Impact Grammar

by Rod Ellis, Stephen Gaies

Impact Grammar is the latest innovative textbook in the Impact series for students who want to improve their knowledge of English grammar. The book with an accompanying audio CD is designed to be used as a classroom text or for self-study.
Impact Grammar is organized into fifty two-page units, each containing five carefully sequenced exercises organized by levels of difficulty. These grammar points reflect the most problematic areas for second language learners.

172 pages, Paperback

First published October 22, 1998

About the author

Professor Rod Ellis is Professor in the Department of Applied Language Studies and Linguistics at the University of Auckland, New Zealand. He has worked in Zambia, the UK, Japan, and the U.S.A for extended periods. He has published a number of books on second language acquisition and teacher education. He has also published EFL/ESL textbooks. His main interest lies in the application of second language theory and research to language teaching.

He is co-author of Analysing Learner Language, and author of Second Language Acquisition, SLA Research and Language Teaching, The Study of Language Acquisition, which won the English Speaking Union's Duke of Edinburgh Book Competition, Understanding Second Language Acquisition, which won the BAAL Book Prize, and Task-based Language Learning and Teaching, all published by Oxford University Press.