Introducing English Grammar fourth edition
Magne Dypedahl Hilde Hasselgård
INTRODUCING ENGLISH GRAMMAR
FOURTH EDITION
INTRODUCING ENGLISH GRAMMAR FOURTH EDITION
Magne Dypedahl and Hilde Hasselgård
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PREFACE
The fourth edition of Introducing English Grammar has been updated and has undergone some structural changes, but maintains the formula which made all previous editions bestsellers. That means clear explanations of central topics in English grammar, plenty of practical points to remember and exercises at the end of each chapter. Each set of exercises contains one or two tasks focusing on language skills, a set of sentence pairs and a text with questions related to the topic. In addition, corpus tasks for each chapter and keys to all the exercises in the book can be found online: ieg4.akademisk.fagbokforlaget.no.
Introducing English Grammar can be used for all types of introductory courses in higher education, including BA programmes and teacher education. The general focus on functional grammar and the inclusion of topics such as text structure, style and genre make the book very suitable for programmes that value practical usage and grammar in context.
Magne Dypedahl and Hilde Hasselgård
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APPENDIX 2:
Introducing English Grammar describes and explains English grammar in light of current usage. It is aimed at students of English who take an introductory course in English grammar at college/university level in Norway, including teacher education.
The fourth edition of Introducing English Grammar has been thoroughly revised and updated, but retains the key points of the previous edition:
•alerting readers to the close ties between grammatical form, meaning and communicative function
•providing learners with good tools for improving their English
•summing up main points and giving practical advice through “Points to remember”
•introducing students to grammatical terminology so that they can make use of grammar information from dictionaries and other sources
•introducing the basic clause structure of English
•comparing English with Norwegian in order to address specific learner problems and increase the students’ language awareness
•presenting ways of creating coherent texts that are adapted to context and purpose
•creating a foundation for further study of English language and linguistics
•providing exercises focusing on practical as well as analytical skills
The book has an accompanying website with a key to the exercises as well as corpusrelated exercises for each chapter.
See ieg4.akademisk.fagbokforlaget.no
Magne Dypedahl is Associate Professor of English at the University of South-Eastern Norway.
Hilde Hasselgård is Professor of English Language at the University of Oslo.
ISBN 978-82-450-5810-9