Houck, Noël  1942- <br/><br/>
Grammar Connection 4 :  Structure Through Content / 
Noël Houck and Sharon Hilles ; Marianne Celce-Murcia and M.E. Sokolik, series editors. 
 - Boston :  Heinle Cengage Learning,  2009. 
 - xv, 304 p. :  illustrations (chiefly color) ;  28 cm. 
 - Grammar Connection .
 - Grammar connection series. .
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references and indexes. 
<br/><br/>"Connecting learners to structure through academic content, Grammar Connection teaches the authentic language skills learners need for academic and professional success.<br/>  Discourse-based grammar presentation through readings and conversations offers natural language instructions and prepares learners for academic success.<br/>  Authentic contexts from academic disciplines essential background for grammar presentation and practice.<br/>  Concise lessons with clear grammar charts create an easy-to-follow learning framework.<br/>  High-frequency academic vocabulary is systematically developed in Content Vocabulary sections.<br/>  High-frequency practice in reading, writing, listening, and speaking stimulates the skills learners need in academic contexts.<br/>  Connection: Putting It Together synthesizes grammar, vocabulary, and content through communicative activities.<br/>  Review and Learner Logs summarize language instruction and enhance learner independence." (Book Cover) CONTENTS A Word from the Series Editors Guided Tour Acknowledgments LESSON 1 Psychology: Personality and Occupation  Present Tense Review -- Past Tense Review -- Future Review LESSON 2 Nursing: Careers in Nursing<br/>  Present Progressive -- Past Progressive -- Future Progressive LESSON 3 Engineering: Building Bridges<br/>  Present Tense vs. Present Progressive -- Past Tense vs. Past Progressive -- Adverbs of Frequency LESSON 4 Sociology: Marriage Customs and Trends<br/>  Future -- Future Progressive LESSON 5 Ecology: Climate Change<br/>  Present Perfect -- Past Perfect -- Future Perfect Review Lessons 1-5 LESSON 6 Public Policy: Predicting and Planning for Earthquakes<br/>  Comparing the Present and Present Perfect -- Comparing the Past and Past Perfect -- Comparing the Future and Future Perfect LESSON 7 English Composition: Writing Papers<br/>  Tense Sequencing in Discourse -- Simple Present as Background Information in Discourse LESSON 8 Linguistics: The History and Globalization of English<br/>  Present Perfect Progressive -- Past Perfect Progressive -- Future Perfect Progressive LESSON 9 Health Sciences: Influenza and Other Infectious Diseases<br/>  Common Modal Verbs -- Negation of Modals LESSON 10 Mathematics: Game Theory<br/>  Negative Statements -- Negative Statements with Either and Neither Review Lesson 6-10 LESSON 11 American Literature: Crime Novels<br/>  Separable Phrasal Verbs -- Inseparable Phrasal Verbs LESSON 12 Science: The Human Brain<br/>  Core Determiners: Articles, Demonstratives, Possessives, and Quantifiers -- Pre-Determiners and Post-Determiners LESSON 13 Fashion and Apparel: Design <br/>  Adjectives Preceding Nouns -- Predicative Adjectives -- Adjective Sequences <br/> LESSON 14 Zoology: Animal Communication<br/>  Subject and Object Pronouns and Possessive Forms -- Reflexive and Reciprocal Pronouns -- Indefinite Pronouns<br/> LESSON 15 Sociolinguistics: Conversational Style<br/>  Using This, That, These, Those and It for Discourse Reference -- Discourse Reference with Such<br/> Review Lessons 11-15<br/> LESSON 16 Political Science: Elections<br/>  Intensifiers with Adjectives, Adverbs, and Nouns -- Too and Enough with Infinitive Phrases -- So... that<br/> LESSON 17 Geography: Topography and Cartography<br/>  Non-Referring It -- Non-Referring There<br/> LESSON 18 Paleontology: The Extinction of the Dinosaurs<br/>  Coordinate Conjunctions -- Conjunctive Adverbs -- More Conjunctive Adverbs<br/> LESSON 19 Anthropology: Body Art and Tattooing<br/>  Relative Clauses -- Relative Pronouns and Adverbs -- Reduced Restrictive Relative Clauses<br/> LESSON 20 Life Sciences: Genetics and Cell Biology<br/>  Review: Time Words and Phrases -- Time Clauses<br/> Review Lessons 16-20<br/> LESSON 21 Economics: Running a Small Business<br/>  Present Factual Conditionals -- Past Factual Conditionals -- Future (or Predictive) Conditionals <br/> LESSON 22 Mathematics: Probability and Statistics <br/>  Hypothetical Statements and Questions in the Conditional -- Past Non-Factual Conditionals -- Wish and Hope<br/> LESSON 23 Social Sciences: Demography<br/>  Passive Voice -- Use of Passive Voice -- Middle Voice<br/> LESSON 24: Nutrition: Diet and Health<br/>  Verb + Infinitive -- Verb + Noun Phrase + Infinitive -- Passive Verb + Infinitive <br/> LESSON 25 Philosophy: Ethics<br/>  Gerunds -- Noun/Pronoun + Gerunds -- Gerunds Vs Infinitives <br/> Review Lessons 21-25<br/> LESSON 26 Technology: Robotics<br/>  Object Noun Clauses with that -- Object Noun Clauses with if, whether, and wh- word<br/> LESSON 27 Marketing: Making Responsible Claims<br/>  Reported Speech: Statements -- Reported Speech: Questions -- Reported Speech: Orders, Requests, Advices, Warnings<br/> LESSON 28 Cultural Anthropology: The Anasazi<br/>  Anticipatory it with Infinitives -- Anticipatory it with that Clauses -- Wh-Clefts<br/> LESSON 29 Business: Hotel and Restaurant Management<br/>  Verb Agreement: Collective Nouns and Units of Measurement -- Verb Agreement: Quantifiers<br/> LESSON 30 Writing: Academic Style<br/>  Adverbial Clauses -- Review: Direct Quotations and Reported Speech -- Hedging with Modals. Adverbs of Frequency, Quantifiers, and Other Expressions <br/> Review Lessons 26-30<br/> Appendices<br/> Vocabulary Index<br/> Index<br/> Credits<br/> 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>1413008453 (Student Book) 9781413008456 (Student Book) 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>2007924642 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>English language--Textbooks for foreign speakers.<br/>English language--Grammar--Problems, exercises, etc.<br/>English language--Spoken English--Problems, exercises, etc.<br/>English language--Business English--Problems, exercises, etc.<br/>Life skills--Problems, exercises, etc.<br/>English language.<br/>English language--Business English.<br/>English language--Grammar.<br/>English language--Spoken English.<br/>Life skills.<br/>B2 (CEFR).<br/>High-intermediate.
<br/><br/><label>Index Terms--Genre/Form: </label><br/>Problems and exercises.<br/>Textbooks--for foreign speakers.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>PE1128  / .G3534 2008 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>425