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On the basis of the latest developments in descriptive linguistics and, specifically, in contemporary studies in English grammar , this paper presents a model of text grammar of the English language applicable to the process of teaching English as a foreign language. In particular , the model is viewed in connection with, mainly, the development of reading and writing skills. On the one hand, the aim is to delimit the model' s object of study, to identify and characterise its components, to establish its scope and, finally, to point out its comparative advantages with respect to other sentence-based models. On the other hand, some practical applications of some of the components of the proposed model are presented for the teaching of English as a foreign language. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]