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Price: $45.50

Format:
Paperback 225 pp.
numerous line illustrations, 218 mm x 219 mm

ISBN-10:
0194386244

ISBN-13:
9780194386241

Publication date:
February 2004

Imprint: OUP UK

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Natural Grammar

Scott Thornbury

From word to phrase to sentence, this new lexical approach to grammar builds natural idiomatic English.

Winner of the 2004 British Council ELT Innovation Award

Natural Grammar shows you how one hundred important English keywords work, the phrases they generate, and the links they make. The emphasis is on natural-sounding language. Plenty of practice is provided in language building.

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Scott Thornbury has worked as a teacher, director of studies, and teacher trainer in Spain, Egypt, the UK, and New Zealand. Teacher education is his specialism, and was the subject of his MA dissertation at the University of Reading. Working alongside practising teachers, he has been involved in Cambridge ESOL accredited teacher training schemes, both pre-service and in-service.

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Special Features

  • 100 double-page spreads with explanations and exercises.
  • Reference area with four clear sections: definitions, grammar patterns, collocations, and set phrases.
  • Examples of real language from corpus research.
  • Varied exercises which practise and expand language.
  • Idioms and natural phrases.
  • Language notes on usage.