TY  - BOOK
AU  - Thornbury,Scott
TI  - About language: tasks for teachers of English 
SN  - 0521561981 (hardback)
AV  - PE1128.A2 T465 1997
U1  - 420.76 
PY  - 1997///
CY  - Cambridge, New York
PB  - Cambridge University Press
KW  - English language
KW  - Study and teaching
KW  - Foreign speakers
KW  - Problems, exercises, etc
KW  - English teachers
KW  - Training of
N1  - Includes bibliographical references (p. 263-265) and index; TOC;  	Thanks --
Acknowledgements --
Introduction --
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Tasks --
Introductory Unit --
1. Language standards and rules --
2. Language systems and syllabuses --
3. Forms, functions, notions, texts --
4. An introduction to phonology --
5. The consonants --
6. The vowels --
7. Stress, rhythm and connected speech --
8. Intonation --
9. Word formation, spelling and word stress --
10. Lexical meaning --
11. Word classes and phrases --
12. Sentence structure : the simple sentence --
13. Sentence structure : the complex sentence --
14. Negatives and questions --
15. The verb phrase --
16. Time and tense --
17. Progressive aspect --
18. Perfect aspect --
19. Modality --
20. Futurity --
21. Hypothetical meaning and conditionals --
22. The noun phrase --
23. Determiners --
24. Adjectives and adverbs --
25. Prepositions and phrasal verbs --
26. Cohesion --
27. Texts --
28. Conversations --
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Key and Commentary --
Introductory unit --
1-28 as above --
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Bibliography --
Index; English
N2  - Summary: 	
Teachers of English need not only to have a good productive command of the language; they also need to know a good deal about the way the language works. This book asks: 'What is it that a teacher needs to know about English in order to teach it effectively?' It leads teachers to awareness of the language through a wide range of tasks which involve them in analysing English to discover its underlying system. The book consists of 28 units, each containing around ten tasks, plus a diagnostic introductory unit. Units start at phoneme level and progress through words, phrases and sentences on to complete texts. Task-types include recognition, categorisation, matching, explanation, and application tasks. Throughout the book, the language is illustrated wherever possible from authentic sources, so that the teacher can be sure that the English being studied represents current usage.
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