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Keys to Teaching Grammar to English Language Learners: A Practical Handbook (Michigan Teacher Training
Keys to Teaching Grammar to English Language A Practical Handbook is not intended to be an exhaustive reference book about ELL grammar. Written for classroom teachers (K-12, ESL, EFL), this book teaches the most common ELL grammar points in an accessible way through real ELL errors with suggested teaching techniques. Relevant grammar terminology is explained where practical.
The four objectives of the book are to help (1) identify common ELL grammar points and understand the details associated with each one; (2) improve their ability to answer any grammar question on the spot (when on the "hot seat"); (3) anticipate common ELL errors by grammar point, by first language, and by proficiency level; and (4) develop more effective grammar/language learning lessons.
The presentation of each of the 15 keys (grammar points) features information on typical ELL errors, an accessible grammar explanation including examples of mistakes, a native language interference chart, and ideas for teaching the grammar point.
The Workbook for Keys to Teaching Grammar to English Language Learners provides extra practice in the grammar points studied in the handbook.
The four objectives of the book are to help (1) identify common ELL grammar points and understand the details associated with each one; (2) improve their ability to answer any grammar question on the spot (when on the "hot seat"); (3) anticipate common ELL errors by grammar point, by first language, and by proficiency level; and (4) develop more effective grammar/language learning lessons.
The presentation of each of the 15 keys (grammar points) features information on typical ELL errors, an accessible grammar explanation including examples of mistakes, a native language interference chart, and ideas for teaching the grammar point.
The Workbook for Keys to Teaching Grammar to English Language Learners provides extra practice in the grammar points studied in the handbook.
368 pages, Paperback
First published November 25, 2008
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July 6, 2020
This is a great grammar book for ESL teachers. It goes through the ¡°keys¡± of teaching ESL grammar, which includes descriptions of English grammar issues that evade ESL learners for a variety of reasons and also demonstrates how language-specific interference may be causing problems; it goes through ¡°hot seat¡± questions that are commonly asked by ESL learners but which native speakers may not even be aware; and it condenses best practices for instructional methods for ESL grammar. This is one college textbook that I¡¯ll actually be keeping and schleping with me to Ecuador.
October 4, 2022
Review in English, Espa?ol, and ÆÕͨ»°
[English]
This book was a textbook needed for one of my classes during my undergraduate. To be clear, I have three majors: one in TESOL (Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages), Linguistics, and Spanish. This book helped me with all three majors, although it originally was for a TESOL class.
The book eases the reader into the topic by giving a refresher on English as a whole before diving into challenging aspects. Folse does a fantastic job explaining how these structures form and manifest in academic and spoken English. Additionally, there is a lot of help with mistakes that English Language Learners make while learning specific English forms.
One thing that stuck out to me, especially while preparing my thesis, was the comparison between languages and English. Folse provides the most common languages in the United States and shows the differences between the languages. For example, Clause reductions are not possible in Arabic but are possible in English, so students whose native language is Arabic may struggle with the aspect of adjective clause reductions.
My favorite aspect of this book was the "Being in the hot seat" questions and telling your students that you don't have an answer right now, but you will find one for them later. Questions like "why is it a big house and not a house big" (pg. 341) are common questions many don't have an answer for right away. The book teaches YOU English and how to answer these difficult questions. Folse also provides Teaching Techniques for the reader to better refine their grammar explanation to students.
I would heavily recommend this book for teachers looking to get ESL Certified or have students that speak other languages in addition to English or are learning English. It is a meaty book with lots of information. It is very dense and is by no means an easy read, but it has saved my life on more than one occasion.
[Espa?ol]
Este libro era un libro de texto necesario para una de mis clases durante mi licenciatura/especialidad. Para ser claro, tengo tres especializaciones: Una en TESOL (Ense?ando Ingl¨¦s a Hablantes de Otros Idiomas), Ling¨¹¨ªstica, y Espa?ol. Este libro me ayud¨® con las tres especializaciones, aunque originalmente fue para una clase de TESOL.
El libro facilita al lector en el tema dando un repaso en ingl¨¦s como un todo antes de bucear en aspectos desafiantes. Folse hace un trabajo fant¨¢stico explicando c¨®mo estas estructuras se forman y se manifiestan en ingl¨¦s acad¨¦mico y hablado. Adem¨¢s, hay mucha ayuda con los errores que los estudiantes del idioma ingl¨¦s cometen mientras aprenden formas espec¨ªficas de ingl¨¦s.
Una cosa que me pareci¨®, especialmente mientras preparaba mi tesis, fue la comparaci¨®n entre idiomas e ingl¨¦s. Folse proporciona los idiomas m¨¢s comunes en los Estados Unidos y muestra las diferencias entre los idiomas. Por ejemplo, las reducciones de cl¨¢usulas no son posbiles en ¨¢rabe pero s¨ª en ingl¨¦s, por lo que los estudiantes cuyo idioma nativo es ¨¢rabe pueden tener dificultades con el aspecto de las reducciones de cl¨¢usulas adjetivo.
