Notes & Quotes: Reading about Grammar Teaching
Bibliographic References
- “Clauses and Commas Make a Comeback: SAT Helps Return Grammar to Class,” Daniel de Vise, Washington Post, October 23, 2006: A01. (Download a PDF of the full article.)
- Ellis, Rod. “Grammar Teaching—Practice or Consciousness-Raising?” Methodology in Language Teaching: An Anthology of Current Practice. Ed. Jack C. Richards and Willy A. Renandya. Cambridge University Press, 2002. pp. 167–174.
- Ellis, Rod. (2006) “Current Issues in the Teaching of Grammar: An SLA Perspective.” TESOL Quarterly 40, pp. 83-107.
- Folse, Keith. (2004) Vocabulary Myths: Applying Second Language Research to Classroom Teaching. University of Michigan Press.
- Firsten, Richard, with Patricia Killian. The ELT Grammar Book: A Teacher-Friendly Reference Guide. Alta Teacher Resource Series. Alta Book Center Publishing. Burlingame, CA, USA.
- Fortune, Alan. (1992) “Self-study Grammar Practice: Learners’ Views and Preferences.” ELT Journal Volume 46/2. Oxford University Press.
- Hinkel, Eli and Sandra Fotos, eds. (2002) New Perspectives on Grammar Teaching in Second Language Classrooms. Mahwah, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, Publishers.
- Larsen-Freeman, Diane. (2003) Teaching Language: From Grammar to Grammaring. Thomson Heinle.
- Lightbown, Patsy M. and Nina Spada. (1999) How Languages Are Learned (Revised edition) Oxford Handbooks for Language Teachers. Oxford University Press.
- Mulroy, David. (2003) The War Against Grammar. Portsmouth, NH: Boynton/Cook Publishers.
- Nassaji, H. and S. Fotos (2004) “Current Developments in Research on the Teaching of Grammar,” Annual Review of Applied Linguistics 24, 126-145.
- Norris, J. & Ortega, L. “Effectiveness of L2 Instruction: A Research Synthesis and Quantitative Meta-analysis,” Language Learning 50:3, September 2000, pp. 417-528.
- Senior, Rose. (2006) The Experience of Language Teaching. Cambridge University Press.
- Shepherd, R. (2005) "The Naturalist Fallacy and the Demise of Grammar Instruction." The Newsletter of the Core Knowledge Foundation, Vol 18, No. 4
- Swan, Michael. (2005) “Legislation by Hypothesis: The Case of Task-Based Instruction,” in Applied Linguistics 26/3:379-401. Oxford University Press.
- Swan, Michael. (2005) Practical English Usage. Oxford University Press.
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