Rules, Patterns and Words: Grammar and Lexis in English Language Teaching

by Dave Willis

Book Overview

Teachers need a clear description of what constitutes grammar and how it can best be taught in the English language classroom. This book illustrates a way of describing the grammar of spoken and written English and demonstrates how lexical phrases, frames and patterns provide a link between grammar and vocabulary. These processes and techniques are contextualised within a task-based approach to teaching and learning. Numerous interactive tasks are...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0521536197
• ISBN13: 9780521536196
• Release Date: January 2004
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 238 Pages
• Weight: 0.85 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.7" x 9.0"