This book is not theoretical. It is a collection of practical ideas and techniques which you can use immediately to make your own teaching more effective, and more enjoyable for yourself and your students. The book is not based on a method or an approach. We do not believe that there is one way of teaching well. All the suggestions are based on our experience of teachers teaching. Ideas are included because we have seen that they work for a wide range of teachers in many different situations.
First, it makes the assumption that what teachers need to know about grammar is not limited to what the national curriculum requires them to teach about it. Clearly, teachers do need to be equipped with the knowledge they are expected to pass on to pupils, but in these pages I will try to demonstrate that an understanding of language structure is relevant not only for teaching grammar itself, but also for teaching writing, spelling, reading, literature, and media. It can also assist teachers in making informed and systematic assessments of pupils' language development, as part of the ongoing activity of monitoring their learning.
Grammar for Young Learners (Resource Books for Teachers)
This book is meant for primary and secondary teachers who wish to teach grammar to their 6 to 13-year-old learners in a fun and non-threatening way. It is suitable for both native and non-native teachers.The material can supplement course book activities; the activities conform to the grammar syllabus as outlined in CEF and Cambridge exams for young learners. The book steers a middle course between grammar-based and communicative approaches to teaching: meaning is the main focus of all language teaching and grammar is an intrinsic part of this.
Over 150,000 teachers worldwide have made Opportunities their course of choice. Now, Opportunities has a new edition. With extra features, New Opportunities offers you the chance to take your classes even further. New Opportunities is the course of choice for teachers, like yourself, who want to give their students education for life!
A Teachers' Grammar: The Central Problems of English
This book appeared in its first edition 30 years ago, from an academic rather than a language teaching publisher. It was a landmark of its time, and praise was lavished upon it by many, if not most, contemporary grammarians. This new, revised edition retains all the insight and clarity of the original text, but has been slightly up-dated in terms of content and re-designed to make the book easier to read.
