The Teacher’s Grammar of English

Title: The Teacher’s Grammar of English: A Course Book and Reference Guide
Author(s): Ron Cowan
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Date: 2008
Pages: 723
Size: 60.60 Mb
Format: PDF
Quality: Very Good, well-scanned, reable
Language: English

The Teacher’s Grammar of English is a comprehensive resource text designed to help English language teachers and teachers-in-training develop their understanding of English grammar. In addition to complete, up-to-date coverage of form, meaning, and usage, each chapter includes practical suggestions for teaching. A unique section at the end of every chapter analyzes common errors made by learners from different language backgrounds. [+/-]

Review exercises provide opportunities to deepen understanding of the grammatical structures and make the book an ideal text for a course on English grammar.

Key Features of The Teacher’s Grammar of English
• Comprehensive coverage of written and spoken English grammar
• Practice exercises and summary charts throughout each chapter
• Descriptions and analyses of typical errors, based on the latest research in second language acquisition
• Suggested teaching activities for addressing student errors
• Historical overview of the teaching of grammar including current approaches

Contents
1. Introduction
2. Grammatical Terms
3. Teaching Grammar
4. Questions
5. Negation
6. Imperative sentences
7. Nonreferential It and There
8. Prepositions
9. Multiword Verbs
10. Determiners
11. Articles
12. Adjectives and Adverbs
13. Pronouns
14. Modal Verbs
15. Indirect Objects
16. Tense and Aspect
17. Passive Sentences
18. Relative Clauses
19. Conditional Sentences
20. Subject Clauses and Related Structures
21. Complements
22. Focus Structures
23. Adverbial Subordinate Clauses
24. Comparatives and Superlatives
25. Coordination
26. Discourse Connectors and Discourse Markers

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