Introduction x word grammar pp97-2003
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X-Word Grammar: Pedagogical Power for the Classroom THE INTERNATIONAL LINGUISTIC ASSOCIATION 59 TH ANNUAL CONFERENCE, PARIS, FRANCE, UNIVERSITÉ DE PARIS II, PANTHÉON-ASSAS, MAY 22-24, 2014
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Introduction to X-Word Grammar and its origins. Robert Allen, sector analysis, xwordgrammar.pbworks.com
Transcript of Introduction x word grammar pp97-2003
X-Word Grammar: Pedagogical Power for the ClassroomTHE INTERNATIONAL LINGUISTIC ASSOCIATION
59TH ANNUAL CONFERENCE,
PARIS, FRANCE,
UNIVERSITÉ DE PARIS II, PANTHÉON-ASSAS, MAY 22-24, 2014
X-Word Grammar
AN INTRODUCTIONWWW.XWORDGRAMMAR.PBWORKS.COM
Robert L Allen
TEACHERS COLLEGECOLUMBIA UNIVERSITY
NEW YORK
“At 10 am every Saturday morning…”
Room 408
SECTOR ANALYSIS
X-Word Grammar spreads.
What’s so good about it?
It relates form to meaning; ;
It reduces the need for terminology;
It allows students to create new structures and combinations in real writing.
X-Word grammar shows syntax to be the main grammatical device of English;
It gives more advanced writers simple editing skills ;
It makes the structure of English highly visual;
It allows students to “discover” English in authentic texts of any level;
It shows that the verb system is 100% consistent in form;
Used successfully with
Immigrants (ESL students) Students of English as a Foreign
Language Deaf students Native Speakers of English Business writers Linguistics students
The X-word
Grammar Wiki
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