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1、BeyondtheGrammarWars“Thisisanoutstandingbookonatimelytopic—theplaceoflanguageintheEnglishclassroom.ItisidealforgraduateclassesinEnglisheducation,offer-ingnewperspectivesontheongoingdebatesaboutlanguageteachingfromanimpressiveinternationallineupofcontri
2、butors.”LouannReid,ColoradoStateUniversity“Animportantcontributiontocontemporarydiscussionsaboutgrammarandgrammatics,pedagogyandmetalinguisticunderstanding.”WendyMorgan,QueenslandUniversityofTechnology,Australia“Well-conceivedandtimely.Thefieldiscertai
3、nlyreadyforareconsiderationoftheroleof‘knowledgeaboutlanguage’inthelanguageartscurriculum.”SteveVanderstaay,WesternWashingtonUniversityQuestionsabouttheeffectivenessofgrammarteachingonliteracydevelopmenthavebeensofraughtinrecentyearsthattheyarereferred
4、tometaphoricallyasthe“GrammarWars.”Arethereevidence-basedanswerstothebroadquestion“Whatexplicitknowledgeaboutlanguageinteachersand/orstudentsappearstoenhanceliteracydevelopmentinsomeway?”Distinguishedbyitsglobalperspective,itscurrencyanditscomprehensiv
5、eness,BeyondtheGrammarWarsapproachesthisquestionsystematically,offeringbotharangeoftheoreticalapproachesand“takes”ontheissuesraised,andexamplesofhowtheseapproachesarebeingrealizedinactualclassrooms.Allofthecontributorsareacknowledgedexpertsintheirfield
6、.Activitiesdesignedforuseinlanguageandliteracyeducationcoursesactivelyengagestudentsinreflect-ingonandapplyingthecontentintheirownteachingcontexts.TerryLockeisProfessorofEducationandChairoftheDepartmentofArtsandLanguageEducationintheSchoolofEducation,U
7、niversityofWaikato,NewZealand.BeyondtheGrammarWarsAResourceforTeachersandStudentsonDevelopingLanguageKnowledgeintheEnglish/LiteracyClassroomEditedbyTerryLockeFirstpublished2010byRoutledge270MadisonAvenue,NewYork,NY10016SimultaneouslypublishedintheUKbyR
8、outledge2ParkSquare,MiltonPark,Abingdon,OxonOX144RNRoutledgeisanimprintoftheTaylor&FrancisGroup,aninformabusinessThiseditionpublishedintheTaylor&Francise-Library,2010.TopurchaseyourowncopyofthisoranyofTaylor&FrancisorRoutledge’scollecti