tailieunhanh - The grammar book teacher course part 87

Tham khảo tài liệu 'the grammar book teacher course part 87', ngoại ngữ, ngữ pháp tiếng anh phục vụ nhu cầu học tập, nghiên cứu và làm việc hiệu quả | Chapter 29 More on Relative Clauses 605 We have shown that for both restrictive and nonrestrictive relative clauses the prototypical form in naturalistic data is OS. This is something that needs to be addressed in language pedagogy where there has long been a traditional preference for presenting and teaching SS type relative clauses both restrictive and nonrestrictive to the exclusion of other more frequendy occurring combinations of head nouns and relative pronouns. Once the various possible patterns for relative adverbials have been made clear to learners the relative adverbials discussed in this chapter present challenges primarily in use. When should one substitute a relative adverb for preposition which and when should the head noun or the relative adverb be deleted We admit that our own answers to these questions are not complete and that more research is needed. This also applies to deciding when one should retain the head noun and relative pronoun the person who that- the thing which that or substitute a free relative who or what. We look forward to seeing further research that will elucidate the use of all the various types of relative clauses along the lines of the research on restrictive relative clauses by Fox and Thompson 1990 that we reported in the previous chapter. Teaching Suggestions 1. Fonn Meaning. One way of presenting the difference between restrictive and nonrestrictive relative clauses was suggested by Walter Goodwin personal communication . There are three steps in all a. The teacher says If you do not speak Japanese stand up. With the help of the other students and the teacher one student writes a sentence on the board about the students who speakjapanese such as The students who speakjapanese are seated. b. The teacher then tells the class If you speak some English remain seated. One student with the help of the others writes the following on the board about the students who speak English The Japanese-speaking students who also speak .