Softcover

ISBN 10: 0132409666 ISBN 13: 9780132409667

Publisher: Pearson Education ESL, 2006

Program Highlights Clear charts and explanations * Student-friendly grammar charts with clear information. * Examples accompanied by clear explanations. * Minimal grammar terminology for ease of understanding. In-depth grammar practice * Immediate application of grammatical forms and meanings. * A variety of exercise types including warm-up, comprehension, completion, reading, listening, interview, and writing. * Interactive pair and group work using target grammar. Comprehensive, corpus-informed grammar syllabus * The verb-tense system, modals, gerunds, and infinitives. * Nouns, articles, pronouns, and agreement. * Sentence patterns, clauses, connectives, and more. * Written forms, spelling, and punctuation; spoken forms and pronunciation.

From the Back Cover:

Blending communicative and interactive approaches with tried-and-true grammar teaching, Basic English Grammar, Third Edition, by Betty Schrampfer Azar and Stacy A. Hagen, offers concise, accurate, level-appropriate grammar information with an abundance of exercises, contexts, and classroom activities.

 

New features of Basic English Grammar, Third Edition:

• Increased speaking practice through interactive pair and group work.
• New structure-focused listening exercises.
• More activities that provide real communication opportunities.
• Added illustrations to help students learn vocabulary, understand contexts, and engage in communicative language tasks.
• New Workbook solely devoted to self-study exercises.
• New Audio CDs and listening script in the back of the Student Book.

• Student Book is available with or without Answer Key.
• Student Book and Workbook are available in split versions.