Self-Made Man: One Woman's Journey into Manhood and Back
The disguise that former Los Angeles Times op-ed columnist Vincent employed to trick dozens of people into believing her a man was carefully thought out: a new, shorter haircut; a pair of rectangular eyeglasses; a fake five o'clock shadow; a prosthetic penis; some preppy clothes. It was more than she needed. "[A]s I became more confident in my disguise... the props I had used... became less and less important, until sometimes I didn't need them at all," Vincent writes. Gender marking, she found, is more about attitude than appearance. Vincent's account of the year and a half she spent posing as a man is peppered with such predictable observations.
The Longman Exams Skills series is for students preparing for the First Certificate and Proficiency exams. The books in each set provide through preparation for each of the papers with lots of practice based on real exam tasks. Mini-dictionaries in the Students’ Books + Model answers, photocopiable tests and marking schemes in the Teacher’s Books
The Longman Exams Skills series is for students preparing for the First Certificate and Proficiency exams. The books in each set provide through preparation for each of the papers with lots of practice based on real exam tasks. Mini-dictionaries in the Students’ Books + Model answers, photocopiable tests and marking schemes, in the Teacher’s Books
Test Yourself for Proficiency A totally new concept in Exam preparation. 10 sets in exam format provide intensive practice in vocabulary and grammar. Its study approach is the most appropriate. Answers and marking scheme are essential features of the book, allowing students to work independently and check their own progress.
