Publisher Description

Teaching Grammar: From Rules to Reasons is a book which outlines an alternative approach to teaching grammar in the language classroom. It explores what speakers and writers of English do with grammar, and how language students can be guided to discover what they mean.This book comprises of lesson materials, systematic lesson procedures, discovery techniques and explores replication activities that can be incorporated into a syllabus and used as demonstration lessons. Teaching Grammar: From Rules to Reasons aims to help teachers to develop their knowledge of grammar, provide a source of grammar lessons and instigate new ways of planning and organising lessons.

Author Biography

Danny Norrington-Davies is a teacher and teacher trainer. He began teaching in 1993 in Botswana and now works for International House and King's College in London.As a language teacher, his interests are grammar, materials development, emerging language, critical thinking and visualisation, and he is a member of the C Group, an independent and informal grouping of ELT professionals which aims collaboratively to share information, promote reflection and inquiry, and encourage action through more creative teaching practices. Danny also enjoys attending and speaking at conferences and has published articles for The Teacher Trainer, Folio and HLT magazine. This is his first book.

Table of Contents

Section 11. Why focus on grammar in the language classroom?2. The use of grammar rules3. From rules to reasonsSection 21. Teaching resources2. Creating your own resourcesSection 31. Section 32. Teacher's notes3. Bibliography

Long Description

Teaching Grammar: From Rules to Reasons is a book which outlines an alternative approach to teaching grammar in the language classroom. It explores what speakers and writers of English do with grammar, and how language students can be guided to discover what they mean.This book comprises of lesson materials, systematic lesson procedures, discovery techniques and explores replication activities that can be incorporated into a syllabus and used as demonstration lessons. Teaching Grammar: From Rules to Reasons aims to help teachers to develop their knowledge of grammar, provide a source of grammar lessons and instigate new ways of planning and organising lessons.

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