Functional Grammar in the Esl Classroom - Noticing, Exploring and Practicing

Informationen zum Autor 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. Klappentext 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. Zusammenfassung 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. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction: Basic Principles Comparing Sequencing Gap Filling Reconstructing Combining Activities Transforming Elaborating Appendix 1 – List of General Procedures Appendix 2 – Glossary References Index

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• Autori: Jones, R Jones, R. Jones, Rodney H. Jones, Rodney H. Lock Jones, JONES RODNEY H LOCK GRAHAM, G Lock, G. Lock, Graham Lock
• Editore: Palgrave UK
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Copertina rigida
• Pubblicazione: 14.12.2010
• EAN: 9780230272385
• ISBN: 978-0-230-27238-5
• Pagine: 153
• Categorie: Libri scolastici > Corsi per adulti / università popolare > Materiali per università popolare / materiali per corsi di lingua; Scienze umane, arte, musica > Pedagogia > Istruzione; B, Teaching, Linguistics, Grammar, Linguistics, general, Language: history & general works, Language Education, Grammar, syntax & morphology, Language teaching and learning, Teaching and Teacher Education, Language and education, Language teaching & learning, Language and languages—Study and teaching, Language Teaching, Palgrave Language & Linguistics Collection, Theoretical Linguistics / Grammar, ESL;functional grammar;grammar;Index;Verb