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Quick, daily classroom lessons for improving students' grammar and writing skills

This must-have resource features 180 practical, ready-to-use grammar and usage lessons and activities–one for each day of the school year. The activities included help students in grades 5-12 to acquire, improve, and expand their grammar skills, and become more adept and confident writers. Veteran educator and best-selling author Jack Umstatter helps teachers to familiarize students with the type of grammar-related content found on standardized local, state, national, and college admissions tests.

• Includes ready-to-use, yet comprehensive and authoritative activities for use as sponge activities, extra homework, or regular daily lessons
• Reproducible lessons are designed to be non-intimidating and clear for students
• Other titles by Umstatter include Grammar Grabbers!, 201 Ready-to-Use Word Games for the English Classroom, Brain Games!, and Got Grammar?

Tips for educators on how to best utilize each specific topic or lesson are included for easy classroom instruction. ... Read more

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Mistake in grammar!
The premise of this book and the way it gives a chance for students to practice the concepts is good.However, it has a major error in how it categorizes pronouns.By definition, a pronoun is a word that replaces a noun. In other words, the pronoun takes the place of the complete noun or noun phrase.
Example:Ella washed the car.Ella washed it.("It," an object pronoun, replaces the noun phrase "the car.")
The words "my,your,his,her,its, our, and their" are possessive ADJECTIVES, not pronouns.These words must be paired with a noun.They do not replace the noun.

Example:Ella washed her car.

Notice that we cannot say:Ella washed her.

Possessive pronouns, on the other hand, are substitutes for a complete noun or noun phrase.

Example:That's my book. (possessive adjective)That's mine.(possessive pronoun)

The possessive pronouns are "mine, yours, his, hers, ours, and theirs."Notice that with the exception of "mine," all possessive pronouns end in "s."

It is a shame that we are teaching generations of students an error!

Author, please edit this book! ... Read more

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Here you¿ll find a host of ways todevelop or enhance your grammarteaching skills. How to Teach Grammardemonstrates methods for practicinga variety of grammar topics, dealingwith errors, and integrating grammarinstruction into general methodologiessuch as task-based learning.

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A good book to keep in your home library!
I think this book is a must-have. It is systematic and at the end of each section there is a conclusion, like a wrap-up. As much information as you can get on the internet there is nothing like having a book of this kind in your hands as a ready-reckoner. I use this book in my own home school; its a good book.

A "How To Hit" Again
"How to Teach Grammar", like others in the series, (How To Teach Pronunciation (Book with Audio CD)), is an excellent and very practical resource. As always, it is written with the classroom teacher in mind, and Scott Thornbury has written a very accessible and very useful book.

The book covers some broad areas, such as why teach grammar and even how "NOT" to teach it. Thornbury gives three broad approaches: teaching grammar from examples, texts and rules. He also covers issues related to correcting it, practicing it and integrating it through a couple of different approaches, (such as PPP and skills-based teaching).

I found the book an excellent resource for new ideas and getting a fresh look at a complex issue. If you have been a teach for awhile and happen to be looking for a renewed outlook on grammar, this could be a book that you need to see. I loved it, and still refer to it a lot.

An excellent guide to a perplexing subject
Anyone who has ever tried to learn a foreign language knows how hard it is to take what you know and get it down on paper accurately or utter a correct sentence. Teachers in turn wonder why the grammar they teach doesn't seem to "stick." Scott Thornbury tries to provide some answers in a clear, readable primer on how to teach grammar.

I'm using this book in a course I'm taking in teaching grammar, and I think it's excellent. Numerous books and papers have been written on the subject, and Thornbury neatly summarizes the arguments for and against teaching grammar in a short two chapters. But as a practical matter we DO teach grammar, and Thornbury quickly gets down to the nitty-gritty of explaining and analysing the ways to do it. What I like about this book is the lavish use of examples and sample lessons. He urges that teachers develop personal theories of teaching grammar--there are plenty of theories and methods, but I think one can only decide by trying them on for size. Attention to the organization of the chapters and a neat "Conclusions" section at the end of every chapter makes navigating through this book easy. Highly recommended.



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Help your students develop their grammar skills

If you are looking for supplemental material for your grammar program or are in search of practical exercises that will boost your pupils' language confidence, this invaluable resource has it all!

Teach Terrific Grammar, Grades 6-8 features more than 160 self-correcting grammar lessons in a fun puzzle format--complete with answer key--versatile enough to be adapted to any existing program or approach. It also has thirty reproducible "Tip Sheets" to share with your students that review the parts of speech and other important grammar rules so they can learn how to:

• Recognize types of sentences
• Understand sentence structure
• Identify parts of speech
• Avoid fragments and run-ons
• Use punctuation and capitalization together
• Find grammar mistakes
• and much more

Soon your students will become masters at using language correctly and spotting grammar mistakes easily.

Customer Reviews (4)

This is a great tool for learning grammar
We are a home school family and I purchased this book this year to save money over buying the expensive grammar/English program I normally buy. Each section has a good description in the teaching section; then there are several pages of worksheets for each section. The worksheets teach you a little something about a person, place or thing in history. Then you have to find the answer for the question it asks at the bottom of the page by answering all of the grammar questions correctly.My son is 12 and he really likes this book and enjoys finding out the answers to the questions and learning something new about history. I would recommend this to others!

Great for use with a document camera
Now that I have a Smartboard and document camera, I find I use more quick checks or worksheet kind of materials, such as this book provides.For me, this kind of source has good practice, but I never could warrent making a hundred copies of something that would take the kids five minutes to do.This book provides fun exercises in necessary skills, and I can project a page up, and we can do it together in a game sort of format.I have only just gotten the book and used the first few pages, but students enjoyed doing them.I had them take notes from the tip page and then they had those to refer to as they did the puzzle. The notes are brief and clear and my 7th and 8th grade students didn't even grumble! I called on students randomly to answer questions.They could confer as teams before answering. I really like the format of the book because kids can take notes--(provided in the book) which are brief that they then use to their benefit for the activity.This is the type of book that you can pick and choose what you want to use, and there isn't a lot of preparation time needed to use it.

Teach Terrific Grammar
I am an adult education teacher andteach English to Speakers of Other Languages.My upper level students loved these activities.It made learning fun.

Fills an Important Need
My students and I are enjoying this book, written at just the right level for middle school.It's a collection of standard grammar worksheets, but they are very doable, and the answers to each form a "secret word" (often a little-known historical figure, or animal), so there's a fun, puzzle-like aspect to them.Makes grammar about as painless as possible.Plus it's extremely difficult to find blackline masters to teach grammar rather than expensive workbooks. ... Read more

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Take the frustration out of learning new grammar

The Teach Yourself Language Grammar series brings the languages of the world within the reach of any beginning student. Prepared by experts in the language, each course begins with the basics and gradually elevates the student to a level of confident communication. Enjoyable and user-friendly, the new editions and titles feature improved page designs and even clearer explanations. ... Read more

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Practical, compact and great for beginners
Let's face it, grammar is hard enough in your native language.It's even harder in a foreign language-you don't need a thick complicated book covering every nuance of the language when you're staring out.This teach yourself book is well organized and not overwhelming like many other grammar books I've tried.

Each chapter is a few pages long and covers a couple related grammar concepts.The topics are very practical for everyday situations.The topics get more difficult as you progress through the book.

I've taken this book to Italy twice now and use it in conjunction with a dictionary and the Pimsleur audio course.It's great for travel because it's compact and easy to find the derivations of words you hear people use.

Practical Italian grammar
This book has a knack for explaining tricky points of grammar succinctly in simple, easier-to-understand terms than most Italian grammar books.It also throws you the lifeline of some pretty decent examples of how words are used in a grammatical context. This book I depend on daily. Grazie perquesto libro. ... Read more

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For decades, scholars have urged teachers to integrate grammar and writing, yet few have provided teachers with enough strategies and materials to do so. With this ground-breaking book, Harry Noden meets this need in a unique way. ... Read more

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Great for new teachers
I am a grad student working towards a certificate and masters degree in teaching high school English. This book gives a great starting point for teaching grammar in a meaningful and memorable way. I used this book to put together a minilesson on parallel structure for my classmates. It really helped me to simplify this complicated topic and make it understandable for those in my class. I feel that I have a better understanding of how specific grammatical structures influence quality of writing. Great book. I recommend it. The CD-rom is a little outdated in my opinion. However, it does contain the example quotations from the book in easy copy and paste format that facilitates handout and transparency printing.

Ehh
I had to buy this book for my son's school (elementary level) and it was a real snooze fest. I'm all for educational advancement and I can honestly say that the book has some wonderful ideas, but good grief! I had to hit the caffine to stay awake long enough to get to the points of interest. To sum this up: Great educational material if you can get past the over the top terminology.

Finally the book I've been waiting for!
LOVE, LOVE, LOVE THIS BOOK!I have searched for years for a useful way to teach grammar.This book has been an inspiration to my teaching.I have tried several of Noden's techniques, all with great success.This book is a must have for any English teacher!

Painting Pictures With Words
After attending a writing workshop conducted by Harry Noden and realizing how powerful his methods are in teaching students the art of descriptive writing and in developing one's own skills, I was thrilled to find his book.Its nine chapters are full of specific, concrete strategies to create a writing masterpiece with each concept that is presented.

Great Tips on Improving Student Writing
Image Grammar is a great tool to use to quickly improve student writing!
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Help your students develop their grammar skills.

Includes hundreds of creative, hands-on activities!

If you are looking for supplemental material for your grammar program or are in search of practical exercises that will boost your pupils' language confidence, this invaluable resource has it all! Teach Terrific Grammar, Grades 4-5 features more than 160 self-correcting grammar lessons in a fun puzzle format--complete with answer key--versatile enough to be adapted to any existing program or approach. It also has forty reproducible “Tip Sheets” that review the parts of speech and other important grammar rules.

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The Teach Yourself Language Grammar series brings the languages of the world within the reach of any beginning student. Prepared by experts in the language, each course begins with the basics and gradually elevates the student to a level of confident communication. Enjoyable and user-friendly, the new editions and titles feature improved page designs and even clearer explanations. ... Read more

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Very pleasantly surprised
I bought the book originally because it was only a few dollars so I figured it wouldn't be too big a loss if it was as bad as all of the other grammar books I'd seen. Actually, the book is impressingly comprehensive. Beginners will need additional material to really teach themselves of course, but if you only want to have all of the important rules spelled out in plain english, this is a great book. If you're looking to really dig in and have lots of detail about every rule, you'll need one of those gigantic grammar books. Overall, I'd say this book is wonderful and has really cleared up some misty concepts for me. Good luck

O.K For Some Basic Reference But That's About It
I bought this book along with some others including : German Grammar "How To Speak and Write It" and the German Grammar Drills series, and loved those! However, this book I did not find half as helpful as these books mentioned. It was very basic as it tried to teach you grammar, and it left you with not much more knowledge than when you first started this book. It is basically a book of grammar "tips" not for a serious student of German. For the money I would seriously recommend The German Grammar Drill series or German " How To Speak and Write It".

Best Way To Start
The grammar books in the "Teach Yourself" series are outstanding.They start from the very basics and work through all the grammar you would learn in several years of courses.In fact, you may want to use this book before a general course, as it sets the basis for learning the language and includes a fair amount of vocabulary and such anyway.

Einfach Perfekt
Simultaneously comprehensive and concise, this is a book I recommend to any student of German grammar.

Very helpful grammar
I have been studying German for a few years now, and I find this book very helpful.This particular book deals with grammar much more thoroughly than other books in the Teach Yourself series.the grammar is thoroughly explained with examples and charts.

I highly recommend this book. ... Read more

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Take the frustration out of learning new grammar

The Teach Yourself Language Grammar series brings the languages of the world within the reach of any beginning student. Prepared by experts in the language, each course begins with the basics and gradually elevates the student to a level of confident communication. Enjoyable and userfriendly, the new editions and titles feature improved page designs and even clearer explanations. ... Read more

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This books lacks Brazilian Portuguese.
This grammar is acceptable if your aim is to learn Continental Portuguese but I cannot reccomend it to anyone who wants to learn Brazilian Portuguese. Buy an excellent MODERN PORTUGUESE grammar written by one of the Brazil's most famous and trusted linguists: Mário Perini instead.

