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TESOL Virtual Seminar - Key Issues on ELT: May 7, 2008
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Grammaring
Diane Larsen-Freeman
Wednesday, May 7, 2008
10:00 a.m. – 11:30 a.m. EDT
TESOL’s Virtual Seminars Powered by Heinle, a part of Cengage Learning
TESOL gratefully acknowledges the support of Heinle, a part of Cengage Learning, in providing the technology platform for TESOL’s virtual seminars through their ELT Advantage program. For more information about TESOL’s e-learning initiative with Heinle, see TESOL Online Education Programs.
Teaching grammar often means giving students grammar rules and then having students practice the rules in drills and exercises. Students do learn about grammar this way, but they don’t necessarily learn to use it for their own communicative purposes. Grammaring is a dynamic process. It is what enables ESL/EFL students to use grammar structures accurately, meaningfully, and appropriately. In this Virtual Seminar, we will learn about grammaring, how it is learned, and how to teach it.
Presenter
Diane Larsen-Freeman is Professor of Education, Professor of Linguistics, and Research Scientist at the English Language Institute, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, USA. She is also a Distinguished Senior Faculty Fellow at the School for International Training in Brattleboro, Vermont. Her recent books include The Grammar Book: An ESL/EFL Teacher’s Course (2nd edition, co-authored with Marianne Celce-Murcia), Techniques and Principles in Language Teaching (2nd edition), Teaching Language: From Grammar to Grammaring, and Complex Systems and Applied Linguistics (co-authored with Lynne Cameron). She is also Series Director for Heinle’s Grammar Dimensions: Form, Meaning, and Use, just out in its 4th edition.
