About Language by Scott Thornbury

About Language by Scott Thornbury

About Language Second edition develops teachers' language awareness through a range of tasks, which involve analysing English to discover its underlying systems. This second edition has been fully revised and updated, incorporating recent developments in language description, whilst keeping the organisation and structure of the successful first edition. As before, the book asks: 'What is it that a teacher needs to know about English in order to teach it effectively?' It develops teachers' language awareness through a wide range of tasks, which involve them in analysing English to discover its underlying systems. The book consists of 31 units, with new material focusing on varieties of English, models of grammar, phraseology, and spoken grammar. Suitable for use on training courses and for self-study.

Scott Thornbury is an Associate Professor in the New School's MA TESOL department and holds a MA (TEFL) from the University of Reading. He has previously taught and trained in Egypt, the United Kingdom, Spain, and his home country of New Zealand. Beyond the Sentence: An Introduction to Discourse Analysis and An A-Z of ELT, Natural Grammar, which won a British Council ELT Innovations Award in 2004, and Grammar, which received a special mention in the English Speaking Union awards for 2006; Conversation: From Description to Pedagogy (with Diana Slade, 1998); Conversation: From Description to Pedagogy (with Diana Slade, 1998); Conversation: From Description to Pedagogy (with Diana Slade, 1998); Conversation: From Description He is currently the Cambridge Handbooks for Language Teachers (CUP) series editor. He spends time in both New York and Barcelona.

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ISBN 13	9781107667198
ISBN 10	1107667194
Title	About Language
Author	Scott Thornbury
Series	About Language
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	Cambridge University Press
Year published	2017-02-23
Number of pages	378
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