This volume aims to familiarize readers with the varieties of world Englishes used across cultures and to create awareness of some of the linguistic and socially relevant contexts and functions that have given rise to them. It emphasizes that effective communication among users of different Englishes requires awareness of the varieties in use and their cultural, social, and ideational functions. Cultures, Contexts and World Englishes:demonstrates the rich r...

English for Academic Correspondence and Socializing is the first ever book of its kind specifically written for researchers of all disciplines whose first language is not English. With easy-to-follow rules and tips, and with authentic examples taken from real emails, referee's reports and cover letters, you will learn how to:• use strategies for understanding native speakers of English• significantly improve your listening skills• organize one-to-one meetin...

Lets face it: Theres no time like the present to learn English. Its the worlds most widely spoken language. It permeates nearly every aspect of our daily lives. Mastering pronunciation, figures of speech, and idioms are just a few of the challenges students may face.Even so, learning to actually use American English comfortably isnt among the easiest of tasks, Author Jeannie Yang hopes to help with that. Numbered lessons and regimented exercises only serve to make an already daunti...

This grammar book contains numerous exercises that will undoubtedly help you practice rearranging the words in the correct order in sentences to make sense.

More than 2500 Regular and 275 Irregular Verbs in EnglishThis Book Covers the Following Topics:Regular Verbs01A. Regular Verbs -- Pattern - 101B. Regular Verbs -- Pattern - 201C. Regular Verbs -- Pattern - 301D. Regular Verbs -- Pattern - 4Irregular Verbs02A. Irregular Verbs -- Pattern - 102B. Irregular Verbs -- Pattern - 202C. Irregular Verbs -- Pattern - 302D. Irregular Verbs -- Important Notes

Most people give up trying to learn Mandarin Chinese after one month. Many people don't go further than a beginner's level. This is because they don't bother learning the grammatical structure of Chinese and therefore will never be able to fluently converse.The wrong way is to learn common phrases and hope that you can collect enough to "pick-up" the language. Unfortunately, most Chinese programs will teach you this way. I tried this and became frustrated because progress was extrem...

For a time, I lived and worked in Japan in the beautiful city of Kitakyushu and taught English as a Foreign Language to the Japanese. An International Learning Community in Japan is the story of my experiences in Japanese society and also a discussion of my theories and techniques of teaching English to Japanese people. So what makes this book different from the many other books by Westerners who have lived in Japan and written about their experiences or other books about teaching...

This literature review examined the importance of reading and writing skills, and their influence on learning. The description of selected teaching methodologies for development of students language skills and approaches to language learning and acquisition are the main core of this study. Its significance is in highlighting methods for teaching languages that value meaningful learning through the implementation and usage of the natural and communicative approaches. The literature review i...

Good presentation skills are key to a successful career in academia. This guide provides examples taken from real presentations given both by native and non-native academics covering a wide variety of disciplines.The easy-to-follow guidelines and tips will teach you how to:plan, prepare and practice a well-organized, interesting presentationavoid errors in English by using short easy-to-say sentencesimprove your English pronun...

It is estimated that about 10 percent of the English language are idioms and phrases. This increases as you watch American TV, from the movies to the news. It is impossible to understand American English without basic knowledge of these phrases. Even Americans do not understand some of the things that are said on their own grams. Second-language people are five times more than native-born English speakers of all countries. This book is a must if you are going to know anything about the Eng...

MOHAMED TAHIR TALIB had his early education in Singapore and thence to The English College, Johor Bahru, Malaysia. Trained as an English and History teacher in the Regional Teachers Training Centre, he has taught in schools in Johor. He retired as an Assistant Headmaster.NORZIMAH ISMAIL had her early education at the Sultan Ibrahim Girls School, Johor Bahru and thence her secondary education at the Convent of The Holy Infant Jesus, Johor Bahru. Trained as an English and Modern Math...

Increasingly, teachers all over the world are grappling on a daily basis with the fact of multilingual classrooms. In this book, Jill Adler captures three inter-related dilemmas that lie at the heart of teaching mathematics in multilingual classrooms. Adler's identification and naming of the dilemma of code-switching, the dilemma of mediation, and the dilemma of transparency, arise from exploring the realities of actual classrooms, and are shaped by a perspective...