1st Edition
Practical Grammar Teaching for the Second Language Classroom
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 programs, pre-service and practicing ESL/EFL teachers, teacher educators, and teaching faculty.
Preface by Eli Hinkel
Part I Grammar for Language Teaching
Chapter 1. Juggling and Keeping Your Balance: Models of Grammar Teaching
Penny Ur
Chapter 2. Grammar in Use
Brian Tomlinson
Chapter 3. How is Grammar Learned?
Paul Nation
Chapter 4. Developing Multilingual Students’ Grammar Knowledge and Use
Through Content-Based Instruction
Jan Frodesen
Part II Grammar for Writing
Chapter 5. Teaching Grammar in the L2 Writing Class: Why, How, and When?
Dana Ferris
Chapter 6. How to Select Grammar for Teaching (or Not): Based on Research
Eli Hinkel
Chapter 7. Functional Grammar: A Commonsense Approach for Effective
Writing
María Estela Brisk
Chapter 8. Engaging with Noun Phrases in EAP: The Missing Grammatical Link
Averil Coxhead and Oliver James Ballance
Part III Grammar and Technology
Chapter 9. Using Technology to Teach Difficult Grammar
Maggie Sokolik
Chapter 10. Using technology to improve language learner’s accuracy
Greg Kessler
Chapter 11. Using Corpora for Teaching Grammar
Dilin Liu, Yaochen Deng, and Shuqiong Wu
Biography
Eli Hinkel is Professor of Linguistics and MA-TESL Programs at Seattle Pacific University, USA.
