Abstract
Most textbooks for intermediate-advanced level learners are based on a topic syllabus or a communicative function syllabus. Grammatical and lexical expressions that appear more or less randomly in the text are picked up for practice. We are developing a textbook for intermediate-advanced level learners based on a grammatical syllabus. In this textbook, we will show the learners what motivates us to choose each sentence structure. 'Point of view'(spatial, temporal and psychological) and 'controlability' are the key concepts motivating syntactic choice.
