TY - SOUND AU - Hashemi,Mohammad TI - Communicating with Grammar : Skills for Life 3 SN - 9780199003341 (Student Book) PY - 2014/// CY - Don Mills, ON PB - Oxford University Press KW - English language KW - Textbooks for foreign speakers KW - Study and teaching KW - Foreign speakers KW - Grammar N1 - ''Communicating with Grammar is an engaging Canadian series for ESL students. Offering grammar instruction through a broad spectrum of themed chapters, and incorporating each of the four skills - reading, writing, listening, and speaking - the program helps students internalize key grammar concept for better use in all their communication. Using a ''learn-practice-use in context'' approach, the task-based and communicative pedagogy ensures delivery o f the esssential grammar concepts via practical exercises and authentic communicative activities. The contextualized grammar allows students to become functional om English as quickly and efficient as possible.; Key features:; guides student learning by combining discrete grammar instruction and traditional exercises with a communicative task-based approach; reinforces the grammar in varied, enjoyable, and often personalized communicative activities contextualizes grammar seamlessly through use in context; target grammar is embedded in the reading, listening, and writing sections; provides regular review, affording extra opportunity for students to practise the material and solidify the key aspects of their learning; embodies flexibility for accommodating language learners of all levels; Level 3 is the bridging level to fluency in English usage. It further develops students' ability to create more-complex constructions. Reading and Listening components are from authentic sources, preparing students for real-world communication. At the completion of this level, students will have the confidence to communicate with native speakers academically and professionally.'' (Book Cover); CONTENTS; Introduction; PART 1; Chapter 1 - Review of Verb Tenses; Overview ; Simple Tenses ; Progressive Tenses ; Bringing It All Together ; Chapter Review ; Chapter 2 - Perfect Verb Tense ; Overview ; Perfect Tenses ; Perfect Progressive Tenses ; Bringing It All Together ; Chapter Review ; Chapter 3 - Gerunds and Infinitives; Overview ; Gerunds and Infinitives - Common Patterns ; Gerunds and Infinitives as Object ; Perfect Gerunds and Infinitives ; Bringing It All Together ; Chapter Review ; Chapter 4 - Modals; Overview ; Polite Request and Permission: Will, Can, Could, Would, May ; Ability: Can, Could, Be Able to ; Necessity and Obligation: Must/ Have to, Shall / Should / Ought to / Had Better ; Certainty, Probability, and Possibility: Will, Must, Can't, Should, Can, May, Might, Could ; Bringing It All Together ; Chapter Review ; Chapter 5 - Perfect Modals ; Overview ; Perfect Modals ; Perfect Progressive Modals ; Bringing It All Together ; Chapter Review ; Chapter 6 - Active and Passive 1; Overview ; Switching Roles: Agents and Targets, Subjects and Objects ; Use ; Using By and the Doer or Argent ; Bringing It All Together ; Chapter Review ; Chapter 7 - Active and Passive 2 -- Complex Structures; Overview ; Grammatical Structures That Follow Passive Verbs ; Infinitive and Gerund Passive Forms ; Participle Adjectives ; Passive with Get ; Causative Verbs ; Bringing It All Together ; Chapter Review ; Part 1 Review -- Self-Study; PART 2; Chapter 8 - Clause Introduction -- Adjective Clauses; Overview ; Coordination ; Subordination ; Adjective (Relative) Clauses ; Bringing It All Together ; Chapter Review ; Chapter 10 - Reported Speech ; Overview ; Reporting for Different Sentence Types ; Direct Speech ; Indirect Speech ; Reporting by Paraphrasing and Summarizing ; Bringing It All Together ; Chapter Review ; Chapter 11 - Adverb Clauses ; Overview ; Adverb Clauses of Time ; Adverb Clauses of Place; Adverb Clauses of Manner ; Adverb Clauses of Cause ; Adverb Clauses of Result ; Adverb Clauses of Purpose ; Adverb Clauses of Comparison ; Adverb Clauses of Contrast ; Reducing Adverb Clauses ; Bringing It All Together ; Chapter Review ; Chapter 12 - Adverb Clauses of Condition ; Overview; Real Conditions ; Unreal Conditions ; Subordinating Conjunctions of Condition ; Bringing It All Together ; Chapter Review ; Part 2 Review -- Self Study ; Appendices; Appendix A: Stative Verbs ; Appendix B: Common Irregular Verbs ; Appendix C: Prepositions After Verbs, Adjectives, and Nouns ; Appendix D: Active and Passive Verb Forms ; Appendix E: Modals and Their Functions ; Glossary ; Advanced-level ESL students needing grammar instruction or practice N2 - "Communicating with grammar is an engaging Canadian series for ESL students. Offering grammar instruction through a broad spectrum of themed chapters, and incorporating each of the four skills--reading, writing, listening, and speaking--the program helps students internalize key grammar concepts for better use in all their communication."--page [4] of cover UR - http://www.oupcanada.com/esl/companion/9780199003341.html ER -