The Teaching of English

The Teaching of English
Author: Ian Michael
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Total Pages: 652
Release: 1987-05-21
Genre: Education
ISBN: 9780521241960

Not only academic educationalists interested in the history of the curriculum, but teachers - from primary schools to University, will find this book of compelling interest.

British or American English?

British or American English?
Author: John Algeo
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Total Pages: 13
Release: 2006-08-10
Genre: Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN: 1139457322

Speakers of British and American English display some striking differences in their use of grammar. In this detailed survey, John Algeo considers questions such as: •Who lives on a street, and who lives in a street? •Who takes a bath, and who has a bath? •Who says Neither do I, and who says Nor do I? •After 'thank you', who says Not at all and who says You're welcome? •Whose team are on the ball, and whose team isn't? Containing extensive quotations from real-life English on both sides of the Atlantic, collected over the past twenty years, this is a clear and highly organized guide to the differences - and the similarities - between the grammar of British and American speakers. Written for those with no prior knowledge of linguistics, it shows how these grammatical differences are linked mainly to particular words, and provides an accessible account of contemporary English in use.