The Talking Heads were developed to introduce grammar charts on the CD-ROMs that accompany Understanding and Using English Grammar (blue book) and Fundamentals of English Grammar (black book).
I wanted to find a way to speak directly to students who were using a computer program. To do this, I came up with the solution of creating grammar characters, animated cartoon characters named for aspects of English grammar. I affectionately call them Talking Heads.
These characters are the closest I could come to getting inside a computer myself and talking directly to the learner. Creating these grammar characters is some of the most enjoyable writing I've ever done.
CONTENTS
* Course Intro
Chapter 1—Present Time
Chapter 2—Past Time
Chapter 3—Future Time
Chapter 4—The Present Perfect and The Past Perfect
Chapter 5—Asking Questions
Chapter 6—Nouns and Pronouns
Chapter 7—Modal Auxiliaries
Chapter 8—Connecting Ideas
Chapter 9—Comparisons
Chapter 10—The Passive
Chapter 11—Count/Noncount Nouns and Articles
Chapter 12—Adjective Clauses
Chapter 13—Gerunds and Infinitives
Chapter 14—Noun Clauses
Appendix 1—Phrasal Verbs
Appendix 2—Preposition Combinations
Each Talking Head animation talks about a grammar point. Open a chapter and choose a grammar topic to open the animation. Click the play button at the top right of the animation's text box to play the animation.
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