Grammar Troublespots

Author: Ann Raimes
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 9780521532860
Category : Foreign Language Study
Languages : en
Pages : 198

Book Description
Grammar Troublespots, 3rd edition, provides an excellent aid for ESL writing students at the high intermediate level and above. It helps them identify and correct the typical errors that they are likely to make as they attempt to write, with the emphasis in this new edition on errors made in writing formal academic discourse. The book has 21 units. Each one examines an area of grammar, such as verb tense choice, article usage and modals, and then pinpoints the most troublesome grammar points within that area. Each unit provides a straightforward description of the grammar point, supported by plentiful clear examples, grammar charts and tables. The two-color new edition will be easier to use, with exercises such as error identification, error correction and sentence construction tasks consistently following each grammar point. Each unit ends with a writing assignment and a flowchart to help students diagnose their writing problems and edit their writing.

Grammar Troublespots

Author: Ann Raimes
Publisher: St Martins Press
ISBN: 9780312065188
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 170

Book Description
This guide to the most problematic rules of grammar provides students with concise advice for avoiding grammar pitfalls in their writing. It illustrates twenty-one of the most prevalent writing errors and helps students correct them through self-diagnostic flow-charts, explanations, and exercises.

Nitty Gritty Grammar Teacher's Manual

Author: A. Robert Young
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 9780521606554
Category : Foreign Language Study
Languages : en
Pages : 196

Book Description
Nitty Gritty Grammar, Second Edition, focuses on essential areas of English grammar that cause difficulty for developing writers. This Teacher's Manual provides teaching suggestions, hints about trouble spots and how to handle them, additional examples for use in presenting the grammar points, and a complete answer key.

Handbook of Research in Second Language Teaching and Learning

Author: Eli Hinkel
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
ISBN: 131750836X
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 530

Book Description
Volume III of the Handbook of Research in Second Language Teaching and Learning, like Volumes I and II, is a comprehensive, state-of-the-art overview of current research into social contexts of second language (L2)/foreign language (FL) teaching and learning; language policy; curriculum; types of instruction; incremental language skills such as listening, speaking, reading, writing, vocabulary, and grammar; international communication; pragmatics; assessment and testing. It differs from earlier volumes in its main purpose—to provide a more in-depth discussion and detailed focus on the development of the essential language skills required for any type of communication: speaking, listening, reading, vocabulary, grammar, and writing. Volume III preserves continuity with previous volumes in its coverage of all the classical areas of research in L2/FL teaching and learning and applied linguistics, but rather than offering a historical review of disciplinary traditions, it explores innovations and new directions of research, acknowledges the enormous complexity of teaching and learning the essential language abilities, and offers a diversity of perspectives. Chapter authors are all leading authorities in their disciplinary areas. What’s new in Volume III? Updates the prominent areas of research, including the sub-disciplines addressed in Volumes I and II, and represents the disciplinary mainstays Considers and discusses perspectives held by different schools of thought on the what, the how, and the why of teaching foundational language skills, including theories, pedagogical principles, and their implementation in practice Captures new and ongoing developments and trends in the key areas of L2/FL teaching and learning, and innovative research topics that have gained substantial recognition in current publications, including the role of corpora, technology, and digital literacy in L2/FL teaching and learning Examines new trends in language pedagogy and research, such as an increased societal emphasis on teaching academic language for schooling, somewhat contradictory definitions of literacy, and the growing needs for instruction in intercultural communication.

Frontiers of Language and Teaching: Proceedings of the 2010 International Online Language Conference (IOLC 2010)

Author: Azadeh Shafaei
Publisher: Universal-Publishers
ISBN: 1612330002
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 396

Book Description
This collection is comprised of papers submitted to the 3rd International Online Language Conference (IOLC) held in September 2010. IOLC 2010 was a two-day conference which aimed to provide a forum for academics, practitioners, experts and students to debate current international issues and challenges in the broad area of language learning and teaching. This annual world-renowned conference takes place over the internet, allowing participants to save accommodation and flight expenses and at the same time helping to save our planet by reducing CO2 emissions. All submitted papers went through a double blind review process before a decision was made. This was to ensure the quality level of the conference is kept high.

Written Corrective Feedback in Second Language Acquisition and Writing

Author: John Bitchener
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 113683608X
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 242

Book Description
What should language and writing teachers do about giving students written corrective feedback? This book surveys theory, research, and practice on the important and sometimes controversial issue of written corrective feedback, also known as “error/grammar correction,” and its impact on second language acquisition and second language writing development. Offering state-of-the-art treatment of a topic that is highly relevant to both researchers and practitioners, it critically analyzes and synthesizes several parallel and complementary strands of research — work on error/feedback (both oral and written) in SLA and studies of the impact of error correction in writing/composition courses — and addresses practical applications. Drawing from both second language acquisition and writing/composition literature, this volume is the first to intentionally connect these two separate but important lines of inquiry.

Successful Scientific Writing

Author: Janice R. Matthews
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1107691931
Category : Medical
Languages : en
Pages : 305

Book Description
"The authors draw on 50 years of experience, providing detailed step-by-step guidance designed to help students and researchers write and present scientific manuscripts more successfully through knowledge, practice, and an efficient approach."--Publisher description.

Treatment of Error in Second Language Student Writing, Second Edition

Author: Dana Ferris
Publisher: University of Michigan Press
ISBN: 0472034766
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 240

Book Description
Treatment of Error offers a realistic, well-reasoned account of what teachers of multilingual writers need to know about error and how to put what they know to use. As in the first edition, Ferris again persuasively addresses the fundamental error treatment questions that plague novice and expert writing specialists alike: What types of errors should teachers respond to? When should we respond to them? What are the most efficacious ways of responding to them? And ultimately, what role should error treatment play in the teaching of the process of writing? The second edition improves upon the first by exploring changes in the field since 2002, such as the growing diversity in what is called “L2 writers,” the blurring boundaries between “native” and “non-native” speakers of English, the influence of genre studies and corpus linguistics on the teaching of writing, and the need the move beyond “error” to “second language development” in terms of approaching students and their texts. It also explores what teacher preparation programs need to do to train teachers to treat student error. The second edition features * an updating of the literature in all chapters * a new chapter on academic language development * a postscript on how to integrate error treatment/language development suggestions in Chapters 4-6 into a writing class syllabus * the addition of discussion/analysis questions at the end of each chapter, plus suggested readings, to make the book more useful in pedagogy or teacher development workshops

Response To Student Writing

Author: Dana R. Ferris
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1135655782
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 213

Book Description
Synthesizes & critically analyzes research on responce to L2 student writing and discusses implications of the research for teaching, specifically written & oral teacher commentary, error correction, and peer response. Intended for comp. researchers,

Writing Term Papers with Cool New Digital Tools

Author: Joe Greek
Publisher: The Rosen Publishing Group, Inc
ISBN: 1477718435
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 50

Book Description
In the not-too-distant past, students were expected to turn in only handwritten or typed papers. However, with today's ease of access to the Internet and free applications, teachers are now expecting students to go beyond the confines of text-only productions. Various online programs make it possible to create multi-layered term papers that are rich in images, audio, and even video. And most of these tools are free to use! Students can now access their work from nearly anywhere that has an Internet connection. In the case of collaborative research projects, this same technology allows team members to work with each other even when they are in different locations. A wide variety of online and offline tools, techniques, and tips to help students research, write, edit, prepare, and present term papers are discussed and explained here. This revelatory guidebook to the latest in term paper technology also supports Common Core Standards for the reading of technical accounts and texts.