Functional Grammar in the ESL Classroom: Noticing, Exploring and Practicing

by R. Jones, G. Lock

Overview

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.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780230272392
Publisher:	Palgrave Macmillan UK
Publication date:	12/14/2010
Edition description:	2011
Pages:	146
Product dimensions:	6.10(w) x 9.10(h) x 0.60(d)

About the Author

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.

Table of Contents

Introduction: Basic Principles Comparing Sequencing Gap Filling Reconstructing Combining Activities Transforming Elaborating Appendix 1 – List of General Procedures Appendix 2 – Glossary References Index