Grammar for English Language Teachers

by Martin Parrott

Book Overview

This invaluable resource helps teachers at all levels of experience to develop their understanding of English grammar. The book provides practical ideas for planning lessons, with clear explanations. Easy exercises encourage teachers to understand factors affecting grammatical choices, transferring that knowledge to their students. Analysis of real learner errors from the Cambridge Corpus develops teachers' ability to deal with students' common mistakes...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0521712041
• ISBN13: 9780521712040
• Release Date: January 2010
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press and Assessment
• Length: 479 Pages
• Weight: 2.13 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 7.4" x 9.6"

Customer Reviews

Very practical & straight-forward

Grammar for English Language Teachers not only encourages teachers, but also the grammatically challenged, to appreciate and engage with skill and strength, teaching and correctly understanding the use of grammar. Written primarily for the esl teacher, it explores the difficulties esl learners most often face... It is a reference no serious esl teacher should be without.

Best Grammar

After reviewing several grammar books before I started teaching in Southeast Asia, I choose this one. Parrot presents grammar points in an understandable easy to follow format, especially in comparison to the other leading grammars. Easy to use and Highly Recommended!

¡Excelente, excelente!

Por fin entiendo cómo piensan los profesores de Inglés. Es impresionante aprender desde la otra orilla. El estudiante usa el libro de su pedagogo. Así se ubican rápidamente las claves del proceso, se fija la atención en los puntos centrales y se da cuenta de los errores de aprendizaje más comunes. Si está aprendiendo Inglés británico, se lo recomiendo vivamente.

great resource to have

Grammar for English Language Teacher is a must have book if you are in English teaching business. This book is very user friendly and its content is extremely useful and relevant. I am very pleased to have it and recommend it 100%.

A comprehensive and lucid reference

As is evident from the book's title, this book is intended for practising and prospective teachers. Its simple structure enables the teacher to teach grammar lucidly and effectively. Every chapter features an analysis of common grammatical difficulties that students encounter when studying grammar. This advantage will help you identify the difficulties and accordingly reveal efficient ways to help students deal with troublesome points of grammar. In the following, I will account for the chief characteristics of this book:1. a very simple structure,2. a thorough analysis of complex sentence structures,3. the identification of typical grammatical difficulties,4. its methodological and pedagogical structure,5. its simple terminology,6. it is comprehensive and lucid7. it will help teacher to choose the most effective method to teach grammar.The above-mentioned features should help you decide if this is the book you need! In my opinion, this is the only book you need to become a competent english teacher.