Diane Larsen-Freeman, Teaching Language: From Grammar to Grammaring
Diane Larsen-Freeman, Teaching Language: From Grammar to Grammaring
ISBN: 0838466753 | edition 2003 | PDF | 181 pages | 5 mb
ISBN: 0838466753 | edition 2003 | PDF | 181 pages | 5 mb
A must-read for every language teaching professional, TEACHING LANGUAGE: FROM GRAMMAR TO GRAMMARING explores the regular, predictable elements of language as well as the potential creativity of its underlying system. By combining a wide range of view points with her own personal experiences and studies, Diane Larsen-Freeman challenges the static descriptive ideas of grammar, based on rules, and promotes the more fluid and dynamic notions of reason-driven grammaring, which she defines as "the ability to use grammar structures accurately, meaningfully, and appropriately."