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A collection of resources for ESOL students, tutors, and faculty.

Grammar Books

Rhetorical Grammar: Grammatical choices, rhetorical effects by Martha J. Kolln; Loretta Gray
Call Number: USM Stacks PE1408 .K696 2013

ISBN: 0321846729

Publication Date: 2012-09-12

Rhetorical Grammar encourages writers to recognize and use the grammatical and stylistic choices available to them and to understand the rhetorical effects those choices can have on their readers.
The Grammar of Society by Cristina Bicchieri
Call Number: USM Stacks HM676 .B53 2006

ISBN: 0521573726

Publication Date: 2005-12-12

Cristina Bicchieri examines social norms, such as fairness, cooperation, and reciprocity, in an effort to understand their nature and dynamics, generated expectations and evolution and change.

Grammar e-Books

Applying Cognitive Grammar in the Foreign Language Classroom (E-book) by Jakub Bielak; Mirosaw Pawlak
Call Number: E-Book; click above title for access

ISBN: 9783642274558

Publication Date: 2012-05-02

The monograph constitutes an attempt to demonstrate how Cognitive Grammar (CG) can be employed in the foreign language classroom with a view to aiding learners in better understanding the complexities of English grammar.
Universal Grammar and the Second Language Classroom (E-book) by Melinda Whong
Call Number: E-Book; click above title for access

ISBN: 9789400763623

Publication Date: 2013

Grammar

Verb Tenses (Simple, Perfect, Progressive, + Perfect Progressive/Continuous)
This is a great chart for helping you understand the difference between Simple, Perfect, Progressive, and Perfect Progressive/Continuous tenses.
Simple Articles Practice
Fill in the blanks with the appropriate article (a, an, the, or none.)
Capitalization Rules
View this sheet to learn the basics of capitalizing letters in English.
Verb Tense Timeline
This graph shows the differences between simple and progressive tenses.
Special Plural Nouns
Here is a helpful sheet on a few special times when nouns pluralize (are made more than one) in an unusual way!
"-ING" Verbs
Please review this short handout to learn about the general rules for using verbs ending in "-ing"

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