English grammar instruction that works! : developing language skills for all learners
How can teachers make grammar fun to learn really, really fun and memorable? Offering a fresh perspective for teaching English grammar, the authors present essentials on the structure of the English language, a wealth of practical strategies, and numerous examples of lively, student-centered activit...
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| Format: | E-Book Buch |
| Sprache: | Englisch |
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Thousand Oaks, Calif
Corwin Press
2009
Corwin |
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| ISBN: | 1412959497, 9781412959490, 1412959489, 9781412959483 |
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- Cover -- Contents -- Preface -- Our Point of View -- Objectives and Key Points -- Publisher's Acknowledgments -- About the Authors -- Chapter 1 - Introduction -- The Premise of This Book -- What Do We Mean by Grammar? -- The History of Teaching Grammar in the United States of America -- Current Standards Related to Teaching Grammar -- Chapter 2 - Language and Metalanguage -- Overview of the Terms Language and Metalanguage -- A Brief History of the English Language -- Internet Sites -- Chapter 3 - Builders of Linguistic Intelligence -- Phonology -- Morphology -- Syntax -- Semantics -- Etymology -- Internet Sites -- Chapter 4 - Parts of Speech and the English Language -- Teaching English through the Structure of the English Language -- Morphological and Non-Morphological Words -- Expanding Definitions of Parts of Speech -- Organizing and Naming the Verb Conjugation Forms -- Verbs by Categories -- The Adjective in the English Language -- The Adverb in the English Language -- Internet Sites -- Chapter 5 - Syntax and Semantics -- Getting Meaning -- Sentences and Semantics -- Internet Sites -- Chapter 6 - The Polyglot of English -- The Latin "DNA" -- Terms for Understanding the Structures of Words and Parts of Words -- Getting Meaning by Sorting and Clarifying -- Internet Sites -- Chapter 7 - The Polyglot: Beyond Latin and Greek -- Ich Spreche Deutsch-The Germanic Connection -- The French Connection-The Year 1066 -- Hablo Español-I Speak Spanish -- Yiddish or Yinglish -- Worldwide Contributions-African Americans, American Indians, East Indians -- Contributions from China and Japan -- Internet Sites -- Chapter 8 - Return to Parts of Speech -- The Small Words -- Internet Sites -- Chapter 9 - Sentences, Paragraphs, and other Structures of the Written Language -- Converting Spoken Sentences to Written Sentences -- Working with Sentence Units
- Finding Sentence Boundaries in Written Sentences -- "Deconstructing" Sentences to Find Their Deep Structure Meaning -- Subjects and Predicates -- Tenses and Agreement -- Verb Agreement -- The Paragraph -- The Grammatical Voice -- Internet Sites -- Chapter 10 - Grammar for Word Play -- Making Grammar Really Fun -- Internet Sites -- Chapter 11 - Reading, Writing, and Grammar -- Combining Reading with Grammar -- ABC Books for Building Language and Grammar Literacy -- Internet Sites -- Chapter 12 - Punctuation, Spelling, Text Messaging, and other Consequences of Grammar -- Learning about Punctuation -- Spelling and Grammar -- Internet Sites -- Chapter 13 - Additional Learning Activities -- Building Sentence Power -- Paragraphs and Transitions -- Having Fun with Grammar and Words -- References -- Index