NCELTR Logo Focus on grammar

Helen de Silva Joyce and Anne Burns

This recent addition to the Focus On... Series examines the teaching of grammar in language and literacy programs. It explores the issues of grammar from a practical perspective by focusing on:

Focus on grammar
arrow.gif (174 bytes) the nature of grammar
arrow.gif (174 bytes) different perspectives on grammar
arrow.gif (174 bytes) the characteristics of educational grammar
arrow.gif (174 bytes) the place of grammar in various teaching approaches
arrow.gif (174 bytes) the place of grammar in language programs and why students need to learn grammar as part of their language learning
arrow.gif (174 bytes) how to design language and literacy programs which integrate the teaching of grammar
arrow.gif (174 bytes) how to integrate grammar into the teaching of spoken and written discourse
arrow.gif (174 bytes) questions commonly asked about the teaching of grammar
arrow.gif (174 bytes) classroom activities and tasks related to grammar.
Book 168 pp $29.95 ISBN 1 86408 313 1

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