It will leave you confused!
I am Brazilian. In my opinion several things are not quite right in this grammar but as a native speaker I may be too critical. However there is one point I want to make. In the introductory section this grammar makes some strong statements about the differences between European and Brazilian Portuguese, but throughout the units there are several mistakes about these differences. Just a few examples. On page 168 you read that the conditional may be and often is substituted by the imperfect tense, especially in the spoken language (though not in Brazil). This is wrong. We use the imperfect for the conditional a lot in Brazil. On page 204 you read that the command form used exclusively in most of Brazil is in the third person and the verb goes into what is known as the present subjunctive. This is wrong. Colloquially we often say "fala", "vai", etc. (speak, go, etc) which is the imperative for "tu" although we do not really say "tu"(it also looks like the third person singular of the present indicative). On page 242 you read that the subjunctive is used after words like "talvez" and "oxala"(there should be an accent on the last "a") but this is supposed to be in Portugal not in Brazil. Well, we say it too. I find that anyone using this grammar will end up rather confused and I regret to say that shall not be able to recommend it.

Not user-friendly
This book does not explain Portuguese grammar to you, throws it at you. The verbs are diabolic. You are told that the present indicative mood has a number of different meanings in English. You are told that "eu falo" can mean I speak, I am speaking, I do speak, I shall speak. If this is the case, surely the reader should be given some guidance on these meanings. No, there is no guidance, which is really missed in a teach yourself grammar. It is also surprising in a book that keeps telling the reader that you are getting lots of helpful advice. Are you? Not really. You may find out that the supposedly helpful advice is wrong. For example the book tells you rather patronizingly not to see the preterit as a frightening array of new forms to learn but to make the patterns shown in the book work for you. Do they? No. Why? Because they are wrong. They tell you that the verb maintains the original letter it had in the infinitive (a/e/i).On the previous page there is evidence to the contrary. For example "falei" and "falou" do not maintain the "a" or "comi" the "e". You don't say "falaei, falaou, comei" (wrong!) for I spoke, you spoke, I ate. In this grammar each page you turn you don't know whether you are going to get the right or the wrong information. I regret buying this book. It was a waste of money. ... Read more

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In this unique linguistics course-in-a-book, David and Yvonne Freeman explain essential linguistic concepts in a thorough, but manageable manner and show the connections between linguistic theory and classroom practice ... Read more

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Excellent Service
Thank you so much for fast service and a product that was exactly as described!

Good if you are a staunch whole language believer
I picked up this book from a university bookstore because I was interested in background knowledge in linguistics to help guide reading instruction.This book is a typical "we are right (whole language) and you are wrong (phonics)" debate.The authors refer to themselves as "sociopsycholinguists" which I took to be the new term for whole language teachers. I don't want to waste my time reading about the whole language vs. phonics debate anymore, I just wanted the research and background provided by linguistic study. This book just seemed to be a rehashing of whole language theories; and why they are correct and the phonics approach is wrong with little classroom strategies (which is what I wanted from the book).I wanted different ways I could use to help struggling readers no matter what the theory, I don't feel this was a good book for that.

Very useful
I found this book very useful. Well put together and the questions/assignments at the end are also appreciated. Extremely valuable as a coursebook or for self-study. No fluff.

Excellent service
The seller gave excellent service and communicated with me quickly. Book as described. Would definately work with again.

Great linguistic book for teachers
Freeman & Freeman have hit a great niche with their book. I don't want or need, a complex linguistics book in the style of Chomsky. Freeman & Freeman take language research and package the relevant "real-world" findings so they will be of use for teachers. Although my interest is for English as a Second (ESL) teachers, I believe every teacher is concerned with literacy, and Freeman & Freeman's book covers what teachers need to know concerning phonics v. whole word instruction, spelling, and grammar. Freeman & Freeman seem to belong to the Stephen Krashen school of language and reading. This is a plus for me, but for Krashen-haters, it probably wouldn't be, and they should look elsewhere. This is "baby" linguistics book--you won't get a section on Chomsky's generative grammar here. I think it would be a good companion volume along with VanPatten's "From Input to Output"--which is a slim volume solely concerned with second language acquisition and has the same conversational tone--and--this is important--their teaching advice and philosophy meshes. ... Read more

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Take the frustration out of learning new grammar

The Teach Yourself Language Grammar series brings the languages of the world within the reach of any beginning student. Prepared by experts in the language, each course begins with the basics and gradually elevates the student to a level of confident communication. Enjoyable and user-friendly, the new editions and titles feature improved page designs and even clearer explanations. ... Read more

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two and a half stars
This is not a bad book, just not nearly as good as the usual Teach Yourself series. The Teach Yourself Beginner's French Grammar is much better, and no less advanced.

This is very poorly organized as a reference. Even the index is skimpy. It mostly follows the organization of a "topics" test -- which is not how I want a grammar book organized. That said it does a decent enough job of running over basic French grammar. But there are a lot of books in this area and this is one of the weaker.

Very user-friendly; concise yet complete
From the Introduction: "This book is based on a grammatical progression and is intended for a variety of learners from beginners to those wanting to brush up their grammar skills."

I took French for three years in school and wanted to brush up, and this book was perfect.I can't speak for those who have no prior knowledge of French (although as you can see, the author claims the book is suitable for beginners) since I already knew most of the vocabulary used.If you don't know a bit of French you will probably have to study a little more carefully.

I really like how the book is organized.Generally, a discrete unit of grammar is covered in each chapter, and the book contains just enough examples to be helpful but not boring.The end of each chapter contains a section called "pour aller plus loin" which deals with things that you might find confusing about French, like when to use 'y' vs. 'en' (as a pronoun) and when to use 'c'est' vs. 'il est' or 'elle est'.

The author takes great pains to make the book painless!The chapters are entitled things like "Imagining what could happen" rather than using grammatical terms like 'mood' and 'conditional'.This is fine with me and I find it quite pleasant.The examples relate to a single storyline that runs through the book, which also makes it more interesting and personally relevant.Reading a chapter at a time (there are 18) is a manageable amount for someone with some background--it's not boring and is easy to remember the information presented.

One more thing I liked is that example sentences are presented with translations that attempt to convey intent rather than word-for-word translation.One thing to note, though, is that the English seems to be British English--but it is not that hard for an American to "translate"!

I really recommend this book; it has helped renew my confidence in my French language skills.

A worthwhile book to have if you're interested in French
I found this book to be quite interesting to read.It helps me to review key points of the grammar studied in the classroom and makes interesting reading if you need something on a cold rainy night. Grammar points areclearly explained however the topics are listed only in the table ofcontents.In future editions of this book it might be prudent to make amore detailed list for an index in the back.Specific points could then belocated more quickly than having to read through an entire chapter. ... Read more

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The Teach Yourself Language Grammar series brings the languages of the world within the reach of any beginning student. Prepared by experts in the language, each course begins with the basics and gradually elevates the student to a level of confident communication. Enjoyable and user-friendly, the new editions and titles feature improved page designs and even clearer explanations. ... Read more

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Keep this one around for reference...
"Teach Yourself Spanish Grammar" provides a great overview of the Spanish language replete with examples, exercises, and illustrations. Nearly every grammatical aspect of the language receives treatment somewhere in this book. As such, it makes a great reference. Keep it on the shelf for those inevitable moments of confusion when verb tenses seem coagulated or when grammatical nuances feel obscure. That said, this book serves better as a reference than as a teaching tool. Those already possessing Spanish skills will get far more out of it than those with little or none. The book's length (232 pages including exercises, dictionary and index) necessitates a compromise of breadth for detail. Most subjects receive cursory treatment. The later discussions on the subjunctive tenses are particularly brief and do not allow enough study for mastery (though they provide decent introductions). This will only present a problem for absolute newcomers, though, who should start with more detailed resources such as "Practice Makes Perfect: Spanish Verb Tenses" or "Teach Yourself Beginner's Spanish, 3rd Edition (Book & 2 CDs) (Teach Yourself Language)." Those with more Spanish knowledge, from late beginner or early intermediate, will find a rich and brisk refresher course in the totality of Español. The examples help reinforce verb tense usage and pronoun disambiguation. The book's comprehensiveness also gives a bird's-eye view of the language's entire structure in a quick read. For more experienced readers, "Teach Yourself Spanish Grammar" will increase aptitude and grammatical acumen. It remains a fun and easy read throughout, just don't start learning Spanish with this book without extra help. But definitely return to it again and again for a great review and honing of grammatical knowledge.

