Grammar in the composition classroom / Joy M. Reid, Patricia Byrd.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Reid, Joy M.

Contributor:

Byrd, Patricia

Series:

Newbury House teacher development

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

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

English language.

English language--Grammar--Study and teaching.

English language--Composition and exercises.

Physical Description:

ix, 195 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm.

Place of Publication:

New York : Heinle & Heinle Publishers, ©1998.

Summary:

Grammar in the Composition Classroom is designed to allows teachers to write essays on selected topics. The ultimate result is to provide readers with a combination of theoretical and practical information that can be used to motivate and guide curriculum and materials design projects.

Contents:

I : Knowing the student. "Eye" learners and "ear" learners : identifying the language needs of international student and U.S. resident writers / Joy Reid

Learning styles and grammar teaching in the composition classroom / Joy Reid

II : Selecting and organizing the grammar. Grammar in the composition syllabus / Patricia Byrd

Grammar FROM context / Patricia Byrd

Rethinking grammar at various proficiency levels : implications of authentic materials for the EAP curriculum / Patricia Byrd

III : Teaching grammar in the ESL writing class. Writing to persuade and the language of persuasion / Joy Reid and Patricia Byrd

Responding to ESL student language problems : error analysis and revision plans / Joy Reid

Using contrastive analysis to analyze ESL/EFL student error / Joy Reid

Technological innovations and the teaching of English grammar and composition / Patricia Byrd.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 181-190) and index.

ISBN:

0838472109

9780838472101

OCLC:

37418356