Rules, Patterns and Words
Grammar and Lexis in English Language Teaching

In an accessible style, the author demonstrates the link between grammar and vocabulary.

Dave Willis (Author)

9780521536196, Cambridge University Press

Paperback, published 24 December 2003

248 pages
22.9 x 15.4 x 1.8 cm, 0.416 kg

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.

Subject Areas: ELT: teaching theory & methods [EBA]