New Perspectives on Grammar Teaching in Second Language Classrooms (ESL and Applied Linguistics Professional) (Volume in the Esl and Applied Linguistics Professional Series)

New Perspectives on Grammar Teaching in Second Language Classrooms brings together various approaches to the contextualized teaching of grammar and communicative skills as integrated components of second language instruction. Its purpose is to show from both theoretical and practical perspectives that grammar teaching can be made productive and useful in ESL and EFL classrooms. In this text: *First-rate scholars approach the teaching of grammar from multiple complementary perspectives, providing an original, comprehensive treatment of the topic. *Discourse analysis and research data are used to address such pedagogical areas as grammatical and lexical development in speaking, listening, reading, and writing. *The communicative perspective on ESL and EFL instruction that is presented provides ways for learners to enhance their production skills, whereas the meaning-based grammar instruction can supplement and strengthen current methodology with a communicative focus. This volume is intended as a foundational text for second language grammar pedagogy courses at the advanced undergraduate and master's levels. Introduction From theory to practice : a teacher's view The place of grammar instruction in the second/foreign language curriculum / Rod Ellis Accuracy and fluency revisited / Jack C. Richards Ten criteria for a spoken grammar / Michael McCarthy and Ronald Carter Grammar and communication : new directions in theory and practice / Martha C. Pennington The grammar of choice / Diane Larsen-Freeman Why it makes sense to teach grammar in context and through discourse / Marianne Celce-Murcia Structure-based interactive tasks for the EFL grammar learner / Sandra Fotos Methodological options in grammar teaching materials / Rod Ellis Grammar teaching in writing classes : tenses and cohesion / Eli Hinkel Relative clause reduction in technical research articles / Peter Master Why English passive is difficult to teach (and learn) / Eli Hinkel. Brings together various approaches to the contextualized teaching of grammar & communicative skills as integrated components of second-language instruction. Purpose of the text is to show that grammar teaching can be productive & useful in ESL classroom