Teaching English as a Second Language: Giving New Learners an Everyday Grammar

by Richard McGarry

Book Overview

This guide examines the concepts that most often confound ESL students, whose confusion can generally be reduced to one very basic question: Why does English work that way? Focusing on the grammar of conversational speech, the book goes beyond simple description of the parts of speech, tenses and modes, and other topics of instruction to consider the cultural differences in language use (for native speakers of Japanese, for instance, the painting...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0786470623
• ISBN13: 9780786470624
• Release Date: July 2012
• Publisher: McFarland & Company
• Length: 188 Pages
• Weight: 0.55 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.9" x 8.9"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher