PRACTICE MAKES PERFECT proves that grammar training can be fun. This
innovative resource is ideal for intermediate to advanced learners who
want to improve their grammatical accuracy through spoken practice. The
book covers a variety of grammatical points such as question tags,
inversion, participle adjectives and cleft sentences. Taking an
experience-driven approach, the activities focus on language points that
are known to require extensive practice before learners can begin to use
them accurately and with confidence. What sets this book apart from
other grammar books is that structures are practised primarily through
interactive pair work. This guided speaking practice incorporates
student-to-student partner drills whereby one partner can check the
other partner's answers in real time, providing immediate feedback. The
partner drill focus of this book makes it suitable for both face-to-face
classes and online learning situations. It can be used by groups and
pairs in a distance learning environment and by large-scale and
multi-level classroom courses. With large classes, the framework
structure enables less advanced students to complete the activities in
dialogue with linguistically more advanced members of their peer group.
Furthermore, the communicative aspect maximises student speaking time by
offering a variety of opportunities for interactive practice and
authentic speaking activities.
