Focus on Grammar

A High-Intermediate Course for Reference and Practice

Authors: Marjorie Fuchs and Margaret Bonner

Thickness: 464 pp.

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Weight: 1 kg

Focus on Grammar: a High-Intermediate Course for Reference and Practice, Second Edition, is divided into ten parts comprising twenty-nine units. Each part contains grammatically related units with each unit focusing on a specific grammatical structure. Where appropriate, contrast units present contrasting forms (for example, the present perfect and the simple past tense). Each unit has a major theme relating the exercises to one another. All units have the same clear, easy-to-follow format:

Grammar in Context

Grammar in Context presents the grammar focus of the unit in a natural context. The texts, all of which are recorded, present language in various formats. These include newspaper and magazine excerpts, Web sites, and newsletters, advertisements, brochures, and other formats that students encounter in their day-to-day lives. In addition to presenting grammar in context, this introductory section raises student motivation and provides an opportunity for incidental learning and lively classroom discussions. Topis are varied, ranging from people's names, friendship, and saving money to skydiving, body art, and feng shui. Each text is preceded by a pre-reading activity called Before You Read. Pre-reading questions create interest, elicit students' knowledge about the topic, help point out features of the text, and lead students to make predictions about the reading.

Communication Practice

The exercises in this section are intended for in-class use. the fist exercise is Listening. After having had exposure to and practice with the grammar in its written form, students now have the opportunity to check their aural comprehension. Students hear a variety of listening formats, including conversations, television scripts, weather forecasts, interviews, and flight announcements. after listening to the recording (or hearing the teacher read the tapescript, which can be found in the Teacher's Manual), students complete a task that focuses on either the form or the meaning of the structure. It is suggested that students be allowed t hear the text as many times as they wish to complete the task successfully.

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