Understanding and using English Grammar [antikvár]

Preface to the Second EditionThe second edition of Understanding and Using English Grammar contains changes directed primarily toward clarification of structure presentations in the charts and improvements in the exercises. The revisions are based in large part upon the many wonderful and graciously offered suggestiöns from teachers and students familiar with the originál text. A few new short grammar units have been included. One grammar area (comparisons) has been moved from Understanding and Using English Grammar to the second edition of Fundamentals of English Grammar. Additional notes on structure differences between American and British English have been included in the second edition.The text remains a developmental skills text for students of English as a second or foreign language. While focusing on grammar, it promotes the deveiopment of all language skills in a variety of ways.As in the originál edition, the charts consist of examples accompanied by explanations and are intended to be easily understood by the students. Terminology is kept to a minimum.The exercises reflect an eclectic approach, not only because there are many effective ways of teaching language, but alsó because certain structures simply tend to lend themselves to one approach rather than another. The exercises may be directed toward listening skills, oral production, writing skills, or reading comprehensionor any combination thereof. Somé of the exercises have a straightforward, controlled concentration on form and meaning. These are followed by other more complicated and challenging exercises that engender creative, independent use of target structures. The exercise contexts reflect realistic, typical language use and are relevant to the students' concerns, daily lives, and life experiences. Items in the exercises are variously designed to encourage students to talk about themselves and their activities, to promote vocabulary deveiopment, to be informative, to engender cross-cultural comparisons, to be thought-provoking, to cause a smile or a chuckle, or to stimulate short discussions on a variety of topics.In order to meet the needs of different teachers in different teaching situations, the revision of Understanding and Using English Grammar is