Mi aspecto preferido de este libro era las pregunatas del "en el banquillo" o "en la l¨ªnea de fuego" y decir a sus estudiantes que usted no tiene una respuesta ahora, pero usted encontrar¨¢ una para ellos m¨¢s adelante. Preguntas como "por qu¨¦ es una casa grande y no una grande casa" (p¨¢g. 341) son preguntas comunes muchas no tienen una respuesta para enseguida. El libro le ense?a ingl¨¦s y c¨®mo responder a estas dif¨ªciles pregunatas. Folse tambi¨¦n proporciona T¨¦cnicas de Ense?anza para que el lector perfeccione mejor su explicaci¨®n gramatical a los estudiantes.
Recomendar¨ªa mucho este libro para los profesores/maestros que buscan obtener la certificaci¨®n de ESL o tener estudantes que hablan otros idiomas adem¨¢s del ingl¨¦s o que est¨¢n aprendiendo ingl¨¦s. Es un libro "carnoso" con mucha informati¨®n. Es muy denso y no es de ninguna manera f¨¢cil de leer, pero me ha salvado la vida en m¨¢s de una ocaci¨®n.
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[English]
This book was a textbook needed for one of my classes during my undergraduate. To be clear, I have three majors: one in TESOL (Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages), Linguistics, and Spanish. This book helped me with all three majors, although it originally was for a TESOL class.
The book eases the reader into the topic by giving a refresher on English as a whole before diving into challenging aspects. Folse does a fantastic job explaining how these structures form and manifest in academic and spoken English. Additionally, there is a lot of help with mistakes that English Language Learners make while learning specific English forms.
One thing that stuck out to me, especially while preparing my thesis, was the comparison between languages and English. Folse provides the most common languages in the United States and shows the differences between the languages. For example, Clause reductions are not possible in Arabic but are possible in English, so students whose native language is Arabic may struggle with the aspect of adjective clause reductions.
My favorite aspect of this book was the "Being in the hot seat" questions and telling your students that you don't have an answer right now, but you will find one for them later. Questions like "why is it a big house and not a house big" (pg. 341) are common questions many don't have an answer for right away. The book teaches YOU English and how to answer these difficult questions. Folse also provides Teaching Techniques for the reader to better refine their grammar explanation to students.
I would heavily recommend this book for teachers looking to get ESL Certified or have students that speak other languages in addition to English or are learning English. It is a meaty book with lots of information. It is very dense and is by no means an easy read, but it has saved my life on more than one occasion.
[Espa?ol]
Este libro era un libro de texto necesario para una de mis clases durante mi licenciatura/especialidad. Para ser claro, tengo tres especializaciones: Una en TESOL (Ense?ando Ingl¨¦s a Hablantes de Otros Idiomas), Ling¨¹¨ªstica, y Espa?ol. Este libro me ayud¨® con las tres especializaciones, aunque originalmente fue para una clase de TESOL.
El libro facilita al lector en el tema dando un repaso en ingl¨¦s como un todo antes de bucear en aspectos desafiantes. Folse hace un trabajo fant¨¢stico explicando c¨®mo estas estructuras se forman y se manifiestan en ingl¨¦s acad¨¦mico y hablado. Adem¨¢s, hay mucha ayuda con los errores que los estudiantes del idioma ingl¨¦s cometen mientras aprenden formas espec¨ªficas de ingl¨¦s.
Una cosa que me pareci¨®, especialmente mientras preparaba mi tesis, fue la comparaci¨®n entre idiomas e ingl¨¦s. Folse proporciona los idiomas m¨¢s comunes en los Estados Unidos y muestra las diferencias entre los idiomas. Por ejemplo, las reducciones de cl¨¢usulas no son posbiles en ¨¢rabe pero s¨ª en ingl¨¦s, por lo que los estudiantes cuyo idioma nativo es ¨¢rabe pueden tener dificultades con el aspecto de las reducciones de cl¨¢usulas adjetivo.
Mi aspecto preferido de este libro era las pregunatas del "en el banquillo" o "en la l¨ªnea de fuego" y decir a sus estudiantes que usted no tiene una respuesta ahora, pero usted encontrar¨¢ una para ellos m¨¢s adelante. Preguntas como "por qu¨¦ es una casa grande y no una grande casa" (p¨¢g. 341) son preguntas comunes muchas no tienen una respuesta para enseguida. El libro le ense?a ingl¨¦s y c¨®mo responder a estas dif¨ªciles pregunatas. Folse tambi¨¦n proporciona T¨¦cnicas de Ense?anza para que el lector perfeccione mejor su explicaci¨®n gramatical a los estudiantes.
Recomendar¨ªa mucho este libro para los profesores/maestros que buscan obtener la certificaci¨®n de ESL o tener estudantes que hablan otros idiomas adem¨¢s del ingl¨¦s o que est¨¢n aprendiendo ingl¨¦s. Es un libro "carnoso" con mucha informati¨®n. Es muy denso y no es de ninguna manera f¨¢cil de leer, pero me ha salvado la vida en m¨¢s de una ocaci¨®n.
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January 2, 2021
A lot of examples and ideas to implement. Helpful for explicit grammar instruction.
August 13, 2016
Just... how did I live without this before?
July 3, 2014
This book will travel with me!
February 13, 2015
We use this book in our TEFL Certification program - a great handbook for any English teacher (especially teaching abroad).
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