Grammar Dimensions, Book 1: Form, Meaning, and Use - Softcover

Badalamenti, Victoria; Henner-Stanchina, Carolyn

9780838465820: Grammar Dimensions, Book 1: Form, Meaning, and Use

Softcover

ISBN 10: 083846582X ISBN 13: 9780838465820

Publisher: Heinle ELT, 1997

GRAMMAR DIMENSIONS, Book 1 is the first in a four-level series which systematically addresses the three dimensions of language - form, meaning, and use - ensuring that students not only learn to form grammatical structures, but also are able to use them meaningfully and appropriately.

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About the Author:

Diane Larsen-Freeman is Professor Emerita of Education, Professor Emerita of Linguistics, and Former Director of the English Language Institute at the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor. She is also a Distinguished Senior Faculty Fellow at the School for International Training in Brattleboro, Vermont. Dr. Larsen-Freeman has been a conference speaker in over 60 countries of the world and has published over 100 articles in her areas of interest. Her Heinle/Cengage titles include "The Grammar Book: Form, Meaning, and Use for English Language Teachers" (third edition, 2015, co-authored with Marianne Celce-Murcia), "From Grammar to Grammaring" (2003, authored), and the fourth edition of "Grammar Dimensions: Form, Meaning, and Use" (2007, Series Director). From 1980-1985, Dr. Larsen-Freeman was Editor of the journal "Language Learning." In 1997, Dr. Larsen-Freeman was inducted into the Vermont Academy of Arts and Sciences. In 1999, she was selected by ESL Magazine as one of "the ESL pioneers." In 2000, she received the lifetime achievement award from Heinle & Heinle.

Review:

1. The Verb Be 2. The Verb Be 3. The Verb Be 4. Nouns 5. The Verb Have 6. This/That/These/Those and Possessives 7. This Is/There Are, A/An versus The 8. Simple Present Tense 9. Simple Present Tense 10. Imperatives and Preposition of Location 11. Quantifiers 12. Adverbs of Manner 13. Direct and Indirect Objects, Direct and Indirect Object Pronouns 14. Can, Know How To, Be Able To, Connectors: And/But/So/Or 15. Present Progressive Tense 16. Adjective Phrases 17. Past Tense of Be 18. Past Tense 19. Reflexive Pronouns, Reciprocal Pronoun: Each Other 20. Future Time 21. Phrasal Verbs 22. Comparison with Adjectives 23. Comparison with Adverbs 24. Superlatives 25. Factual Conditionals Appendices

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