Teaching French Grammar in Context: Theory and Practice » (1st Edition)

Stacey L. Katz is associate professor of French at the University of Utah. Carl S. Blyth is associate professor of French at the University of Texas at Austin and Director of the Texas Language Technology Center.

“Something needs to be done about grammar.”  Katz and Blyth have written this book with the hope of changing the way French instructors teach and conceive of grammar. Intended to help teachers and teacher trainers develop an understanding of French discourse that is grounded in recent theoretical and sociolinguistic research, this book is devoted to informing teachers-in-training, as well as experienced teachers, about cutting-edge methods for teaching grammar. It also describes the grammatical features of the French language in its social context. 

At the same time, it provides suggestions for applying such abstract knowledge in practical pedagogical ways, for example, how to structure grammatical explanations, devise classroom activities, and take advantage of resources that give students greater exposure to French as it is truly used in various discourse environments.

 

Acknowledgments     ix
Introduction     1
What Is Grammar?     8
Methods for Teaching Grammar     26
Articles     61
Narrative Past Tenses     106
Word-Order Constructions in the Spoken and Written Languages     145
Interrogative Constructions     186
Conclusion     221
Notes     249
Bibliography     253
Index     263