This book provides a comprehensive account of conversation in English and its implications for the ELT classroom. After a general overview and definition of conversation it provides the reader with a systematic description of conversational English, from the vocabulary of conversation, to grammar, discourse and genre. This is followed by an informed account of the development of conversation in both first and second language acquisition. It then describes a range of methodological approaches, procedures and techniques for teaching conversation in English. On this basis, an integrated approach to the teaching of conversation is provided, along with practical classroom applications.
Курс англ. языка для малышей построен на коротких и занимательных рассказах. Все новые слова вводятся и закрепляются в контексте этих рассказов. Предложенные разнообразные задания побуждают детей к употреблению новой лексики, развивая навыки аудирования, говорения, чтения и письма.
It is Important in military matters that a writer shall express the ideas he intends to convey and in such phraseology that there can be no misunderstanding of the language used. Such kind of language is crucial for the military man as rhetoric is a big part of his profession. it is a vocational training in english that teach a military man how to be rhetorical yet precise and firm.
English mediopassive constructions: A cognitive, corpus-based study of their origin, spread, and current status
This book provides the first empirical study of the history and spread of mediopassive constructions. It investigates the productivity of the pattern, the spread of the construction in Modern English, and looks into text type-specific preferences for the construction.
