usage. It is aimed at students of English who take an introductory course in English grammar at college/university level in Norway, including teacher education. The fourth edition of Introducing English Grammar has been thoroughly revised and updated, but retains the key points of the previous edition: •
alerting readers to the close ties between grammatical form, meaning and communicative function summing up main points and giving practical advice through “Points to remember”
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introducing students to grammatical terminology so that they can make use of grammar information from dictionaries and other sources
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introducing the basic clause structure of English
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comparing English with Norwegian in order to address specific learner problems and increase the students’ language awareness
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presenting ways of creating coherent texts that are adapted to context and purpose
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creating a foundation for further study of English language and linguistics
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providing exercises focusing on practical as well as analytical skills
The book has an accompanying website with a key to the exercises as well as corpusrelated exercises for each chapter. See ieg4.akademisk.fagbokforlaget.no
Magne Dypedahl is Associate Professor of English at the University of South-Eastern Norway. Hilde Hasselgård is Professor of English Language at the University of Oslo.
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Introducing English Grammar
providing learners with good tools for improving their English
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Magne Dypedahl and Hilde Hasselgård
Introducing English Grammar describes and explains English grammar in light of current
Introducing English Grammar fourth edition
Magne Dypedahl Hilde Hasselgård