Thoroughly based on the latest syllabus of CBSE, N. Delhi, CONCEPTUAL ENGLISH GRAMMAR: AT A GLANCE, is a complete textbook of English grammar. This book is entirely designed to satisfy especially the multi-faceted needs of all India and overseas CBSE students reading in class VIII to X. This book can obviously be used as both, a conceptual textbook and an ideal and innovative practice book. Among ambitious students and learned teachers, the usefulness of this book should, moreover, effectively work at both levels i.e. (a) concept-building level or subject-enrichment and (b) score-grabing level or performance assessment. To augment its usefulness further, ample example sentences, structures, note and rules have been used to pinpoint their universal importance even today. Also frequent tabular representations and arrow-indicators (specially) have been applied for the first time in any book as one of the most effective and relevant technical tools to simplify the contexts of the chapters and let learners grasp everything quickly and confidently.

A book on Grammar

The Routledge Handbook of English Language Teaching is the definitive reference volume for postgraduate and advanced undergraduate students of Applied Linguistics, ELT/TESOL, and Language Teacher Education, and for ELT professionals engaged in in-service teacher development and/or undertaking academic study. Progressing from ‘broader’ contextual issues to a ‘narrower’ focus on classrooms and classroom discourse, the volume’s inter-related themes focus on: ELT in the world: contexts and goals planning and organising ELT: curriculum, resources and settings methods and methodology: perspectives and practices second language learning and learners teaching language: knowledge, skills and pedagogy understanding the language classroom. The Handbook’s 39 chapters are written by leading figures in ELT from around the world. Mindful of the diverse pedagogical, institutional and social contexts for ELT, they convincingly present the key issues, areas of debate and dispute, and likely future developments in ELT from an applied linguistics perspective. Throughout the volume, readers are encouraged to develop their own thinking and practice in contextually appropriate ways, assisted by discussion questions and suggestions for further reading that accompany every chapter. Advisory board: Guy Cook, Diane Larsen-Freeman, Amy Tsui, and Steve Walsh

Grammar, Meaning, and Concepts: A Discourse-Based Approach to English Grammar is a book for language teachers and learners that focuses on the meanings of grammatical constructions within discourse, rather than on language as structure governed by rigid rules. This text emphasizes the ways in which users of language construct meaning, express viewpoints, and depict imageries using the conceptual, meaning-filled categories that underlie all of grammar. Written by a team of authors with years of experience teaching grammar to future teachers of English, this book puts grammar in the context of real language and illustrates grammar in use through an abundance of authentic data examples. Each chapter also provides a variety of activities that focus on grammar, genre, discourse, and meaning, which can be used as they are or can be adapted for classroom practice. The activities are also designed to raise awareness about discourse, grammar, and meaning in all facets of everyday life, and can be used as springboards for upper high school, undergraduate, and graduate level research projects and inquiry-based grammatical analysis. Grammar, Meaning, and Concepts is an ideal textbook for those in the areas of teacher education, discourse analysis, applied linguistics, second language teaching, ESL, EFL, and communications who are looking to teach and learn grammar from a dynamic perspective.

This book has been written keeping in mind the new pattern of all competitive exams for basic, advanced, and competitive level students. It contains more than 2500 objective questions with solutions, and is essential for cracking any competitive examination. Special attention has been paid to concepts, as well as the practical applications of every topic from basic to advanced. Each topic has been discussed in depth, with appropriate examples. This book will prove useful as A Complete Guide and Practical Practice Book for those who are preparing for TOEFL, IELTS, GRE, GMAT, GATE, Banking (P.O. & Clerk), MBA (CAT, MAT, XAT, CET . . .) BBA, AAO, UPSC (CPF, CDS, NDA . . .), SSC (Asst. Grade, CPO, TA, SO, Audit UDC, LDC…), Rly., Air-Force, Navy and other competitive examinations in the subject of English.

