This book is designed to help both native and non-native English speaking teachers of EFL/ESL to improve their knowledge of and familiarity with American English grammar. It is not intended to be a comprehensive grammar reference for teachers or a grammar practice book for students. Many people believe that anyone who can speak and write English reasonably accurately is equipped to teach the language to foreign students. Unfortunately, this is not at all the case. Knowing the language is important but it is impossible to teach English effectively unless you know a lot about the language. In particular, you need to know a lot about grammar.
A fast track grammar review textbook for EFL teacher trainees and
advanced EFL students.
A taxi driver
needs to know his/her way around town, you need to know your way around
grammar. Grammar is an important part of most EFL programs. You need a
good grasp of grammar and know how to explain it simply and clearly to
your students.
Your students will expect you to have an in depth understanding of
grammar, and you will quickly lose confidence in you if you can’t
deliver.
When you are standing in front of a classroom of five, ten, or even
twenty or more students— you’ll be much more confident when those
grammar questions show up. When you least expect it, students can ask
you the most obscure questions, often in front of a large classes.
Won’t feel a lot better knowing you have put in the effort to
communicate the basics in a professionally effective manner?
This is a practical reference book for learners and teachers of English as a second or foreign language. Its main purpose is to provide intermediate and advanced learners with easy access to the information they need in order to correct their errors, both in system grammar and in word grammar. Special features include comprehensive coverage of all the major errors, an alphabetical arrangement combined with extensive cross-referencing for easy access, and a method of presentation that provides opportunities for active learning.
Each entry shows a common error side by side with its correction, followed by a clear simple explanation. This enables learners to identify the error, see and understand the corrected form and, as a result, improve both their spoken and written English.
This Official Guide from GMAT outshines all others, simply because the
questions are chosen from actual past tests and are very thoroughly
researched. Equally important the answer choices for each question are
also well thought out and both the correct and the incorrect choices
reflect actual test patterns. The explanations for the answers in the
Official Guide are crystal clear and very insightful.
The rules of grammar on which the GMAT Sentence Correction questions
are based are best outlined in this guide. The section on Arguments is
simply outstanding.
