An enthusiastic and practical approach to language learning * A riveting and valuable combination of David Crystal's language expertise and Geoff Barton's sound, practical classroom experience. * Essential reference for every class working towards GCSE and Standard Grade.
How do you ensure your students have a full understanding of grammar use, meaning, and form?Who are your family and friends? Where can we see colors? How can we make music?Oxford Discover uses Big Questions such as these to tap into students' natural curiosity. It enables them to ask their own questions, find their own answers, and explore the world around them.This approach to language learning and literacy, supported by a controlled grammar and skills syllabus, helps students achieve near-native fluency in English.Oxford Discover gives teachers the tools to develop children's 21st century skills, creating young thinkers with great futures.Use with Show and Tell as part of 9-level course.
'My first English lesson was grammar with the terrifying Mrs Petrie. She spent the entire time marching up and down the classroom, thwacking various items of school furniture with a ruler while she banged on about the ING part of the verb. I sat there, vibrating with fear, desperately trying to figure out what on earth she could mean. Irregular Negative Gerund? Intransitive Nominative Genitive? It was only years later, when I was teaching English to foreign students, that I realised that English grammar wasn't obscure and wilfully difficult but a fascinating subject which I was already brilliant at - and this book will prove that you are too.' Forget the little you think you know about English grammar and start afresh with this highly entertaining and accessible guide. English for the Natives outlines the rules and structures of our language as they are taught to foreign students - and have never before been explained to us. Harry Ritchie also examines the grammar of dialects as well as standard English and shows how non-standard forms are just as valid. With examples from a wide variety of sources, from Ali G to John Betjeman, Margaret Thatcher to Match of the Day, this essential book reveals some surprising truths about our language and teaches you all the things you didn't know you knew about grammar.
NEW 'What do you know?' section at the start of each level of the Oxford Discover Grammar books revises what was learned in the previous level. Fast paced high level grammar and vocabulary syllabus A wide variety of texts types present grammar in use Grammar paradigms and tables explain the form and structure Exam Time provides exam type practice for Cambridge Young Learners English Test (levels 1 - 4), KET (level 5) and PET (level 6) Usealongside Oxford Discover or on its own
NEW 'What do you know?' section at the start of each level of the Oxford Discover Grammar books revises what was learned in the previous level. Fast paced high level grammar and vocabulary syllabus A wide variety of texts types present grammar in use Grammar paradigms and tables explain the form and structure Exam Time provides exam type practice for Cambridge Young Learners English Test (levels 1 - 4), KET (level 5) and PET (level 6) Usealongside Oxford Discover or on its own
This textbook for college courses in advanced grammar, structures of English, English syntax, and introduction to English language is written for the general student.
Important, yet playful, grammar -- Sensible sentences and categories of clauses -- Naming nouns and pronouns -- Vivid verbs -- Admirable adjectives and adverbs -- Among prepositions and conjunctions and interjections. Wow! -- Putting it all together -- Final thoughts: a spoonful of sugar -- Appendix A. Grades at which grammatical concepts commonly are taught -- Appendix B. Test yourself -- Appendix C. A collection of collective nouns -- Appendix D. Jean's suggested music for Rachmaninoff to reggae to rap -- Appendix E. Additional resources for classroom use -- Appendix F. Reproducibles -- Works cited
The Grammar Review Book guides English language learners inductively toward accurate understanding and use of grammatical structures. The basis for each unit is to fix a recurring grammatical error, for example, omission of subject (is beautiful today) or omission of verbs (She the best worker). The exercises incorporate the following four features: 1) they involve inductive rather than deductive thinking; 2) they activate analytical skills; 3) they are multi-sensory; and 4) they guide students in applying the grammatical focus in each unit to an original writing task.
This book lays a foundation for effective communication with the English language. The student will learn the basics of English grammar, including the definition and usage of the eight parts of speech. In addition, the student will examine how these are to be properly used in phrases, clauses, and sentences. Correct sentence structure, diagramming, pronoun usage, and forming good paragraphs are also emphasized. Grade 7."