About language : tasks for teachers of English /
Tasks for teachers of English
Scott Thornbury.
- Second edition.
- xxiii, 353 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Tasks -- Introductory unit -- Language standards and rules -- Varieties of English -- Types of grammar -- Language systems and syllabuses -- Forms and functions -- An introduction to phonology -- The consonants -- The vowels -- Rhythm and connected speech -- Sentence stress and intonation -- Word formation, spelling and word stress -- Lexical meaning -- Word classes and phrases -- Sentence structure: the simple sentence -- Sentence structure: the complex sentence -- Negatives and questions -- The verb phrase -- Time and tense -- Aspect: progressive -- Aspect: perfect -- Modality -- Futurity -- Hypothetical meaning and conditionals -- The noun phrase -- Determiners -- Adjectives and adverbs -- Prepositions and phrasal verbs -- Cohesion -- Texts -- Conversation -- 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. 15. 16. 17. 18. 19. 20. 21. 22. 23. 24. 25. 26. 27. 28. 29. 30. Key and commentaries -- Introductory unit -- Language standards and rules -- Varieties of English -- Types of grammar -- Language systems and syllabuses -- Forms and functions -- An introduction to phonology -- The consonants -- The vowels -- Rhythm and connected speech -- Sentence stress and intonation -- Word formation, spelling and word stress -- Lexical meaning -- Word classes and phrases -- Sentence structure: the simple sentence -- Sentence structure: the complex sentence -- Negatives and questions -- The verb phrase -- Time and tense -- Aspect: progressive -- Aspect: perfect -- Modality -- Futurity -- Hypothetical meaning and conditionals -- The noun phrase -- Determiners -- Adjectives and adverbs -- Prepositions and phrasal verbs -- Cohesion -- Texts -- Conversation. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. 15. 16. 17. 18. 19. 20. 21. 22. 23. 24. 25. 26. 27. 28. 29. 30.
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English language--Study and teaching--Foreign speakers--Problems, exercises, etc. English teachers--Training of.