Grammar for Teachers
Grammar for Teachers
Andrea DeCapua
Grammar for Teachers
A Guide to American English for Native and Non-Native Speakers
Author
Andrea DeCapua, Ed.D.
College of New Rochelle
New Rochelle, NY 10805 adecapua@cnr.edu ISBN: 978-0-387-76331-6
e-ISBN: 978-0-387-76332-3
Library of Congress Control Number: 2007937636 c 2008 Springer Science+Business Media, LLC
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Preface
Grammar for Teachers: A Guide to American English for Native and Non-Native
Speakers is a result of my frustrations over many years of teaching graduate-level structure courses and not being able to find an appropriate grammar text for the pre- and in-service teachers enrolled in these classes. The students in these courses have represented a variety of teaching backgrounds: ESL and EFL teachers, native and non-native speakers of English, and mainstream content-area teachers with ESL students in their classes, to name a few. Some of these students have had a strong knowledge of English grammar, but often have difficulties in applying their knowledge to real-life discourse. Other students’ exposure has been limited to lessons in
“correctness,” and are generally unaware of which language features
Andrea DeCapua
Grammar for Teachers
A Guide to American English for Native and Non-Native Speakers
Author
Andrea DeCapua, Ed.D.
College of New Rochelle
New Rochelle, NY 10805 adecapua@cnr.edu ISBN: 978-0-387-76331-6
e-ISBN: 978-0-387-76332-3
Library of Congress Control Number: 2007937636 c 2008 Springer Science+Business Media, LLC
All rights reserved. This work may not be translated or copied in whole or in part without the written permission of the publisher (Springer Science+Business Media, LLC, 233 Spring Street, New York,
NY 10013, USA), except for brief excerpts in connection with reviews or scholarly analysis. Use in connection with any form of information storage and retrieval, electronic adaptation, computer software, or by similar or dissimilar methodology now known or hereafter developed is forbidden.
The use in this publication of trade names, trademarks, service marks, and similar terms, even if they are not identified as such, is not to be taken as an expression of opinion as to whether or not they are subject to proprietary rights.
Printed on acid-free paper
987654321
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Preface
Grammar for Teachers: A Guide to American English for Native and Non-Native
Speakers is a result of my frustrations over many years of teaching graduate-level structure courses and not being able to find an appropriate grammar text for the pre- and in-service teachers enrolled in these classes. The students in these courses have represented a variety of teaching backgrounds: ESL and EFL teachers, native and non-native speakers of English, and mainstream content-area teachers with ESL students in their classes, to name a few. Some of these students have had a strong knowledge of English grammar, but often have difficulties in applying their knowledge to real-life discourse. Other students’ exposure has been limited to lessons in
“correctness,” and are generally unaware of which language features
References: [Bellow, A. (2003). In praise of nepotism: A natural history (p. 29). New York: Doubleday.]