By Dr Rodney H. Jones, Dr Lock Graham
A collection of straightforward to exploit ideas is helping scholars realize for themselves how grammar works in genuine global contexts and the way grammatical offerings aren't with regards to shape yet approximately which means. pattern instructing principles, overlaying a variety of grammatical subject matters together with verb annoying, voice, reference and the association of texts, accompanies every one strategy.
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Yes, it is. No, it isn’t. Yes, it is. It’s got my name on it. No, it hasn’t. Yes, it has. No, it hasn’t. Yes, it has. Look inside the cover. Oh! Yes, sorry you’re right. It has. Gap Filling 49 Dialogue two A: B: A: B: A: B: A: B: A: B: Those are my notes you’ve got there. No, they aren’t. Yes, they are. No, they aren’t. Yes, they are. They’ve got my name on them. No, they haven’t. Yes, they have. No, they haven’t. Yes, they have. Look on the front. Oh! Yes, sorry you’re right. They have. Dialogue three A: B: A: B: A: B: A: B: A: You stole my pencil.
Awareness of these two basic patterns of textual organisation can help students improve the coherence, or ‘flow’ of their writing. In this activity, students are guided to notice and explore these two patterns as they work to sequence jumbled sentences in a text. Further reading In most of the relevant literature, the terms theme and rheme are used rather than the terms topic and comment (see note 1 below). For a good introduction to theme and text flow see, Coffin, Donohue and North (2009) 32 Functional Grammar in the ESL Classroom pp.
52 Functional Grammar in the ESL Classroom Gap Filling: Sample teaching idea two Stupid criminals Grammar focus: Pronouns, definite article in back-pointing reference To produce coherent text learners need to develop control over the resources of reference. In a narrative text, this will usually involve at least use of the definite article the, and personal pronouns such as he, she, they and it to refer back to and keep track of participants (people and things). Grammar practice books for ESL learners can sometimes be a little misleading in this area.
