English Grammar Pedagogy

This text for ESL and ELT pedagogy courses around the world describes English grammar from a World Englishes perspective including a discussion of grammatical theory, language acquisition, and pedagogy using examples from academic writers.

Barbara M. Birch is Professor in the Department of Linguistics at California State University, Fresno.

Preface Acknowledgements Part I. Global Trends in English Grammar Pedagogy 1. Global Perspectives on English 2. New Trends in Grammatical Theory 3. New Trends in Second Language Acquisition 4. New Trends in Post-method Grammar Pedagogy Part II. Consensus Grammatical Features 5. Morphemes 6. Words 7. Major Phrases 8. Noun Phrases 9. Modifiers 10. Verbal Constructions 11. Sentences 12. Complex Sentences 13. Discourse Part III. Unstable Grammatical Features 14. Unstable System Elements 15. Collocations and the Idiomatic Paradox