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Teaching Grammar in Context

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ISBN-10: 0867093757

ISBN-13: 9780867093759

Edition: 1996

Authors: Constance Weaver, Constance Weaver

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Weaver shows her growth as a teacher and researcher by bringing new insight and applications to her beliefs. A good book for all teachers who have their students write. - Writing Teacher More than fifteen years ago, Constance Weaver's Grammar for Teachers (NCTE, 1979) broke new ground by responding to widespread concern about the place of grammar in the curriculum. Suggesting that teachers need to know key aspects of grammar in order to teach writing more effectively, Weaver also argued that students need to be guided in learning and applying grammatical concepts as they revise and edit their writing. Attention to sentence structure and mechanics during the process of writing would result…    
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Book details

List price: $49.47
Copyright year: 1996
Publisher: Heinemann
Publication date: 2/26/1996
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 304
Size: 7.40" wide x 9.30" long x 0.59" tall
Weight: 1.144
Language: English

Constance Weaver, Professor Emerita of English at Western Michigan University, has published five books with Heinemann: Grammar to Enrich and Enhance Writing (2008), The Grammar Plan Book (2007), Reading Process and Practice, Third Edition (2002), Teaching Grammar in Context (1996), and the edited Lessons to Share on Teaching Grammar in Context (1998). She is also the author of Grammar for Teachers (1979, NCTE). In 1996, the Michigan Council of Teachers of English honored Weaver with the Charles C. Fries award for outstanding leadership in the profession. Her interests include holistic health, kayaking, enjoying mountains and waterfalls, and traveling.

Grammar and the Teaching of Grammar
An Introduction Teaching Grammar
Reasons for, Evidence Against Acquiring Grammatical Competence
Toward a Perspective on Error Reconceptualizing the Teaching of Grammar Learning Theory and the Teaching of Grammar
Afterword
Conclusion and a New Beginning
Appendix: Sample Lessons on Selected Aspects of Grammar
Glossary of Grammatical Terms