The author draws on his experience as both a leading applied linguist and a hands-on classroom teacher of English Choice of topics and style of explanations focus on the needs of language teachers Separates each grammar topic covered into three clear categories: form, meaning, and meaning in context. You can read each chapter individually and you don`t have to follow the sequence of topics in the book. Can be used as a set book or supplementary book on a teacher training course, or by both new and experienced practising teachers as a self-study textThis is a book designed to help teachers understand English grammar and explain it to their students. Each chapter focuses on a problematic area, for example `Articles`, `Conditionals`, and `Direct and indirect speech`, and includes exercises for the reader and teaching ideas.