Idiomatic American English: A Step-By-Step Workbook for Learning Everyday American Expressions - Couverture souple

Gaines, Barbara

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0870117564 ISBN 13 : 9780870117565

Editeur : Kodansha America, Inc, 1986

Synopsis

This text contains over 1000 North American colloquialisms - the language of daily life - presented and explained in 100 self-contained lessons. Are you familiar with American idioms? Do you understand such common expressions as on the ball, ' 'hold your horses, ' 'once in a blue moon, ' and 'spitting image'?'

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur

[The following excerpt from the Introductiion gives a clear idea of the book's contents.]
Idiomatic expressions give English its color and vitality. They are indispensable to the daily speech of the people and to the language of newspapers and books, television and movies.
Whenever you hear a phrase whose meaning cannot be understood even if you know the definitions of the separate words involved, you have probably encountered an idiom. Mastering idioms requires a great deal of listening, studying, practice, and usage. You cannot ignore this part of the language: idiomatic expressions and more formal grammar should be given equal time. The lessons in this book are designed to teach you the kind of informal, everyday speech--including many slang words as well as idioms--that is commonly understood by all native Americans, no matter what their level of education.
There are various levels of idiomatic difficulty, and each group of lessons listed in the Table of Contents begins with the easiest lessons and ends with the more advanced ones. However, you may use them in any order you desire; each lesson is self-contained.
Each lesson begins with a dialogue, since idioms are best learned in meaningful verbal contexts. A vocabulary section then explains the idioms in clear, concise definitions. (Where the notation "neg." appears after an idiom, it means the idiom is generally used in the negative. For example, have the heart to (neg.) indicates the phrase is normally used in a negative statement such as "I didn't have the heart to tell her." Where alternate words are given in parentheses, either word may be used interchangeably. For example, down the drain (tubes) means you may say "down the drain" or "down the tubes."
Two sets of exercises are included in each lesson. In the first, you are asked to choose the correct idiom needed to complete a sentence. In the second, you will substitute an idiomatic expression for an italicized phrase or sentence.

Biographie de l'auteur

BARBARA K. GAINES has taught English as a Second Language for more than twelve years. She currently teaches at Montclair State College in Upper Montclair, New Jersey.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Kodansha America, Inc
• Date d'édition: 1986
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0870117564
• ISBN 13: 9780870117565
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 128
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: Buchpark GmbH; gpsr@buchpark.de; ; Krügerweg 1; Trebbin; Brandenburg; 14959; Allemagne