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.
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Presenting grammar in context |
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1 | (1) |
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Showing how grammatical choices are meaningful choices |
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2 | (1) |
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Noticing, exploring and practising |
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3 | (3) |
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6 | (2) |
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Integrating the procedures into a curriculum |
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8 | (1) |
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Finding and preparing texts |
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9 | (2) |
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Sample teaching idea one: Explosions |
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12 | (5) |
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Sample teaching idea two: Travel advice |
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29 | (14) |
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Sample teaching idea one: Lady Gaga |
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Sample teaching idea two: A trip to London |
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43 | (16) |
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Sample teaching idea one: Denials |
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Sample teaching idea two: Stupid criminals |
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52 | (7) |
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Sample teaching idea one: My favourite place |
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60 | (4) |
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Sample teaching idea two: Going on vacation |
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64 | (9) |
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Sample teaching idea one: The witness |
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Sample teaching idea two: Dick's dream |
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Sample teaching idea one: How coins are made |
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Sample teaching idea two: Buying gifts |
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Sample teaching idea one: Bigfoot |
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Sample teaching idea two: Global warming |
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| Appendix |
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| Glossary |
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| References |
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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.
