A New Grammar Companion for Teachers 3rd Edition

A New Grammar Companion for Teachers 3rd Edition
Author: Beverly Derewianka
Publisher:
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2022
Genre:
ISBN:

This third edition of A new grammar companion for teachers will continue to familiarise teachers with the basics of the English grammatical system. In this book, grammatical categories are organised according to how they construct meaning in context: expressing ideas, connecting ideas, interacting with others and creating coherent texts.In A new grammar companion for teachers, grammar is viewed as a resource - an array of possibilities from which learners can make the most appropriate selection to generate and interpret meanings. As well as employing standard grammatical terminology that will already be familiar to teachers and the community, the book also uses terms that allow for a more functional interpretation.A new grammar companion for teachers is an indispensable reference and guide, providing reassurance and support for educators as they introduce students to the fascinating workings of grammar.

A New Grammar Companion for Teachers

A New Grammar Companion for Teachers
Author: Beverly Derewianka
Publisher:
Total Pages: 198
Release: 2011
Genre: English language
ISBN: 9781875622900

The new edition of this bestselling text employs standard grammatical terminology, but it also uses terms which allow for a more functional interpretation. Aligned with the new Australian Curriculum: English, this edition is organised around the main functions that language plays in our lives: interacting with others, structuring coherent texts and expressing and developing ideas. Another major difference is that the content now extends into secondary schooling, dealing with the language challenges faced by older students.

Grammar and Meaning

Grammar and Meaning
Author: Sally Humphrey
Publisher:
Total Pages: 218
Release: 2012
Genre: English language
ISBN: 9781875622917

The new edition of this bestseller aims to help teachers build their knowledge of the grammatical resources of the English language system and apply that knowledge to their teaching practice. It supports the Australian Curriculum: English and existing state-based syllabus documents, and is designed to complement Beverly Derewianka's A New Grammar Companion for Teachers. Each chapter assists teachers to engage actively with the material covered in the Derewianka text, and to apply their developing knowledge and skill to their teaching practice

Exploring How Texts Work

Exploring How Texts Work
Author: Beverly Derewianka
Publisher:
Total Pages: 111
Release: 2020-03-15
Genre: English language
ISBN: 9781925132557

This book investigates how texts work to achieve their purposes. Venturing into structure and language features of various genres, the book aims to find useful ways of talking about language in the classroom and to use these shared understandings in the construction of effective texts.This book investigates how texts work to achieve their purposes. Venturing into structure and language features of various genres, the book aims to find useful ways of talking about language in the classroom and to use these shared understandings in the construction of effective texts.

A Literature Companion for Teachers

A Literature Companion for Teachers
Author: Lorraine McDonald
Publisher:
Total Pages: 206
Release: 2013-01-01
Genre: English language
ISBN: 9781875622863

"This research-based book is intended as a 'companion' or reference to enhance pre-service and practising teachers' knowledge about how literature is created. Offering practical insights, it supports teachers' understanding of the writer's craft related to the quality literary texts they read with their students. While the major emphasis is on the Literature Strand and its sub strands, the book takes the three strands of the Australian Curriculum: English as a starting point for the book's content and offers explanations, interpretations and examples for each strand."--Publisher.

Understanding and Supporting Young Writers from Birth to 8

Understanding and Supporting Young Writers from Birth to 8
Author: Noella M. Mackenzie
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
Total Pages: 380
Release: 2024-08-27
Genre: Education
ISBN: 1040108504

Understanding and Supporting Young Writers from Birth to 8 provides practitioners with the knowledge and skills they need to support young children as they learn to write. This fully updated second edition offers new guidance on all aspects of writing, from building children’s vocabulary and creating multimodal texts to providing support for children who find writing particularly challenging. All chapters have been revised and updated with increased emphasis on engaging with families and catering for children from diverse communities. A new chapter focuses on the Draw, Talk, Write, Share (DTWS) pedagogical approach to teaching writing. The book discusses the role of oral language in early mark-making and writing in detail and explores the key relationships between "drawing and talking," "drawing and writing," and "drawing, talking, and writing." Each chapter also features practical strategies and samples of writing and/or drawing to illustrate key points, as well as reflective questions to help the reader apply the ideas to their own setting. Further topics covered include: progressions in children’s writing writing in the pre-school years developing authorial skills developing phonological awareness, phonics, and spelling handwriting and keyboarding skills teaching writing to plurilingual learners assessing writing Understanding and Supporting Young Writers from Birth to 8 is a contemporary and unique resource that will help early childhood educators, early years schoolteachers, specialist practitioners working with very young children, and students enrolled in Early Childhood or Primary Studies courses to boost their confidence in teaching young learners as they become writers.

