Teaching and Learning English Grammar : Research Findings and Future Directions (Paperback)

Foreword Joanne Dresner Preface MaryAnn Christison, Donna Christian, Patricia A. Duff, and Nina Spada Acknowledgments Part I. Overview of English grammar instruction Chapter 1. An overview of teaching grammar in ELT Marianne Celce-Murcia Part II. Focus on form in second language acquisition Chapter 2. Focus on form: Addressing grammatical accuracy in an occupation-specific language program Antonella Valeo Chapter 3. Teaching English grammar in context: The timing of form-focused intervention Junko Hondo Chapter 4. Form-focused instruction and learner investment: Case study of a high school student in Japan Yasuyo Tomita Chapter 5: The influence of pretask instructions and pretask planning on focus on form during Korean EFL task-based interaction Sujung Park Part III. The use of technology in teaching grammar Chapter 6. The role of corpus research in the design of advanced level grammar instruction Michael J. McCarthy Chapter 7. Corpus-based lexicogrammatical approach to grammar instruction: Its use and effects in EFL and ESL contexts Dilin Liu and Ping Jiang Chapter 8. Creating corpus-based vocabulary lists for two verb tenses: A lexicogrammar approach Keith S. Folse Part IV. Instructional design and grammar Chapter 9. Putting (functional) grammar to work in content-based English for academic purposes instruction Patricia A. Duff, Alfredo A. Ferreira, and Sandra Zappa-Hollman Chapter 10. Integrating grammar in adult TESOL classrooms Anne Burns and Simon Borg Chapter 11. Teacher and learner preferences for integrated and isolated form-focused instruction Nina Spada and Marilia dos Santos Lima Chapter 12. Form-focused approaches to learning, teaching, and researching grammar Rod Ellis Epilogue Kathleen M. Bailey About the Contributors Index