Rules, patterns and words

Description

"Grammar is central to language pedagogy and teachers need a clear description of what constitutes grammar and how it can best be taught in the English language classroom. This book illustrates a new way of describing the grammar of spoken and written English. In an accessible style, the author demonstrates how lexical phrases, frames and patterns provide a link between grammar and vocabulary. He also discusses how the different aspects of the language require different learning processes and different teaching techniques. These processes and techniques are contextualised within a task-based approach to teaching and learning. Numerous interactive tasks are provided to guide readers, and over forty examples of teaching exercises are included to illustrate techniques which can be applied in the classroom immediately."--Jacket.

First Sentence

Whenever we do anything in the classroom we are acting on our beliefs about language and language learning.

Subjects

Series Statement

• Cambridge Language Teaching Library

Other Editions

• Rules, patterns and words: grammar and lexis in English language teachingCambridge University Press2003-01-01
• Rules, Patterns and WordsHardcoverCambridge University Press2004-01-12
• Rules, Patterns and WordsPaperbackCambridge University Press2004-01-12
• Rules, Patterns and WordsCambridge University Press2010-01-01
• Rules, Patterns and WordsUniversity of Cambridge ESOL Examinations2010-01-01