Reading Process and Practice

Reading Process and Practice
Author: Constance Weaver
Publisher: Heinemann Educational Publishers
Total Pages: 744
Release: 1994
Genre: Education
ISBN:

Updated and revised, this text begins with a discussion of the reading process. New to this edition are chapters on characterizing whole language principles and practices and growing into whole language teaching of writing, reading, literature, and theme study.

Grammar Choices for Graduate and Professional Writers, Second Edition

Grammar Choices for Graduate and Professional Writers, Second Edition
Author: Nigel A. Caplan
Publisher: University of Michigan Press ELT
Total Pages: 217
Release: 2019-01-04
Genre: Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN: 0472037315

Grammar Choices is a different kind of grammar book: It is written for graduate students, including MBA, master’s, and doctoral candidates, as well as postdoctoral researchers and faculty. Additionally, it describes the language of advanced academic writing with more than 300 real examples from successful graduate students and from published texts, including corpora. Each of the eight units in Grammar Choices contains: an overview of the grammar topic; a preview test that allows students to assess their control of the target grammar and teachers to diagnose areas of difficulty; an authentic example of graduate-student writing showing the unit grammar in use; clear descriptions of essential grammar structures using the framework of functional grammar, cutting-edge research in applied linguistics, and corpus studies; vocabulary relevant to the grammar point is introduced—for example, common verbs in the passive voice, summary nouns used with this/these, and irregular plural nouns; authentic examples for every grammar point from corpora and published texts; exercises for every grammar point that help writers develop grammatical awareness and use, including completing sentences, writing, revising, paraphrasing, and editing; and a section inviting writers to investigate discipline-specific language use and apply it to an academic genre. Among the changes in the Second Edition are: new sections on parallel form (Unit 2) and possessives (Unit 5) revised and expanded explanations, but particularly regarding verb complementation, complement noun clauses, passive voice, and stance/engagement a restructured Unit 2 and significantly revised/updated Unit 7 new Grammar Awareness tasks in Units 3, 5, and 6 new exercises plus revision/updating of many others self-editing checklists in the Grammar in Your Discipline sections at the end of each unit representation of additional academic disciplines (e.g., engineering, management) in example sentences and texts and in exercises.

Content Knowledge in English Language Teacher Education

Content Knowledge in English Language Teacher Education
Author: Darío Luis Banegas
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
Total Pages: 276
Release: 2020-02-20
Genre: Education
ISBN: 1350084646

Content Knowledge in English Language Teacher Education provides original professional experiences and research accounts of teaching language in the specific context of English language teacher education programmes in diverse international settings, with contributions from Argentina, Australia, Chile, China, Ecuador, Japan, Mexico, the USA and Turkey. The volume focuses on how teacher educators plan and deliver modules which help future teachers understand English as a system and develop English language proficiency. The contributors describe and analyse their professional practices in designing, delivering and evaluating modules or courses on understanding the English language as a system, i.e. content knowledge, exploring the teaching of elements such as phonetics, phonology, grammar, pragmatics, philology, and discourse analysis. In addition, they draw on their vast professional experience to explore how to successfully develop competence and language skills in English so that teachers can become models and proficient users of the language for their students. The contributions range from more historical and functionally linguistic focused chapters to more sociocultural explorations of teaching English to future teachers including interculturality, multilingualism, World Englishes, critical thinking skills, academic writing, and literacy through literature. The accounts shed light on the diverse practices of educators from many different countries, contexts, and cultural and linguistic backgrounds, drawing links between policy and practice, to locate much of English language teacher education and curriculum development outside the so-called 'inner circle' of native English-language speaking contexts, practitioners, and researchers.

Answer Key for Alif Baa

Answer Key for Alif Baa
Author: Kristen Brustad
Publisher: Georgetown University Press
Total Pages: 20
Release: 2015-10-09
Genre: Foreign Language Study
ISBN: 1589016343

eBook answer keys are now available on VitalSource.com! Please visit their website for more information on pricing and availability. This answer key is to be used with Alif Baa: Introduction to Arabic Letters and Sounds, Third Edition. Please note that this answer key contains answers for exercises that are in the book. It does not contain answers for exercises formerly found on the Smart Sparrow Companion Website, which is no longer available after January 1, 2021.