Practical Grammar Teaching for the Second Language Classroom provides a well-rounded foundation for teaching second language (L2) grammar for pre-service, novice, and practicing teachers, as well as for teacher educators who seek to develop their professional knowledge and skills. Written in a highly readable style for an international audience, it presents classroom strategies, techniques, activities, and applications of current and effective innovations to English grammar instruction.
The contributors to this volume are well-established and highly regarded experts in L2 pedagogy, and each contributor offers a thorough overview of the principled and research-based instruction currently prevalent in teaching L2 grammar worldwide. The book provides practical guidelines and strategies for focused language instruction, teaching grammar in writing classes, and applications of technology to grammar teaching and learning.
This key text is essential for students in undergraduate and graduate MA-TESOL (Master of Arts for Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages) programs, pre-service and practicing ESL/EFL (English as a second language/English as a foreign language) teachers, teacher educators, and teaching faculty.
Preface Part I Grammar for Language Teaching Chapter 1. Juggling and Keeping Your Balance: Models of Grammar Teaching Chapter 2. Grammar in Use Chapter 3. How is Grammar Learned? Chapter 4. Developing Multilingual Students’ Grammar Knowledge and Use Through Content-Based Instruction Part II Grammar for Writing Chapter 5. Teaching Grammar in the L2 Writing Class: Why, How, and When? Chapter 6. How to Select Grammar for Teaching (or Not): Based on Research Chapter 7. Functional Grammar: A Commonsense Approach for Effective Writing Chapter 8. Engaging with Noun Phrases in EAP: The Missing Grammatical Link Part III Grammar and Technology Chapter 9. Using Technology to Teach Difficult Grammar Chapter 10. Using technology to improve language learner’s accuracy Chapter 11. Using Corpora for Teaching Grammar
Eli Hinkel is Professor of Linguistics and MA-TESOL Programs at Seattle Pacific University, USA.