A book to learn grammar in a concise and structured way.
Focus on English grammar but references and comparisons of many languages.
Suggested activities, exercises and reflection tasks aimed to consolidate knowledge and develop classroom practice.
Suitable for beginners as well as people who wish to have an in-depth competence of grammar, such as experienced practitioners and students of linguistics.
Tailored to teachers and students of: • English • EFL/ESOL/ESL • TEFL • MFL
Phonetics/phonology, word classes (nouns, verbs etc), phrases (subject, object etc) and their functions, clauses and sentence structure explored in detail but without assuming any previous knowledge.
A voice for the alternative, an alternative voice.
Writer, poet, academic, with a passion for comparative literature and the classics, and an interest in new styles, structures and voices, Adriano Bulla defines himself as a 'servant of Calliope'.
PS: I notice that there are accounts whose sole purpose is to give me 1 star reviews... I must have stepped on someone toes.
Publications:
The novel The Road to London , a 'spiritual novel' combining elements of romance/ fiction with touches of erotica and with a surrealist style, where a gay boy creates a world of dreams and lies to escape prejudice, only to find himself locked in the cage of his own imagination( Glastonbury Publishing + Mirador + Netherwold Books, 2013).
Queer Poems, a collection of poetry about Human Rights and all those who suffer from injustice and discrimination (Maverick Reads 2014).
Tales for the Free Mind and Open Heart, a collection of short stories on injustice and discrimination, available free (2013).
Ybo' and Other Lies, a collection of poetry, 2005, republished in 2013 by Andrews UK).
Lucid Dreaming, a complete guide to lucid dreaming (Maverick Reads 2015).
New Age Spirit, ruminations on spirituality (Maverick Reads 2015).
The Labyrinth of Grammar, a grammar textbook for ESL/ EFL/ ESOL and English teachers and advanced students (Maverick Reads, 2013).
Assessment for Learning, a book for teachers on AFL and formative assessment. (Maverick Reads 2015).
The Mariner's Inferno, a comparative literature study on Dante and Coleridge (Maverick Reads, 2013).
Currently working with Anna on the next novel, with the working title The Dreamcatcher, which will very likely take years to write.
Strong believer in equality an human rights, be it the rights of the LGBT community or of the homeless and the poor, Bulla has recently shown more awareness of social issues in his writing.