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This book guides teachers and pre-service student teachers on how grammar can be used as a pedagogical tool for meaning-making. It is for English Language pre-service student teachers and in-service teacher practitioners (both in primary and secondary school levels), mainly in the Asian context.
List of contents
1. Introduction 2. Words and Word Classes 3. Nouns and Noun Phrases 4. Verbs and Verb Phrases 5. Clauses and Sentences 6. Grammatical Functions 7. Cohesion and Coherence 8. Conclusion
About the author
Christine Anita Xavier is a teacher educator and researcher in the English Language and Literature department at the National Institute of Education, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore. She teaches courses on grammar and linguistics within the pre-service, higher degree and in-service programmes. Her research focuses on the intersections between theory and practice in the areas of pedagogical grammar and English language variation and use.
Alexius Chia is a teacher educator and researcher in the English Language and Literature department at the National Institute of Education, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore. He teaches courses on language teaching methods, including teaching grammar, to pre-service and leadership programmes. Before he joined NIE, he was a Head of Department/English Language and Literature at two local Singapore schools. His research focuses on curriculum implementation, multiliteracies, multimodality and teacher professional learning.
Summary
This book guides teachers and pre-service student teachers on how grammar can be used as a pedagogical tool for meaning-making. It is for English Language pre-service student teachers and in-service teacher practitioners (both in primary and secondary school levels), mainly in the Asian context.
