Grammar Dimensions 2: Form, Meaning, Use (Grammar Dimensions: Form, Meaning, Use) - Softcover

Ingrid Wisniewska; Heidi Riggenbach; Virginia Samuda

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1413027415 ISBN 13: 9781413027419

Publisher: Thomson Heinle, 2006

Synopsis

Through clear and comprehensive grammar explanations, extensive practice exercises, and lively communicative activities, Grammar Dimensions provides students with the language skills they need to communicate accurately, meaningfully, and appropriately.

About this title

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. Simple Present 2. Present Progressive and Simple Present 3. Talking About the Future 4. Asking Questions 5. Modals of Probability and Possibility 6. Past Progressive and Simple Past with Time Clauses 7. Similarities and Differences 8. Measure Words and Quantifiers 9. Degree Complements 10. Giving Advice and Expressing Opinions 11. Modals of Necessity and Prohibition 12. Expressing Likes and Dislikes 13. Present Perfect with Since and For 14. Present Perfect and Simple Past 15. Present Perfect Progressive 16. Making Offers with Would You Like 17. Requests and Permission 18. Used To with Still and Anymore 19. Past Perfect 20. Articles 21. Articles with Names of Places 22. The Passive 23. Phrasal Verbs 24. Adjective Clauses and Participles as Adjectives 25. Conditionals Appendices

Edition details

• Publisher: Thomson Heinle
• Publication date: 2006
• ISBN 10: 1413027415
• ISBN 13: 9781413027419
• Binding: Paperback
• Language: English
• Edition number: 4
• Number of pages: 432