Betty Schrampfer Azar is the author of the ''Azar Grammar Series'' for students of English as a second or foreign language. A staple in

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for more than three decades, the series contains dozens of books and is widely used throughout the

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. Azar is a proponent of grammar-based teaching in which grammar serves as the starting point and foundation for the development of all

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skills — speaking, listening, writing, and reading. The series is in its fifth edition. With the addition of co-author Stacy A. Hagen in 2006, the series is now known as the ''Azar-Hagen Grammar Series''. There are three principal

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in the series: ''Understanding and Using English Grammar'', ''Fundamentals of English Grammar'' and ''Basic English Grammar''. In 2017,

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named the Betty Azar Travel Grant for Practicing ESL ESL/EFL Teachers in her honor. This grant helps pay for participants to travel to the annual TESOL conference. Following the retirement of Betty S. Azar and her staff, www.azargrammar.com shut down on Tuesday, November 10, 2020. The Site was to officially shut down on Saturday, October 31, 2020, although it remained operational until Tuesday, November 10, 2020. Since then parts of the site are operational.

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Betty Azar's publications
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