MH ESSENTIAL ESL GRAMMAR

Erscheinungsjahr 2008
ISBN: 978-0-07-149642-1
Verlag: McGraw-Hill Education

Buch, Englisch, 352 Seiten, Format (B × H): 152 mm x 229 mm, Gewicht: 513 g

Master American English and communicate with confidence As an experienced student of English, you know the language can be a tricky one to learn with its complex grammar and its many "exceptions to the rule" rules. Written by ESL guru Mark Lester--author of Grammar and Usage in the Classroom--this authoritative reference unravels these mysteries so you can take your English-language skills to the next level. You'll gain the confidence to speak English in any setting: in the workplace, at school, in social situations, and at home.Master those troublesome subjects that baffle even native speakers of English:

articles * determiners * predicate adjective complements * post-noun modifiers * conjunctions * word order * verb tenses * modals * noun clauses

Autoren/Hrsg.

Lester

Lester, Mark

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Sprachwissenschaft Fremdsprachenerwerb und -didaktik

Inhaltsverzeichnis

IntroductionDefinition of TermsPart I Choosing the Right Article4 ChaptersPartII Choosing the Right Tense4 ChaptersPart III Choosing the Right Verb Complement3 ChaptersPart IV Choosing the Right Word Order2 Chapters

Über Autor(innen)

Lester, Mark
Mark Lester (Spokane, WA) is an experienced grammarian, ESL expert, and college professor. He was the founding chair of the ESL department at the University of Hawaii, which is now considered one of the best ESL programs in the United States. He is the author of more than a dozen books, including Grammar and Usage in the Classroom, the most widely used college grammar textbook in the country. For McGraw-Hill Professional, he authored McGraw-Hill’s Essential ESL Grammar and English Grammar Drills. He is the coauthor of The McGraw-Hill Handbook of English Grammar and Usage, with Larry Beason, and of The Big Book of English Verbs, with Dan Franklin and Terry Yokota. Lester is Eastern Washington University professor emeritus of English (he was formally chair of the English department). Dr. Lester obtained his BA in philosophy and English Literature at Pomona College and his PhD in Linguistics from UC Berkeley. He also holds an MBA from the University of Hawaii.

Mark Lester is an experienced grammarian, ESL expert, and professor emeritus of Eastern Washington University. He was the founding chair of the ESL department at the University of Hawaii, which is now considered one of the best ESL programs in the United States. He is the author of more than a dozen books, including Grammar and Usage in the Classroom, one of the most widely used college grammar textbooks in the United States.