Great concept...
I was a bit skeptical when I first noticed that there was a "grammar reference section" in this book--why would a grammar book need a grammar reference section??? It soon made sense, though.

It turns out that this TY grammar book is presented and arranged a bit differently than most. It's generally broken down into usage, function, and application, rather than abstract parts of speech as most grammar books are. It has chapter titles such as, Expressing Existence and Availability, Expressing Location, Describing Process and Procedure, rather than the typical headings such as present tense, preterit, subjunctive, etc. All the concepts are in there, but they are grouped according to task, idea, or usage.

For example, the Talking About Habitual Actions chapter covers reflexive verbs, position of reflexive pronouns, common reflexive verbs, adverbs ending in -mente, frequency adverbs, soler + infinitive, and acostumbrar + infinitive. So these are grammatical constructs you would use for Talking About Habitual Actions. Make sense? It's a nice idea.

I find this a refreshing change. It's much easier to read. I have lots of Spanish grammar books and they are great, but none present the material quite like this book does. This format is very handy to look something up quickly and get a brief answer (including good examples) of the concepts. The grammar reference section in the back lists topics more like a standard grammar text would and goes into a bit more depth.

Systematic but brief
I used this book after I had learned some Spanish from tapes. I was going to a Spanish speaking country, and I needed to see what the words actually looked like, as well as to get an idea of how the language is structured. Here's the thing you need to know: although it says "Teach Yourself Spanish *Grammar*", this book is extremely useful as a practical guide to speaking the language. It's organised according to functions (for example: expressing wants, likes, giving opinions, describing the past). This makes it about a thousand times more useful than an ordinary phrasebook. A phrasebook only teaches you how to ask for, say, fruits at a market. If you're lucky, it'll teach you how to ask for vegetables too. With this book, you can just look up "expressing wants" and learn querer and preferir, and how you can use them with a noun, a verb, or a pronoun.

It's really a more "building blocks" approach to language, but it still provides sample sentences for each idea, so you can see how it's done. This book won't have you speaking fluent, advanced idiomatic Spanish (nor is it a good reference grammar for advanced learners), but it will definitely prepare you to say a wide range of things in basic Spanish.

By the way, I've lent it to two other friends who have also used it to get a basic knowledge of Spanish for reading or travel. One of them refused to give it back to me until he'd finished it!

Clear, concise, GREAT tool!
For any student, I would recommend this book. When I teach my classes, I often reference it for a second or third way to present the material, and have recommended it to any student wishing to review.

It starts off with conversational help, and then the chapters delve into more grammatical lessons, always chock full of examples to help the information make sense.

It would be an excellent textbook if there were exercises, but it's not intended for that purpose. I would say the ages are mature high school students and up.

Sra. Gose
Author of Flip Flop Spanish: Ages 3-5: Level 1 & Flip Flop Spanish: Ages 3-5: Level 2

Easy to Understand, Concise
This is a fabulous tool for anyone studying the Spanish Language! It is explains Spanish grammer in a simple concise form which is much easier to understand that many textbooks! Everyone studying Spanish should pick up this bargain of a supplemental tool!! ... Read more

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Getting Grammar is a book chock full of inviting ways to share grammar information with students. But it is so much more.
- Shelley Harwayne

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Never disappointed, so far
Most of the time my items are recieved in a timely manner and in good condition.

Geared to kids
This book is written for elementary ESL teachers.Since I teach intermediate to advanced grammar for adults, a lot of the ideas were not helpful.I do plan to use some of the ideas for my composition classes.If you teach kids, this is a great resource.If you teach college or adult learners, this isn't the best choice.

A+!
I was very pleased with my purchase.The book was in excellent condition, and I received it in an appropriate time.I would definitely recommend this seller to future buyers.A+++!

