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Colloquial English: The Complete Course for Beginners 2nd edition [Pehme köide]

  • Formaat: Paperback / softback, 326 pages, kõrgus x laius: 216x138 mm, kaal: 406 g
  • Sari: Colloquial Series
  • Ilmumisaeg: 01-Jul-2015
  • Kirjastus: Routledge
  • ISBN-10: 113894985X
  • ISBN-13: 9781138949850
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  • Formaat: Paperback / softback, 326 pages, kõrgus x laius: 216x138 mm, kaal: 406 g
  • Sari: Colloquial Series
  • Ilmumisaeg: 01-Jul-2015
  • Kirjastus: Routledge
  • ISBN-10: 113894985X
  • ISBN-13: 9781138949850

Colloquial English provides a step-by-step course in English as it is written and spoken today. Combining a user-friendly approach with a thorough treatment of the language, it equips learners with the essential skills needed to communicate confidently and effectively in English in a broad range of situations.

Key features include:

  • progressive coverage of speaking, listening, reading and writing skills
  • structured, jargon-free explanations of grammar
  • an extensive range of focused and stimulating exercises
  • realistic and entertaining dialogues covering a broad variety of scenarios
  • useful explanations of idioms throughout the text
  • additional resources available at the back of the book, including a full answer key and lists of irregular verbs.

This second edition has been extensively revised and updated throughout, and includes up-to-date cultural information, an improved reference grammar and revised audio recordings.

Audio material to accompany the course is available to download free in MP3 format from www.routledge.com/cw/colloquials. Recorded by native speakers, the audio material features the dialogues and texts from the book and will help develop your listening and pronunciation skills.

Balanced, comprehensive and rewarding, Colloquial English is a complete English Language course andwill be an indispensable resource for independent learners and for instructors and students on TEFL and EFL courses.

By the end of this course, you will be at Level B2 of the Common European Framework for Languages and at the Intermediate-High on the ACTFL proficiency scales.

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"The books layout, as well as its presentation of the material, is both well thought out and systematic." - Josef Fioretta, Hofstra University

Acknowledgements xi
Introduction xii
English spelling xiii
IPA symbols xiv
Grammatical terms used in this book xv
1 Pleased to meet you!
1(20)
In this unit you will learn how to
Greet people
Say goodbye to people
Introduce yourself to someone
Introduce someone to someone else
Identify people
2 Where are you from?
21(14)
In this unit you will learn how to
Use the negative
Find out information about people
Talk about things that happen regularly or all the time
Use question words
Say that something belongs to someone
3 Could you tell me where the bank is?
35(15)
In this unit you will learn how to
Ask and say where things are
Ask the way to places in town
Talk about things that are happening now
Give and understand instructions
Tell people not to do something
4 Have you got any bread?
50(18)
In this unit you will learn how to
Use countable and uncountable nouns
Ask for and buy things in shops
Ask the price of something
Use numbers
Use British money
Say that you want or don't want something
5 What shall we do today?
68(19)
In this unit you will learn how to
Make suggestions to do things
Accept and decline suggestions
Discuss plans
Ask about and talk about likes and dislikes
Offer people things
Choose between things
6 Hello, could I speak to Vicki?
87(17)
In this unit you will learn how to
Talk on the phone
Ask for permission to do things
Use pronoun indirect objects
Make gentle suggestions
Use time expressions
7 What date is it today?
104(21)
In this unit you will learn how to
Talk about the future
Tell someone what you plan or intend to do
Talk about necessity and having to do things
Use state verbs
8 Can I make an appointment?
125(19)
In this unit you will learn
How to make appointments over the phone
How to use `can', `could' and `should'
How to use two verbs together
More about state verbs
9 I've lost my passport!
144(20)
In this unit you will learn how to
Talk about things that have happened recently
Talk about a sequence of events
Ask people about events that have already happened
Form and use the past simple
Form and use the present perfect
Use some time adverbs
10 Which do you prefer?
164(21)
In this unit you will learn how to
Compare things
Express preferences
Compare and contrast what people do
Use adverbs of degree
11 I'll see you at half past five!
185(19)
In this unit you will learn how to
Make arrangements with people
Tell the time
Use other time expressions
Buy tickets for public transport
Use prepositions in wh-questions
12 You can't be serious!
204(18)
In this unit you will learn how to
Talk about what you and others have to do
Say that you're not sure about something
Talk about possibilities and probabilities
Use the TO-FORM after different types of word
13 The people we met were fantastic!
222(18)
In this unit you will learn how to
Use who and that in longer sentences
Use prepositions in longer sentences
Use more adverbs
14 What would you do?
240(16)
In this unit you will learn how to
Talk about things that haven't happened
Talk about what might happen
Discuss possibilities
Identify and use the two main types of conditional in English
15 I said you'd phone back later
256(19)
In this unit you will learn how to
Report what other people have said
Distinguish between direct and reported speech
Use verbs of saying, reporting and thinking
Form and use the past perfect tense
Recognise the passive
Key to exercises 275(17)
Reference grammar 292(6)
Irregular verbs -- alphabetical list 298(3)
Irregular verbs by type 301(4)
Grammar index 305
Gareth King