Teaching English as a second language : giving new learners an everyday grammar / Richard McGarry.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

McGarry, Richard G., 1953-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

English language--Grammar.

English language.

English language--Study and teaching--Foreign speakers.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (189 p.)

Place of Publication:

Jefferson, N.C. : McFarland & Co., 2012.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

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 36 illustrations, an annotated bibli

Contents:

Cover; Table of Contents; Acknowledgments; Preface; Introduction; 1. The Mascagni Effect; 2. Articles: Julie and the French Sailor; 3. Prepositions: It's Above Smitty's!; 4. The Subjunctive: If I Were a Rich Man; 5. Gerunds and Infinitives: Remembering Loving Camping; 6. Verbs: Come Together; 7. Negatives, Interrogatives and Imperatives: Don't Ask and Don't Tell (Manipulative Speech Acts); 8. Passives: Getting Yourself Invited to Izabela's Party; 9. Modals: Meeting Kelly By the Tree; 10. Temporal Expressions: Come By, Say, the First of the Month; 11. Reciprocals: Backscratching

Conclusion: The Zen of GrammarAppendix A: Glossary; Appendix B: Internet Resources; Notes; Annotated Bibliography; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-283-54587-X

9786613858320

0-7864-9146-9

OCLC:

806954339