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Teaching English as a Second Language: Giving New Learners an Everyday Grammar
Richard Mcgarry
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Description for Teaching English as a Second Language: Giving New Learners an Everyday Grammar
Paperback. Num Pages: 187 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: DSB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 153 x 228 x 11. Weight in Grams: 266.
This guide examines the concepts that most often confound ESL students, whose confusion can generally be reduced to one very basic question: Why does English work that way? Focusing on the grammar of conversational speech, the book goes beyond simple description of the parts of speech, tenses and modes, and other topics of instruction to consider the cultural differences in language use (for native speakers of Japanese, for instance, the painting may be on the wall--but the wall is also on the painting) and even the neuroscience of our speech patterns. With 23 illustrations, an annotated bibliography and list of ... Read more
This guide examines the concepts that most often confound ESL students, whose confusion can generally be reduced to one very basic question: Why does English work that way? Focusing on the grammar of conversational speech, the book goes beyond simple description of the parts of speech, tenses and modes, and other topics of instruction to consider the cultural differences in language use (for native speakers of Japanese, for instance, the painting may be on the wall--but the wall is also on the painting) and even the neuroscience of our speech patterns. With 23 illustrations, an annotated bibliography and list of ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
McFarland & Co Inc
Condition
New
Number of Pages
188
Place of Publication
Jefferson, NC, United States
ISBN
9780786470624
SKU
V9780786470624
Shipping Time
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Ref
99-1
About Richard Mcgarry
Richard McGarry is the author of two books on sociolinguistics, The Subtle Slant and Students as Ethnographers, as well as numerous journal articles on intercultural communication, error correction and English for special purposes. He has published short stories in The Cold Mountain Review and Hackwriters, has a novel, Books on Tape, and is writing a second. He lives in Boone, ... Read more
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