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101 American English Idioms: Understanding and Speaking English Like an American (Listen & Learn)
by Harry Collis (Illustrator: Mario Risso)
Product Group: Book
Publisher: NTC/Contemporary Publishing Company (1996-07)
ISBN: 084425424X
EAN: 9780844254241
Dewy Decimal #: 427.973
Audio Cassette: 104 pages
Edition: Pap/Cas
SKU: C135LCX
Condition: Used: Good
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Editorial Reviews
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Product Description
This collection of whimsically illustrated cartoons, dialogues, and narrative is specially designed to develop "American" English comprehension and pronunciation skills. Includes book and 2 cassettes.
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Customer Reviews
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Thin, delightful, and satisfying
Rating  (5)
Date: 2008-02-29
2 out of 2 customers found this reveiw helpful
American idioms can cause confusion and frustrate many English language learners. This thin, delightful collection 101 idioms uses humor, clear drawings, and witty captions to illustrate the real meanings of odd phrases. Many English teachers love the verbal and visual humor, and add it as a supplemental text for intermediate or advanced ESL students. The mocking tone, however, probably annoys the more prudish folks. Other adult educators might also feel that their precious class time is better spent on more practical life skills. I understand their reservations, but still strongly recommend it as a real treat. The author, Harry Collis, deserves great praise for creating a very entertaining, informative ESL book.
This satisfying collection seems ideal for self-study, college students, and tutors. Do yourself a favor - read this book!
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101 American English Idioms
Rating (5)
Date: 2007-01-09
0 out of 1 customers found this reveiw helpful
Very very helpful in editing and writing!
Blessings to Amazon!
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Get the cassette
Rating (5)
Date: 2006-05-07
Play the cassette whenever possible for hundreds times, for example before bedtime and during sleeping.
You learn by listening. It's the best way to learn idioms, for me.
You don't need to read the book often but only listening to the recording of this book. Highly recommend it.
I also learnt "don't talk with your month full' from this book. Language plus culture.
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101 American English Idioms: Understanding ...
Rating  (2)
Date: 2005-09-07
3 out of 7 customers found this reveiw helpful
This book it really helps a lot people like me that have English as a second language.
It is now easier for me to communicate with american people.
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A great book for ESL children
Rating  (4)
Date: 2004-09-20
3 out of 3 customers found this reveiw helpful
This book includes 101 popular American English idioms along with an illustration for each that children will find amusing. Note that the illustrations are purely for amusement rather than providing visual explanations of the idiom. Some of the idioms are more popular than others but overall a good selection has been made. Each idiom is explained in detail and with example sentences and a larger context.
Older readers will want to spend their money on a more comprehensive idiom dictionary, but this is perfect for children and those who enjoy reading to them. My only criticism would be that the idioms are presented in context and the examples are written at a higher level of English than what the overall genre seems to suggest would be appropriate. This book could be used with older/more advanced learners because of this, but the publisher seems to have aimed a little wide.
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