* Frequent oral exercises encourage students to speak more naturally and fluidly. Students do not have to wait for longer passages to work with meaning. * Meaning-based practice is introduced at the sentence level. * New charts and exercises show patterns to help learners make sense of the information. Numerous exercises have been added to provide more incremental practice. * Practice, spaced out over time, helps students learn better. New to This Edition * A pretest at the start of each chapter allows learners to assess what they already know and orient themselves to the chapter material.
Now more than ever, teachers will find an extensive range of presentations, activities, and tasks to meet the specific needs of their classes. The fifth edition has been extensively revised to keep pace with advances in theory and practice, particularly from cognitive science. Using a time-tested approach that has helped millions of students around the world, Fundamentals of English Grammar blends direct grammar instruction with carefully sequenced practice to developspeaking, writing, listening, and reading skills. Several of the new features are: Information in the grammar charts highlighting important differences between spoken and written English Step-by-step writing activities with models for students to follow Innovative warm-up exercises that precede the grammar charts and introduce points to be taught Newly created exercises to give students more incremental grammar practice Structure-based listening exercises that introduce students to relaxed, reduced speech"- of cover.įundamentals of English Grammar Student Book with MyEnglishLab 5e Book Review: While keeping the same basic approach and materials as in earlier edtions, the fourth edition continues to build on the foundation of understanding form and meaning by engaging students in meaningful communication about real actions, real things, and their own lives in classroom context. It uses a grammar-based approach integrated with communicative methodologies to prmote the development of all language skills. Basic English Grammar is a classic developmental skills text for beginning students of English as a second or foreign language.
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