Irene Schoenberg has written a series called "Focus on Grammar" that is published by Pearson Longman. It's a series of texts on English as a second language that takes you from level one through level five. She does such a great job that it's now in its third printing.
As the title implies, the books focus on the grammar aspect of understanding English. The lesson are separated into areas about different grammar subjects. In each area of the book students will be taught to read, write, speak, and listen, using exercises that support the major grammar subject. This, certainly, is added to the various grammar activities.
She deals with all facets of grammar and uses a question and answer format for her exercises. The questions begin with a simple fill-in-the-blank and then go on to get progressively more difficult. Editing written work and grammar structures is also stressed.
The grammar is not isolated but is presented at the beginning of the chapters as current events or entertainment or pop culture articles. Students will read that and then go on to answer questions based on the grammar of the reading.
For instance, one type of reading deals with the film, "It's a Wonderful Life" and the way it applies the 3rd conditional. During the text, examples for the 3rd conditional are highlighted in bold so the students can it see it clearly. The books include an audio CD for students, which is used for listening activities. Also, an interactive CD-Rom can be bought at an additional cost. These extra supplies offer more advantages to the series.
The books in this series are very usable for those wanting to learn English. But they're valuable as well to teachers because of their sheer wealth of information and practice.
They have superior explanations, examples, and activities for all of the main verb tenses, conditional sentences, prepositions, nouns, and a lot more necessary grammar subjects. If I had to pick out an ESL text curriculum, this would be first on my list.
If at all one has to find fault with this series of grammar text books it is that the books are designed for adult learners, and children might therefore find the approach too serious for their liking. However, I must stress on the fact that Focus on Grammar is a truly useful series, for the serious adult learner. It is also a great help to ESL teachers. - 30231
As the title implies, the books focus on the grammar aspect of understanding English. The lesson are separated into areas about different grammar subjects. In each area of the book students will be taught to read, write, speak, and listen, using exercises that support the major grammar subject. This, certainly, is added to the various grammar activities.
She deals with all facets of grammar and uses a question and answer format for her exercises. The questions begin with a simple fill-in-the-blank and then go on to get progressively more difficult. Editing written work and grammar structures is also stressed.
The grammar is not isolated but is presented at the beginning of the chapters as current events or entertainment or pop culture articles. Students will read that and then go on to answer questions based on the grammar of the reading.
For instance, one type of reading deals with the film, "It's a Wonderful Life" and the way it applies the 3rd conditional. During the text, examples for the 3rd conditional are highlighted in bold so the students can it see it clearly. The books include an audio CD for students, which is used for listening activities. Also, an interactive CD-Rom can be bought at an additional cost. These extra supplies offer more advantages to the series.
The books in this series are very usable for those wanting to learn English. But they're valuable as well to teachers because of their sheer wealth of information and practice.
They have superior explanations, examples, and activities for all of the main verb tenses, conditional sentences, prepositions, nouns, and a lot more necessary grammar subjects. If I had to pick out an ESL text curriculum, this would be first on my list.
If at all one has to find fault with this series of grammar text books it is that the books are designed for adult learners, and children might therefore find the approach too serious for their liking. However, I must stress on the fact that Focus on Grammar is a truly useful series, for the serious adult learner. It is also a great help to ESL teachers. - 30231
