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The Teacher's Grammar Book, Second Edition introduces the various grammars that inform writing instruction in our schools, and examines methods, strategies, and techniques that constitute best classroom practices for teaching grammar and writing. Designed for students who are preparing to become English or language arts teachers, as well as for credentialed teachers who want an easy-to-use guide to questions of methods, grammar, and teaching, this overview of basic English grammar includes the following major topics: a brief history of grammar, teaching grammar, grammar and writing, traditional grammar, transformational-generative grammar, cognitive grammar, dialects, black English, and Chicano English.New in the reorganized and fully updated Second Edition:new chapter giving a brief history of grammar and grammar instruction;new chapter on best practices--strategies and techniques that actually work;expanded chapter on cognitive grammar--a topic not found in other texts of this nature;expanded chapter on dialects;summary and evaluation of the minimalist program (Noam Chomsky's most recent revision of transformational-generative grammar)--a topic unique among texts of this kind; andreduced discussion of transformational grammar.
Cover......Page 1
Contents......Page 6
Preface......Page 10
1. A Short History of Grammar......Page 16
2. Teaching Grammar......Page 32
3. Traditional Grammar......Page 65
4. Phrase Structure Grammar......Page 112
5. Noam Chomsky and Grammar......Page 176
6. Cognitive Grammar......Page 212
7. Dialects......Page 235
References......Page 269
Index......Page 280
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This text is a basic introduction to grammar and its uses for pre- and in-service teachers, providing the information needed to teach grammar effectively. Readers learn about grammar and usage for the purposes of improving their students' language skills, and at the same time see how they can improv
Publisher: Cambridge University Press - Second Edition 2008 <br/>Paperback: 399 pages.<br/>Passages 2, Second Edition, is a thoroughly revised edition of Passages, the successful two-level, multi-skills course that takes adult and young-adult learners of English from the high-intermediate to advance