Grammar Goodies
The book will be a useful resource as I teach grammar to a classroom of fifth graders who for the most part do not enjoy grammar practice. The book is easy to use and should be a solid addition to my other sources. ... Read more

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Take the frustration out of learning new grammar

The Teach Yourself Language Grammar series brings the languages of the world within the reach of any beginning student. Prepared by experts in the language, each course begins with the basics and gradually elevates the student to a level of confident communication. Enjoyable and userfriendly, the new editions and titles feature improved page designs and even clearer explanations. ... Read more

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Russian in plain english!
This is a fantastic book which explains the complexities of Russian grammar in plain english. I must own half the books ever written on Russian grammar but this one just explained things in a simple straight forward manner giving excellent examples and the practice exercises were meaningful and worthwhile. I also liked the way it tackles grammar in small bite sized chunks building as you go without overwhelming you with new vocabulary.

Book OK - CD not so helpful
I took Russian 1 last spring.I found this book to be somewhat helpful but I don't think the CD is much help for someone starting fresh.I was disappointed.

Teach Yourself Russian Grammar
Very well done; easy to assimilate.Disciplined approach.A companion audio would be helpful.

Perfect for quick learners or quick review
All important spects of basic Russian grammar are presented here in very clear, well ordered format.each section covers a different topic, with a clear explanation, and a few simple exercises to trest your understanding.If you need a review, are looking for a supplement to your school text, or are talented at learning languages and want an intro to Russian grammar I can absolutley recommend this book as the best of its kind.

Very good beginner's grammar text, but...
This is the first Russian grammar book I picked up and it's quite good, but Schaum's is better.Don't get me wrong, I've used and can recommend both, but if you only want one, get Schaum's Outlines of Russian Grammar by James S. Levine instead of this one. ... Read more

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Almost Perfect
I haven't studied grammer since grade school and this book is a good refresher.The content seems comprehensive.However, I am a little annoyed at two incidentals:

1.There are just not enough examples.
2.I have located four errors in the quizzes and I'm only a third of the way through the book.This is the most frustrating aspect.To what extent can I improve my grammer when the answers for the quizzes are incorrect?For those that own the text, look at problem 6 on page 127.The correct answer should be B and not A as the answer sheet describes.

I think I will hang onto this book and use it as a reference.

Complicated unless you're the most intellectual
This book isn't easy.I have my masters in English, working on a PhD, and at times I was even caught up with it.Very good quizes, but too fast pace, it is impossible to learn everything with the limited resources given.But, for a professor with a PhD, maybe it's possible... But then again, he should already know it all.

Not So Great
The book has some good content but the quizes and exercises are [bad] The exercises are just multiple choice questions that are so easy most 2nd graders could probably handle them.Overall not a great book for adults.

Well done Dr. Hensley
I had the honor of meeting Dr. Hensley at a conference in North Carolina.I managed to go to ever class he taught.This man is an amazing teacher!He can teach you more in ten minutes than most can teach you in one year.I encourage all who are looking for insight into writing to purchase this book and USE IT.

Finally!Grammar made easy!
I used to hate the thought of brushing up on grammar, but this book changed all that. Finally there's a concise book that covers all the basic rules - and makes it fun to learn, too. The first part of the book is anexcellent overview of the rules of the English language, with plenty ofexplanations and examples. The second part gives terrific lessons in styleand shows you how to use the rules of the English language. Each chapteralso has tips and pointers, and a fun quiz at the end!

Easily the bestgrammar book I've ever seen! ... Read more

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Work out Welsh grammar

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The Irish language is now within your reach with this new addition to the Teach Yourself Grammar series

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How does this compare with other Irish grammars?
Not to be confused with the "Teach Yourself Irish" tape/CD w/book that focuses somewhat on a Munster-based Irish and is itself a revision of the old 1961 Ó Sé & Shields text full of sentences about sheep, TYIG is a 2005 fresh text and a new addition to the TY series by Éamonn Ó Dónaill, a noted teacher of Ulster Irish who earlier made the "Now You're Talking" learner's materials, now out of print. Ó Dónaill also worked on the recent Turas Teanga RTÉ CD-DVD-book series, so he's up-to-date on how to teach Ireland to a largely more urban, possibly international, audience.

