ABSTRACT
INTRODUCTION: WHAT IT IS, AND WHAT IT AIN’T
Here we are at the heart of the book. In the following pages we explore the grammati - cal concepts that we believe are most important for English teachers in a way that we hope is useful and engaging. All of these explorations end up at the same question: How is this concept used in real ways by real people to get things done in the world? The scenarios that accompany each concept represent our attempts to get you thinking about ways to engage your students with this question, so that they might see the immediate and future relevance of language study.
