Rules, Patterns and Words

Grammar and Lexis in English Language Teaching

By: Dave Willis

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Paperback | 24 December 2003

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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 new 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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Acknowledgements	p. viii
What is taught may not be what is learnt: Some preliminary questions	p. 1
Some questions about tags	p. 2
Some questions about questions	p. 5
Some questions about learning	p. 6
Learning processes	p. 8
Some questions about language	p. 16
Summary	p. 23
Grammar and lexis and learning	p. 28
The grammar of structure	p. 29
The grammar of orientation	p. 34
Pattern grammar	p. 37
Class	p. 41
Lexical phrases and frames	p. 43
Collocation	p. 46
Words	p. 45
Summary	p. 47
Developing a teaching strategy	p. 50
Tasks and communicative purpose	p. 52
Language focus and learning processes	p. 59
Summary	p. 68
The grammar of structure	p. 69
Clauses: Structure and pattern	p. 69
The noun phrase	p. 74
The verb phrase	p. 90
Specific structures	p. 91
Summary	p. 92
The grammar of orientation: The verb phrase	p. 94
What is orientation?	p. 94
The 'traditional' pedagogic description of the verb	p. 94
A systematic description	p. 99
Using the grammatical description	p. 111
Summary	p. 124
Orientation: Organising information	p. 126
Definite and indefinite articles	p. 127
Building grammatical systems	p. 129
Devices for organising text	p. 132
Summary	p. 140
Lexical phrases and patterns	p. 142
What is a lexical phrase?	p. 142
Polywords	p. 145
Frames	p. 146
Sentences and sentence stems	p. 147
Patterns	p. 148
Making learners aware of lexical phrases	p. 160
Teaching phrases and patterns	p. 161
Summary	p. 166
Class: The interlevel	p. 168
Grammar and lexis	p. 168
Class and structure	p. 168
Class and orientation	p. 178
Summary: Class and the lexical syllabus	p. 184
The grammar of spoken English	p. 186
Spoken and written language: Some differences	p. 186
Teaching the spoken language	p. 198
Summary	p. 210
A final summary	p. 212
Language learning and language development	p. 212
'Learning how to mean'	p. 213
Individual priorities	p. 214
The communicative framework	p. 215
Language description and learning processes	p. 217
Implications for teaching	p. 219
An integrated model	p. 222
Implications for syllabus design	p. 222
In the meantime ...	p. 225
References	p. 227
Subject index	p. 229
Name index	p. 238
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