I was hoping somebody could give me some advice on the area of grammar that is the most important for a teacher to have a grasp of.I will be going for a interview soon for an online job teaching adults.The problem is my understanding of grammar rules is lacking 
I am currently teaching children and need to do a crash course to prepare myself 
Any advice?without picking the crap out of what I just typed.Not good for my confidence 
If anyone can give good links for me to look at ,that would be appreciated
Thanks in advance.
Go buy a copy of Essential Grammar in use by Raymond Murphy. Read it.
brian
Bu en lai wrote [quote]Go buy a copy of Essential Grammar in use by Raymond Murphy. Read it. [/quote]
Perfect advice. I was about to post the same.
Your grammar seems fine. Itās your punctuation that needs help.
At any rate, there are lots of online grammar resources. Just one of them is eslgold. It has resources and links for both teachers and students.
Great,thanks for the book recomendation I will look into it.
Twoks any chance you can point out the errors in my punctuation.I am not questioning whether I have errors,but rather have no idea how to determine bad punctuation I will have to look around on the net for more info.
Thanks again for everyones help. 
Practical English Usage by Michael Swanā¦NT$880 at Caves bookstore.
A Grammarian bible. Recommended by Cambridge for their CELTA course. However, if you need the basics such as knowing the different kinds of nouns, compound and complex sentences, count/uncount nouns, etc with exercises for the kids the Hodder English series is good. Also found in major English bookstores.
You might want to try to find a copy of āEssential Grammar for English Compositionā by Bradley M. Vance. This is an excellent little book of about 114 pages published a few years ago in Tainan. The title may be somewhat misleading, but the content is perfect for any teacher of English in Taiwan. I covers basic English (high school level?) grammar, punctuation and all of the whyās and why notās.
It is all in very plain, easy to understand English perfect for anyone who wants to understand the nut and bolts of English grammar. It has an extensive vocabulaly index in both English and Chinese, so it is a perfect teaching tool.
Hope you can find it locally, if not check around the book stores in Tainan.
Good luck!
Check out Longmanās which is located a little distance from Taipei Main. They have some excellent looking essentials of grammar-type books including workbooks. Iām going back for another look one of these days soon and can get you details if you donāt know where the store is located. Longmanās is on the second floor and thereās a coffee shop or deli on the main floor. It has a small bookstore also on the main but the upstairs store is better.
Thanks for the shop recomendations guys, the problem is that I am working in Japan at the moment
Since you are in Japan, A quick search of the internet will readily come up with tons of pages dedicated to basic English grammar. More than you will probably be able to memorize or use.
Gee, why didnāt I think of that?
yep,I actually have been doing that. I figured I would like to get something a bit more involved,sort of like a course text book.
I found this site quite good.Starts on the basics and getās more involved later. It has little test at the end to.
A great little book would be The Elements of Style, Fourth Edition
by William Strunk Jr., E.B. White, Roger Angell.
This book is only around 85 pages long, and cost is around NT 200, I think. Also, many professional writers, such as Steven King, claim this is the book all writers should own.
Although not strickly a grammar book, it nonetheless has enough rules about grammar to allow you to do well on a test. Buy this book.
Elements of Style was my bible at university. I recommend this book to anyone. And itās great for punctuation, especially those tricky colons and semi-colons! [/quote]