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Covering the various methods for teaching grammar including the practice and integration of grammar and how NOT to teach grammar!
Explores different techniques for teaching grammar including inductive and deductive approaches.
Covers practising, testing, error correction and how to integrate grammar with various methodologies such as communicative language teaching and task-based learning.
- Sample lessons show a range of teaching approaches and grammar items in context.
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Scott Thornbury is from New Zealand originally but he started his teaching career in the UK in 1975. Since then he has lived and worked in both Egypt and Spain, teaching, training teachers, and writing materials. In 1991 Scott did an MA in TEFL at the University of Reading. He has written a number of books about language teaching (including How to Teach Grammar and How to Teach Vocabulary), as well as lots of articles for journals and magazines (such as Modern English Teacher and English Teaching Professional). Scott has also given conference presentations at conferences in six different continents. At present Scott lives in Barcelona.
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Sometimes we get so used to the old 'chalk and talk' and we know we need to get away from it, but we aren't sure how. This book gives so many solutions. If you are in a teaching routine, just pick up this book, and find a way to teach which will enlighten your students and also take some of the pressure off you.
It shows how to make task based activities which, despite needing preparation, will mean that your students are being mroe active in the classroom and learning themselves, rather than you feeding the information straight into their mouths.
To conclude, this book is clear and accessible to any TEFL teachers wanting to improve their lessons.
I'm using this book in a course I'm taking in teaching grammar, and I think it's excellent. Numerous books and papers have been written on the subject, and Thornbury neatly summarizes the arguments for and against teaching grammar in a short two chapters. But as a practical matter we DO teach grammar, and Thornbury quickly gets down to the nitty-gritty of explaining and analysing the ways to do it. What I like about this book is the lavish use of examples and sample lessons. He urges that teachers develop personal theories of teaching grammar--there are plenty of theories and methods, but I think one can only decide by trying them on for size. Attention to the organization of the chapters and a neat "Conclusions" section at the end of every chapter makes navigating through this book easy. Highly recommended.
The book covers some broad areas, such as why teach grammar and even how "NOT" to teach it. Thornbury gives three broad approaches: teaching grammar from examples, texts and rules. He also covers issues related to correcting it, practicing it and integrating it through a couple of different approaches, (such as PPP and skills-based teaching).
I found the book an excellent resource for new ideas and getting a fresh look at a complex issue. If you have been a teach for awhile and happen to be looking for a renewed outlook on grammar, this could be a book that you need to see. I loved it, and still refer to it a lot.
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