Grammar for everyone practical tools for learning and teaching grammar / Barbara Dykes

Our national language, and the culture from which it has formed, is the rightful inheritance of all English-speaking people. It deserves to be taught with knowledge and respect. English is now spoken, also, by more than 500 million people around the world. They need the opportunity to learn to speak and write it confidently, and correctly. Grammar provides a language to talk about language. As a mechanic needs naming words for the parts of an engine, so a student needs naming words for the components of speech and writing. This practical book provides all who learn or teach Grammar with these skills in a clear step-by-step process. It provides teachers with an armoury of learning strategies to use at all levels. Grammar should be fun to teach and fun to learn. In todays contemporary society, a thorough understanding of the principles of English grammar is more important than ever before. English is now spoken by more than 500 million people around the world. It deserves to be taught with both knowledge and respect. Furthermore, students of grammar deserve the opportunity to speak and write it confidently, and correctly. Grammar provides a language to talk about language. Just as a mechanic needs naming words for the parts of an engine, so a student needs naming words for the components of speech and writing. This practical book provides all who. ‘Grammar'is a word that strikes fear into many teachers'hearts. Through the shifting tides of teaching and learning trends, a generation of teachers missed out on the crucial building blocks of understanding grammar, and subsequently struggle to teach these concepts to their students. This practical book provides everyone who learns or teaches grammar with the necessary skills in a clear step-by-step process, suitable for all levels of learning. Grammar provides a language to talk about language. Just as a mechanic needs naming words for the parts of an engine, so a student needs naming words for the components of speech and writing. This book provides all who learn or teach grammar with these skills in a clear step-by-step process. It provides teachers with learning strategies to use at all levels. Grammar should be fun to teach and fun to learn. [Back cover, ed]