Showing posts with label grammar. Show all posts
Showing posts with label grammar. Show all posts

Grammar Books and how to apply them

Specific to teaching ESL

Folse, Keith. (2016). Keys to Teaching Grammar to English Language Learners, Second Ed.: A Practical Handbook Second Edition, linked here.


Videos  SBN: 978-0-472-00364-8 | Copyright  2019
https://michelt.ublish.com/book/keys  - excerpts posted to website
Audio Key 6, Chapter 3, p.189: Prepositions (4:38 portion of 53:59)
Audio Key 11, Chapter 3, p. 256: Phrasal Verbs (4:17 of 34:19) text
Audio Chapter 4, p.336: The Key to Answering Your Students’ Hot Seat Questions (9:01 of 33:14)

The art of assigning articles a/an/the

Updated (June 2024)

Why is “the” used in some of these sentences, and not others? What misunderstandings could result from (3b) and (4)? What dialogue would have to occur to clarify the meeting location in (4)?

  1. Are you going to the gym after work?

  2. No. I don't have time to go

  3. Are you going to a gym after work?

    1. No. I can’t find a gym that’s open late.

    2. Yes. I am going to the one by the 7-11.

  4. Can we meet at the Starbucks near Cousin Anna?