
TypeLanguage Course
Subject AreaForeign Language Study, Language Arts & Disciplines
AuthorA.J. Thomson, A. V. Martinet
FormatTrade Paperback
Dimensions
Item Height0.9 in
Item Weight15.2 Oz
Item Length8.5 in
Item Width5.4 in
Additional Product Features
Edition Number4
Intended AudienceEnglish as a Second Language
TitleLeadingA
Reviews''The strength of the book is that examples from classroom research are used to demonstrate how meta-language about grammar and meaning can be included, rather than added separately, in a content lesson to support language development... Chapters 3 and 4 contain many valuable subject-based examples, used with both young and adolescent learners... This volume is a welcome addition to work taking this view on how language development is involved in contentlearning. ...this book is valuable both to TESOL students and practitioners already familiar with a functional approach and to those whose thinking and practice is moving in that direction.''Applied Linguistics, 'The strength of the book is that examples from classroom research are used to demonstrate how meta-language about grammar and meaning can be included, rather than added separately, in a content lesson to support language development... Chapters 3 and 4 contain many valuable subject-based examples, used with both young and adolescent learners... This volume is a welcome addition to work taking this view on how language development is involved in content learning....this book is valuable both to TESOL students and practitioners already familiar with a functional approach and to those whose thinking and practice is moving in that direction.' Applied Linguistics
SynopsisA grammar reference that is known for its clear explanations and for dealing with the topics students find most difficult. Two separate books of exercises provide practice.
Having taught English for over 40 years, and ESL as well as children with little to no prior education prior to Grade 4, Toronto, Canada. I highly recommend this book not only for the grammar taught at school, with great examples for what the teacher has forgotten from their school days, but helps the ESL teacher with the internal grammar structure of this language we learn before we go to school, eg the order of adjectives of quality. It helps teachers explain how to constructively help the student rather than say `that doesn't sound right'.
I highly recommend this book as a forever reference book.