In this article we argue that there are very good reasons for developing discourse grammars for L2 teaching and exemplify the criteria for moving from sentence-based grammar to the discourse level.

Charlotte Fofo Lomotey, The Significance of the Level Tone in Ghanaian English, Legon Journal of the Humanities, Vol. 27, No. 1 (2016), pp. 144-171 ...

The Common Core State Standards' focus on persuasion, analysis, and other discourse skills is accelerating the push to teach English-language learners to master "academic" English.