37.2374, Books: Task-based Grammar Teaching of English Susanne Niemeier

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Date: 15-Jul-2026
From: Maren Köpp [koepp at narr.de]
Subject: Task-based Grammar Teaching of English Susanne Niemeier


Title: Task-based Grammar Teaching of English
Subtitle: Where cognitive grammar and task-based language teaching
meet
Publication Year: 2026

Publisher: Narr Francke Attempto Verlag GmbH + Co. KG
           http://www.narr.de/

Author(s): Susanne Niemeier

Paperback ISBN:  9783381109616 Price: Europe EURO 29.99

Abstract:

The focus on communication in TBLT often comes at the expense of form.
This book enhances the task-based approach by connecting it to
insights from (cognitive) grammar, which sees grammar as meaningful.
It shows how grammar teaching can be integrated into a communicative
lesson in a non-explicit way. Learners are involved in situations that
they may also encounter outside their classrooms and are given
communicative tasks they are to work on and solve. What teachers need
to invest for preparing such lessons is their own creativity, as they
have to come up with meaningful communicative situations which guide
the learners into using a specific structure. The book discusses the
didactic and linguistic theories involved and translates the
theoretical perspectives into actual teaching practice, focusing on
the grammatical phenomena tense (present tense, past tense, present
perfect), aspect, modality, reported speech, conditionals, passive
voice, prepositions, phrasal verbs, verb complementation, pronouns and
articles.

Written In: English (eng, stan1293)



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