Christian Jones, Graham Burton

The Big Beasts of English Grammar: An Exploration of Form and Function in Conversations (Positive Pedagogical Praxis, #4) (eBook, ePUB)

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

What do we really know about how the grammar topics that seem to dominate language teaching are used in conversation? In this book, the authors explore some of the 'big beasts' of English grammarthose familiar structures like conditionals and reported speech that are often emphasised in syllabuses and textbooks. Drawing on a corpus of conversation data, the book provides new insights into how these structures actually function in real-life conversations, revealing how grammar teaching often overlooks key contextual uses.

Aimed at teachers, researchers, and curriculum designers, the book encourages readers to rethink grammar explanations and instruction. It challenges long-standing rules and assumptions, also offering practical ideas on how to better incorporate grammar into lessons that focus on spoken English. Covering important grammar areas such as modal verbs, quantifiers, and comparatives, it's a valuable resource for those interested in how grammar operates in real-world dialogue.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: CandlinMynard
• Erscheinungstermin: 15. Dezember 2024
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9798230357049
• Artikelnr.: 72304139

Autorenporträt

Christian Jones has been involved in English language teaching for over twenty five years and has worked in China, Japan, Thailand and the UK. During this time, he taught general English, business English, exam classes, classes for young learners and undertook materials/course development and teacher training.He holds the Cambridge CTEFLA and DTEFLA qualifications alongside an MA and PhD from the University of Nottingham.

Chris' main research interests are related to spoken language and include work on spoken corpora, lexis and lexico-grammar, classroom applications of corpus data and instructed second language acquisition in general.

He is currently academic lead for postgraduate taught programmes in the School of the Arts and the University of Liverpool in the UK.