| | |  | LAN Networking | Home » » » Understanding and Using English Grammar, 4th Edition (Book & Audio CD) | | | | | | | Product Promotions: | | | | | Description: | | A classic developmental skills text for intermediate to advanced students of English, Understanding and Using English Grammar is a comprehensive reference grammar as well as a stimulating and teachable classroom text. While keeping the same basic approach and material as in earlier editions, the Fourth Edition more fully develops communicative and interactive language-learning activities. Some of the new features are: - Innovative warm-up exercises that precede the grammar charts and introduce points to be taught
- Structure-based listening exercises ranging from casual speech to academic content
- Academic readings that highlight the targeted grammar structures
- Greatly expanded speaking practice with extensive pair, group and class work
- Corpus-informed syllabus that reflects the discourse patterns of spoken and written English
- Audio CDs and listening script in the back of the Student Book
The program components include the Student Book (Full Edition and Volume A and Volume B), Workbook (Full Edition and Volume A and Volume B), Chartbook, Teacher's Guide, and Test Bank. Click on "Course-Specific Resources" on the left for more details. For an online workbook, see Understanding and Using English Grammar Interactive. | | | Product Details: | | | Author:
| Betty Azar | | Paperback:
| 530 pages | | Publisher:
| Pearson ESL | | Publication Date:
| March 06, 2009 | | Language:
| English | | ISBN:
| 0132333333 | | Product Length:
| 9.9 inches | | Product Width:
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| 0.8 inches | | Product Weight:
| 1.85 pounds | | Package Length:
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35 of 36 found the following review helpful:
 A big step backwards from the 3rd editionNov 09, 2010
By Dave Gray
I have taught academic English to university-level non-native speakers for over 30 years, and Azar's grammar series was a solid rock that I could build my courses on...until now.
Yes, this 4th edition has CDs, pretty colored pictures, and lots of conversational exercises, but from an academic perspective, despite its slick add-ons, this is NOT an improvement over the 3rd edition--in fact, in some ways it is a step backwards, particularly for academic-bound international students who may continue to use English internationally.
It is truly dismaying to see what has been deleted from the 3rd Edition to make room in the 4th Ed. for the CD listening exercises and strictly American colloquial items, at a time when internationalized English is most important.
I could write for quite a while about what essential academic English has been sacrificed, but just as one example, the "troublesome verbs" (i.e., raise/rise, sit/set, lay/lie), which often appear on the TOEFL and cannot be dispensed with in formal writing, have been relegated to a brief section in the appendix, and the 3rd Edition's excellent exercise for these verbs has been removed COMPLETELY!
Another thing that is important for university-bound students, the word "whereas" - which was presented in the 3rd Ed. along with "while" as a subordinator showing contrast - is now only mentioned in a small footnote. This is further dismay, considering that "whereas" is in technical writing a more precise, exclusive subordinator to indicate contrast, whereas [!] "while" doubles as a time subordinator.
Furthermore, the new "improved" list of irregular verbs omits the past participle "stricken" (used for situations of suffering), but it now includes the exclusively American informal "snuck" as a FIRST CHOICE for the past tense of "sneak"! Now my students may write: "Sadly, much of Africa has been STRUCK with AIDS" and "The illegal aliens SNUCK past the border patrol."
Betty Azar had achieved a fine textbook in the 3rd Edition, but the modifications that have been made in the 4th Edition (I suspect not fully approved by Azar) are largely regressions to U.S. colloquial English and are wastes of time for a teacher trying to train academic-bound students.
Update: 9 March 2011
I continue to be more and more gravely disappointed with this 4th Edition of a once fine grammar book. I discover more essential things deleted from the 4th Edition each time I teach from it. For example, the usage of the subjunctive (e.g. "It is critical that the President BE conciliatory in the future negotiations") has also been relegated to the appendix and Azar's fine exercise on the subjunctive has been removed entirely.
I am also upset that lessons on the perfect (a.k.a. past) infinitive and gerund forms have both been completely eliminated, so without supplementation by the teacher, students will not be taught to understand or to form constructions such as the following: "The teacher of the advanced level expects the students to have learned the irregular verbs." "Having just been hired for a lucrative position in an import-export company, he appreciates more than ever having mastered two languages."
NB: A number of the positive reviews listed under this 4th Edition were actually written about the THIRD Edition!
3 of 3 found the following review helpful:
 Instructor's view: nice layout, modular, abundant practice exercisesJun 14, 2010
By Barbara Pijan
"Uttarabhadrapada4"
UUEG "Blue Betty" 4th edition was used for the Grammar-Writing-3 classes in the Intensive English Language Program (IELP) at Portland State University in winter quarter 2010. Approx 80-100 international students are enrolled in Grammar-Writing-3; average class size = 15-20 Ss.
Some teachers used only the book. Some used the book + the audio CD + the UUEG network software that PSU bought from Prentice Hall.
The book design = clean and straightforward, using only blue and black ink, with concise presentation of the rule followed by abundant practice exercises. 530 pages contain many well-laid-out tables. My favorite = the tidy irregular-past verb tables, which fit on 2 pages. Appendices in the back of the book are chock-full of extra but closely related grammar that can be very handy for delivering a quick answer in class, without getting digressed.
I used the audio CD for in-class listening practice (e.g., simulated radio broadcasts). There is a CD listening item for every chapter in the book. (Nice for breaking up a long grammar-intensive day.)
Since I don't like to spend class time on drills, but repetition is essential for reinforcing knowledge of structures, I assigned the book-matched computer drills as homework. Ss report that they enjoy repeating difficult items privately on the computer; and knowing that they can practice privately can calm their anxiety that the class is moving too fast.
However, supplemental computer work is not necessary. There are so many practice exercises in the textbook that the old pencil-and-paper method can provide just as much homework drill.
The other nice thing about the UUEG 4th edition book layout = the chapters (and matching supplements) are both brief and cleanly modularized. There is more than enough content for a full semester; but if you teach in a 10-week quarter (like me) it is easy to pick-and-choose just the right amount for your session length.
---Caveat for self-learners: UUEG-4th ed. is designed to be used in a classroom setting with a qualified instructor.
---Caveat for classroom learners: the book has 530 pages divided into many chapters and appendices. Although the table of contents is well designed, it will be much easier to use the book if one can apply sticky page tabs to the first page of each chapter, for ready reference.
 English GrammarMar 06, 2012
By kosticka
easy book to understand for ESL students. with book and audio CD, which helps tremendously in listening and pronunciation. hubby is very happy and excited to be learning English.
UnderstandingDec 12, 2011
By Martin
Excellent if you really want to learn grammar! I have learnt a lot and I have not finished it. It is a good book if you want to improve every day this language!
Very good text bookAug 27, 2011
By D. Cabrera
The book is absolutely brilliant, the only down site is, it does not have enough practices and the book is not focusing in daily basic examples. It is too technical.
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