August 20th, 2010
Category: Books
Tags: Academic, Augmenting, Clichés, Commonly, context, English, Examples, Expressions, Idioms, increased, Language, Necessity, Proverbs, Setting, Slang, teaching, Used, Words
Product Description
The need for increased awareness of the necessity and function of incorporating into ESL curriculum commonly used English language idioms, clichés, colloquialisms, proverbs, slang words, and expressions is crucial. This research will reduce the number of unintentional, potentially detrimental, and misunderstood words or statements spoken in the ESL setting by native English-speaking ESL teachers and provide the ESL facilitator and students flexibility in communicating English with a wide array of variations.
The native English-speaking ESL teacher and the Spanish-speaking ESL students in Puerto Rico and other multi-lingual countries, elementary, secondary, and post-secondary ESL levels, are the targeted population.
The Increased…
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August 6th, 2010
Category: Books
Tags: Advanced, Business, Clichés, Esl/efl, Idioms, Professionals, Students
Product Description
Idioms and Clichés… is a supplementary text for advanced ESL/EFL students and professionals who want to read and better understand business publications such as the Wall Street Journal, Barron’s, etc. Gleaned from these sources, this book contains 250 idioms, explanations and example usage. This simple text relies on the instructor to further provide explanation and discussion. Some pages may be copied limitedly.
Idioms and Clichés for ESL/EFL Advanced Students, Business Students, and Professionals
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July 11th, 2010
Category: Books
Tags: Advanced, Answers, English, Idioms
Product Description
This book presents and practises over 1000 of the most useful and frequent idioms in typical contexts. This reference and practice book looks at the most colourful and fun area of English vocabulary – idioms. This book will appeal to students at advanced level who want to understand and use the English really used by native speakers, and students preparing for higher level exams, such as CAE, CPE and IELTS. Over 1,000 of the most useful and frequent idioms, which learners are likely to encounter are presented and practised in typical contexts, so that learners using this book will…
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May 23rd, 2010
Category: Books
Tags: American, English, From, Horses, Idioms, Learn, Like, Mouth, Speak, straight, w/Audio
- ISBN13: 9780071487726
- Condition: NEW
- Notes: Brand New from Publisher. No Remainder Mark.
Product Description
This book makes American English phrases “duck soup.”
101 American English Idioms takes the mystery out of these common U.S. expressions and explains their meanings in context. On the audio CD, native speakers read each of the 101 idioms, so you can hear how American English sounds and practice what you have learned.
What Americans really mean when they say . . .
- Drive someone up a wall–annoy someone greatly
- Raise a stink–protest strongly
- Pull someone’s leg–fool someone
- All thumbs–clumsy
- Shoot the breeze–chat informally
- Feel like a million dollars–feel wonderful
- Duck soup–easy, effortless
101…
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May 16th, 2010
Category: English Lesson Plans HELP
Tags: Dave's, English, Idioms, Intermediate, Lesson, Need, Plans, prep, Some, Teach, Upper
I have searched the main ESL sites on the Net. I am looking for things with the theme of recreation/vocation. These need to be geared for high school/ college age individuals.
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April 20th, 2010
Category: Books
Tags: Dictionary, english dictionary, Idioms, RussianEnglish
- ISBN13: 9781439142370
- Condition: NEW
- Notes: Brand New from Publisher. No Remainder Mark.
Product Description
Newly Revised Second Edition!
Fully updated and featuring more than 45,000 entries, this is the classic Russian-English English-Russian Dictionary from Langenscheidt, the premier source for foreign language reference tools.
Students, teachers, travelers, and professionals can confidently rely on this invaluable 2-in-1 volume that includes:
• Hundreds of new words reflecting today’s cultural, political, and technological changes, plus contemporary idioms and expressions
• Full pronunciation keys for both Russian and English entries
• Comprehensive grammar tables with detailed information on the conjugation and declension of Russian verbs, nouns, and adjectives
• The Russian alphabet as it is printed,…
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April 14th, 2010
Category: Books
Tags: American, Dictionary, english dictionary, ESL, Heritage, idiomatic expression, idiomatic expressions, Idioms, phrasal verb, phrasal verbs
Product Description
Adapted from the popular American Heritage Idioms Dictionary, the AH Dictionary of Idioms for Students of English provides clear, practical information on the most useful idiomatic expressions, phrasal verbs, figures of speech, and common proverbs in American English. Each entry is defined and has a sample sentence showing how the idioms are used in context.
- Full grammatical information in the text shows students of American English how to use the idioms correctly.
- Grammar usage markings identify where certain expressions appear most frequently.
- A pronunciation guide helps students practice
AMERICAN HERITAGE ESL IDIOMS DICTIONARY
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She can speak very well. She can talk for 1hr straight if you asked her to. She just has a few kinks to fix. Right now, I’m teaching her idioms, expressions and sayings. What else can I teach her?