Raymond Murphy is the author of the best grammar books in English
There is hardly a person among the studentsEnglish, who did not hear the name of the author of the books, - Raymond Murphy. A red textbook is a handbook and teachers, and students all over the world. For more than 30 years he has been the sales leader among grammar textbooks. The textbooks in question are part of the English In Use series of Raymond Murphy (pictured below on the left) and other authors, which Cambridge University publishes.
History of textbooks
Raymond Murphy is an American who taughtEnglish in Germany. Over time, working with foreign students allowed him to create a textbook that could be used throughout the world. In total, the course 3 tutorials - Elementary Grammar in Use, Blue (Intermediate Grammar in Use) and Green (Advanced Grammar in Use). Below we will consider what each textbook includes and how to deal with it independently in order to achieve positive results.
Before considering the features of each of thebooks, it is worth noting their common features - they all consist of lessons (unit), which include one or several topics on grammar for two pages (one is theory, the other is practice), applications and keys to exercises for testing. The passed theory can be fixed directly in the book and it is desirable to keep notes in simple pencil to correct mistakes during verification or in the future when repetition there were no ready answers to the tasks.
All the textbooks are written in English, but work is under way on a Russian version of the publications, in which foreign aspects that are particularly difficult for students will be explained in detail.
Red
Textbook "Raymond Murphy. Elementary grammar in practice "consists of 107 lessons, 6 applications, additional exercises and keys to all assignments.This textbook is recommended for those students who can read English, have just started learning a language or have been taught for a long time, but there are topics in which there are unclear The structure of the textbook allows you to go through the topics either in stages or selectively, as there are links to related topics.To the tutorial there is audio with voice acting examples and . Theoretical part of the lessons at the end of the book there is a test for self - questionnaire, which includes all of the course topics of the textbook, which allows you to identify the areas of grammar, which are poorly understood and need to be repeated.
The following topics are covered in the annexes:
- Irregular Verbs;
- phrasal verbs;
- spelling (spelling of a word);
- short forms of verbs.
This textbook is suitable for those whose language level corresponds to A1, A2 and B1 on the level scale of the European Language Competence.
Blue
The next tutorial in the series, authored byRaymond Murphy is a blue cover manual that includes 147 lessons, 7 applications that include additional material with grammar tables (a complete table of irregular verbs, differences in American and British language options), self-test exercises and answers to assignments. To this edition there is an additional textbook with exercises (English Grammar in Use. Supplrmentary exercises) and a disk with the voice acting of examples from the units.
It is suitable for those who want to know the language at the level of B1 and B2.
Green
Another textbook is practical grammarfor the advanced level. It was written not by Raymond Murphy, but Martin Hewings. But due to the fact that he complements the line of textbooks "Raymond Murphy., English Grammar in Use" it is called "green Murphy". This is the latest edition in the lineup and is a kind of Everest, which if they want, but can not conquer many students for many reasons, one of which is complexity. It consists of 100 units. Unlike the two previous books, here we consider the peculiarities and subtleties of the use of English grammar. To this textbook there is no additional book with exercises, but there is a disk.
This tutorial is an excellent choice for those who want to know English at the level of native speakers of C1 and C2. The course of this textbook will help pass the international exams - TOEFL and IELTS.
Each of the courses presented in the textbooks,It requires systematic training at least three times a week for 60 minutes. Such approach will allow to achieve positive results and test them in practice. The series in Use assumes self-study, and if in the learning process the student has problems with understanding the material presented, then you can use the video lessons from the teachers of English language freely available on the Internet or ask for help from friends who are native speakers.
