a ISBN 0-8058-3955-0

a Original cataloging agency NEU GrandLibrary

a Language code of text/sound track or separate title tur

a Classification number P51

b Item number .N49 2002

a Title New perspectives on grammar teaching in second language classrooms /

c Statement of responsibility, etc edited by Eli Hinkel and Sandra Fotos.

h Medium BOOK

a Place of publication, distribution, etc Mahwah, N.J. ;

a Place of publication, distribution, etc London :

b Name of publisher, distributor, etc L. Erlbaum Associates,

c Date of publication, distribution, etc 2002.

a Extent viii, 272 p. :

b Other physical details ill. ;

c Dimensions 23 cm.

a Bibliography, etc Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

a Formatted contents note Preface; Introduction: From Theory to Practice: A Teacher's View; Part I: Grammar in Language Teaching; The Place of Grammar Instruction in the Second Foreign Language Curriculum; Accuracy and Fluency Revisited; Ten Criteria for a Spoken Grammar; Grammar and Communication: New Directions in Theory and Practice; Part II: Classroom Approaches to Grammar Teaching; The Grammar of Choice; Why It Makes Sense to Teach Grammar in Context and Through Discourse; Structure-Based Interactive Tasks for the EFL Grammar Learner; Methodological Options in Grammar Teaching Materials; Teaching Grammar in Writing Classes: Tenses and Cohesion; Part III: Research on Grammar Structures; Relative Clause Reduction in Technical Research Articles; Why English Passive Is Difficult to Teach (and Learn).

a Summary, etc This text brings together various approaches to the contextualized teaching of grammar and communicative skills as integrated components of second language instruction. Its purpose is to show from both theoretical and practical perspectives that grammar teaching can be made productive and useful in ESL and EFL classrooms. Discourse analysis and research data are used to address such pedagogical areas as grammatical and lexical development in speaking, listening, reading, and writing. The communicative perspective on ESL and EFL Instruction that is presented provides ways for learners to enhance their production skills, whereas the meaning-based grammar instruction can supplement and strengthen current methodology with a communicative focus. By bringing together first-rate scholars to approach the teaching of grammar from multiple complementary perspectives, New Perspectives on Grammar Teaching in Second Language Classrooms provides an original, comprehensive treatment of the topic. This volume is intended as foundational text for second language grammar pedagogy courses at the advanced undergraduate and master's levels.

a Topical term or geographic name as entry element Language and languages