Focus on Grammar, in its new fourth edition, maintains the proven pedagogy that makes it the most popular contextualized grammar series worldwide. Its unique four-step approach takes students from context to communication — blending content, reading, writing, listening, speaking and critical thinking in a complete program, and preparing students to understand and use English more effectively.

Centered on thematic instruction Focus on Grammar allows students to interact with grammar in realistic contexts and moves them beyond controlled practice to authentic communication.

New features include: 

• Updated high-interest readings in multiple genres that expose students to the form, meaning, and use of grammar in natural contexts.
• Key vocabulary is taught, practiced, and recycled throughout each unit, to ensure acquisition.
• Fully redesigned grammar charts and notes that provide greater clarity.
• Explicit pronunciation activities to improve fluency and accuracy.
• Expanded listening tasks allow students to develop a range of listening skills.
• Flexible, ongoing assessment — including unit reviews, diagnostic and achievement tests, and test-generating software — allows students to monitor their own progress and teachers to track students’ mastery. (Test and test-generating software available in the Teacher’s Resource Pack)

Based on extensive research, Grammar and Beyond ensures that students study accurate information about grammar and apply it in their own speech and writing. Student's Book, Level 1 is the main component of Grammar and Beyond. In each unit, students study the grammar in a realistic text and through charts and notes informed by a billion-word corpus of authentic language. The exercises provide practice in reading, writing, listening, and speaking, making this a complete course. Students learn to avoid common mistakes, based on an extensive corpus of learner language. Each unit concludes with a Grammar for Writing section, in which students apply the grammar in an extended writing task.

Want to know more about this great country of Canada?

Want to improve your English as you "share a conversation" with the author?

Then this book is for you!

The informal writing style makes it utterly readable and delightfully

entertaining.

You could read it just for the fun of knowing more about Canada

and skip the English exercises.

Or, you could just do the exercises to give you a little help in improving your English grammar. Either way, you can't help but learn more about Canada as every sentence in the exercises tells you a bit more.

The author's light-hearted comments and personal experiences regarding many of the "facts" on each province and territory add a delightful informality to the writing.

Whether you are an adult wanting a 'refresher' on Canada, an ESL student wanting grammar practice while learning zany Canadian facts or a new citizen of Canada, there is something

here for everyone.