The book offers a concise introduction to the psychological and pedagogical foundations of teaching grammar in the foreign language classroom. The authors focus on topics of importance for students who have no extensive experience in teaching grammar themselves. This textbook makes rewarding reading not only for participants in university courses but also for those students who want to use it for self-instruction at home. Also teacher trainees and experienced teachers can benefit from the many insights provided in this volume. Welches sind die lernpsychologischen und didaktischen Grundlagen zeitgemäßen Grammatikunterrichts? Das Buch kann in Lehrveranstaltungen an der Hochschule, in Fortbildungszentren und für das Selbststudium eingesetzt werden.

Autorentext
Anja Plesser lehrte Englisch und seine Didaktik an der Universität Paderborn.

Inhalt
Table of Contents List of abbrevations 9 1 Introduction 11 PART I: BACKGROUND 2 Basis Grammar: What? 14 Definitions of Grammar: Standard English 16 Grammar Myths 26 Representations of Grammar 37 3 Historical Approaches to Grammar Teaching 46 Latin as a Role Model? 50 The Grammar Translation Method 52 The Direct Method 53 The Audio-Lingual Method 55 4 Communicative Language Teaching 57 Principles 61 Techniques 62 PART II: SECOND LANGUAGE ACQUISITION RESEARCH & GRAMMAR TEACHING 5 Grammar Teaching and SLA: A Role for Interlanguage 72 6 Interlanguage Grammars: Extending the Concept 91 7 Interlanguage and the Language Classroom 103 Teachability Hypothesis 103 The Role of Errors 110 8 Interlanguage and Stabilisation 115 9 Implicit vs. Explicit Grammar Learning 122 10 Teaching vs. Learning Grammar 134 Summarising: What every Teacher should know about SLA 135 Reviewing: Grammar Myths 138 PART III: GRAMMAR TEACHING IN THE EFL CLASSROOM 11 Focus on Form 149 12 Task-Based Language Teaching 158 13 Immersion Programmes and Grammar Teaching 173 14 Course Books and Media 188 15 Diagnosing Learner Progress 215 Proficiency Testing 217 Profile Analysis 226 PART IV: SERVICE SECTION Glossary 240 Bibliography 248 Acknowledgements 268 Index 270