This book combines the sort of paradigm-centered discussion you can find in Nollaig Mac Congáil's "Irish Grammar Book" (from Cló Iar-Chonnachta, and this book in turn's not the same as "Irish Grammar" the more basic handbook by Noel McGonagle-- this does get confusing) with exercises after each of its 22 chapters. Appendices and supplements cover naming conventions, list declensions, give a glossary of grammatical terms, and suggest learner's resources. This book is more useful for classroom and self-tutored work than Mac Congáil's reference, if less technically organized than Donna Wong's more expensive and more academically intended "Learner's Guide to Irish," although I recommend those two books for any self-motivated learner who's committed to getting serious, past the "where's the pub?" and "see you later, then" types of exchanges. Ó Dónaill's book with its mass market distribution in chain bookstores and on Amazon will be the easiest of the three to purchase for most learners, and serves as a necessary basis for the (also recommended and reviewed by me on Amazon as is Turas Teanga) LGI and Mac Congáil books.

Ó Dónaill's text is arranged with boxed charts, boldfaced lettering to emphasize changes in patterns, and has attractive fonts (as with Mac Congáil and Wong I might add-- all three remember how crucial for self-study becomes the visual element of organizing material for comprehension outside of a classroom with a patient teacher at the board). TYIG may borrow a helpful feature found (if in more detail typically) in LGI: it refers to and shows how to consult the standard Niall Ó Dónaill & Tomás de Bhaldraithe 1977 dictionary Fócloir Gaeilge- Béarla. Éamonn Ó Dónaill begins each TYIG term by defining it straightforwardly. Explanations are briefer than Wong if about the same or a bit shorter than Mac Congáil's. This middle ground will for most learners needing grammatical drills plus a quick reference suffice unless the in-depth discussions of Wong's LGI are needed-- as they may well be-- to explain Gaelic intricacies and nuances.

Grammar for most of us is not inherently thrilling. I think learners with a knack for math, language learning, and structural patterns tend to favor grammar more than those of us (like me) who struggle with forms but pick up vocabulary more naturally. The order is: spelling, accents, and stress; articles & nouns; genitive case; adjectives; prepositions; pronouns; lots of verbs; cardinal and ordinal numbers and personal numbering; adverbs; relative clauses; indirect speech. Each lesson has a helpful preview with key themes, and answer keys are at the back of the book. All Irish words and phrases are translated into English. However, this would not be the place for a beginner to start; I'd recommend an encouraging guide like Gabriel Rosenstock's "Beginner's Irish" or the dryer, but concise and handy Mairead Ní Ghrada's "Progress in Irish."

For anyone past the initial stages of learning Irish, this will combines useful guide and brisk tutor. TYIG fills a need (as far as I know) that
no other text for learners of this language has met: grammar plus drills.

Why less than five stars? While no fault of Ó Dónaill's, you cannot use TYIG without breaking the spine apart to flatten it enough to do the exercises. And I doubt if you can write the answers in the lack of space provided. These are more ideas of exercises than ones meant to be completed in their actual configuration on the pages here.

TY in their present format (I have one from decades ago for TYLatin and one for TYChemistry both with large-format, notebook-sized layouts much easier for real-world use) sells the type of cheap paperback too common for learners of any language: it is not designed with any practicality. If you weigh down the edges so as to actually read the pages more easily, the spine separates and the pages come loose from the glue. Wong's book justifies its price by a large-format spiral binding. I wish other publishers would do this-- I would pay more for this durability. I guess you can prop it open somewhat and copy TYIG exercises into a notebook laboriously, thus reinforcing the exercises content by writing them out before completing them! One ironic way in which you must teach yourself Irish grammar, I suppose. ... Read more

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This was perfect to work through as I traveled through Argentina!It systematically revisits all the necessary grammar to travel in an efficient, and to the point, but extensive manner (Text Heavy).Best book that I saw as a travel/learning companion.

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Organized by topics.Each topic goes for one or two pages and includes practice exercises.At end of book are more practice exercises.The book serves both as a quick reference for Spanish grammar as well as a learning guide.I highly recommend it. ... Read more

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