Rules, Patterns and Words: Grammar and Lexis in English Language Teaching

Dave Willis

doi:10.1017/CBO9780511733000

Rules, Patterns and Words

Grammar and Lexis in English Language Teaching

Teachers need a clear description of what constitutes grammar and how it can best be taught in the English language classroom. This book illustrates a way of describing the grammar of spoken and written English and demonstrates how lexical phrases, frames and patterns provide a link between grammar and vocabulary. These processes and techniques are contextualised within a task-based approach to teaching and learning. Numerous interactive tasks are provided to guide readers. Over 40 examples of teaching exercises are included to illustrate techniques which can be applied in the classroom immediately.

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Frontmatter
pp i-iv

Contents
pp v-vii

Acknowledgements
pp viii-viii

1 - What is taught may not be what is learnt: Some preliminary questions
pp 1-27

2 - Grammar and lexis and learning
pp 28-49

3 - Developing a teaching strategy
pp 50-68

4 - The grammar of structure
pp 69-93

5 - The grammar of orientation: The verb phrase
pp 94-125

6 - Orientation: Organising information
pp 126-141

7 - Lexical phrases and patterns
pp 142-167

8 - Class: The interlevel
pp 168-185

9 - The grammar of spoken English
pp 186-211

10 - A final summary
pp 212-226

References
pp 227-228

Subject index
pp 229-237

Name index
pp 238-238

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