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Frames
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by Jim Smiley
B5;
92pp
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A house is useful metaphor for language.
Traditionally, language learning has presented the
bricks as vocabulary and the mortar as grammar. Many
students go through compulsory education and become
tired of associating English with grammar. Frames
re-frames (pun intended) this learning in two ways;
it presents vocabulary chunks—or lexical
phrases—alongside prepositions. The house bricks, or
vocabulary chunks, are cemented together by the
mortar, or prepositions. In this manner, students
can readily see the meaning of sentences as well as
their underlying structure. This leads to the second
of Frames’ purposes: to re-frame students’
prior learning in a positive, success-driven system.
Frames is aimed at the false beginner who
wishes to restart his or her English language
education by developing a dynamic view of language
that will be generative in future English study.
Use this book for:
- False beginners
- University classes
- Business English classes that focus on
communication
- Private self-study
- Any general English language class for
beginners
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