Full Description
Practical Grammar Teaching for the Second Language Classroom provides a well-rounded foundation for teaching second language (L2) grammar for pre-service, novice, and practicing teachers, as well as for teacher educators who seek to develop their professional knowledge and skills. Written in a highly readable style for an international audience, it presents classroom strategies, techniques, activities, and applications of current and effective innovations to English grammar instruction.
The contributors to this volume are well-established and highly regarded experts in L2 pedagogy, and each contributor offers a thorough overview of the principled and research-based instruction currently prevalent in teaching L2 grammar worldwide. The book provides practical guidelines and strategies for focused language instruction, teaching grammar in writing classes, and applications of technology to grammar teaching and learning.
This key text is essential for students in undergraduate and graduate MA-TESOL (Master of Arts for Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages) programs, pre-service and practicing ESL/EFL (English as a second language/English as a foreign language) teachers, teacher educators, and teaching faculty.
Contents
Preface
Part I Grammar for Language Teaching
Chapter 1. Juggling and Keeping Your Balance: Models of Grammar Teaching
Chapter 2. Grammar in Use
Chapter 3. How is Grammar Learned?
Chapter 4. Developing Multilingual Students' Grammar Knowledge and Use Through Content-Based Instruction
Part II Grammar for Writing
Chapter 5. Teaching Grammar in the L2 Writing Class: Why, How, and When?
Chapter 6. How to Select Grammar for Teaching (or Not): Based on Research
Chapter 7. Functional Grammar: A Commonsense Approach for Effective Writing
Chapter 8. Engaging with Noun Phrases in EAP: The Missing Grammatical Link
Part III Grammar and Technology
Chapter 9. Using Technology to Teach Difficult Grammar
Chapter 10. Using technology to improve language learner's accuracy
Chapter 11. Using Corpora for Teaching Grammar