This book has been written keeping in mind the new pattern of all competitive exams for basic, advanced, and competitive level students. It contains more than 2500 objective questions with solutions, and is essential for cracking any competitive examination. Special attention has been paid to concepts, as well as the practical applications of every topic from basic to advanced. Each topic has been discussed in depth, with appropriate examples. This book will prove useful as A Complete Guide and Practical Practice Book for those who are preparing for TOEFL, IELTS, GRE, GMAT, GATE, Banking (P.O. & Clerk), MBA (CAT, MAT, XAT, CET . . .) BBA, AAO, UPSC (CPF, CDS, NDA . . .), SSC (Asst. Grade, CPO, TA, SO, Audit UDC, LDC…), Rly., Air-Force, Navy and other competitive examinations in the subject of English.

The requirements of a typical candidate have been the major consideration in the compilation of this book. Basic and advanced levels of English are covered in the book, with the conceptual and practical application of appropriate examples and use of cases being discussed in depth. Each chapter deals with different aspects of spoken English, and is laid out in a detailed manner so that you get the full conceptual and practical knowledge. This book will not only serve you as a complete Practical English Grammar and Spoken English Guide and practice book, but also enhance your language skills and help you in pursuing higher education. The book also contains 100+ secret tips that will help you master vocabulary, conversation and speak fluent English easily. It will help you refines your speaking, listening, pronunciation, vocabulary, and grammar skills for more effective communication. This book will help in improving your English grammar skills, vocabulary, conversation and English speaking skills as well as in speaking better and correct English fluently & confidently. After reading of this book - you will feel much more confident and better- equipped at speaking English. By ending of this book- you will become the master/mistress of Spoken English. This book will prove useful as a complete guide and Practical Practice Spoken English Book for those who are preparing for TOEFL, IELTS, GRE, GMAT, PTE, VERSANAT, Jobs Interviews… etc.

The present book provides an introduction to the linguistic model of Construction Grammar, offering a full analysis of the grammar of the English language. It covers all levels of morpho-syntactic form-meaning units: including sentence types, tense and aspect, argument structure, phrases, idioms, word and morphological constructions. In line with its usage-based approach, all constructions are discussed using authentic corpus examples. In order to illustrate how constructions can be learnt, the book draws on authentic data from child language. Furthermore, corpus analysis is used to show which lexical items typically occur in the slots of constructions and make up their ‘collo-profile’. A key feature of the book is that it develops a systematic method for showing how constructions combine to form actual utterances. For this purpose, so-called ‘construction grids’ are developed which contain all the constructions that make up even the most complex sentences and show points of overlap between them.

Now in its second edition, Introduction to Instructed Second Language Acquisition continues to present a cohesive view of the different theoretical and pedagogical perspectives that comprise instructed second language acquisition (ISLA). Loewen provides comprehensive discussions of the theoretical, empirical, and pedagogical aspects of a range of key issues in ISLA, and has added to this edition a comprehensive exploration of the relationship between ISLA research and second language pedagogy. Also new is the addition of supporting features including new end-of-chapter activities, points for reflection, and discussion questions, as well as thoroughly revised content to reflect the most recent research in ISLA. This is an essential resource for students new to ISLA, or working in second language acquisition more generally.

Presenting the linguistic basis for courses and projects on translation, contrastive linguistics, stylistics, reading and discourse studies, this book illustrates grammatical usage through authentic texts from a range of sources, both spoken and written. This new edition has been thoroughly rewritten and redesigned to include many new texts and examples of language in use. Key features include: chapters divided into modules of class-length materials; a wide variety of authentic texts and transcriptions to illustrate points of grammar and to contextualise structure; clear chapter and module summaries enabling efficient class preparation and student revision; exercises and topics for individual study; answer key for analytical exercises; comprehensive index; select biography; suggestions for further reading; and a companion website. This up-to-date descriptive grammar is a complete course for first degree and postgraduate students of English, and is particularly suited for those whose native language is not English.