The Slangman Guide to STREET SPEAK 2 is a continuation of book 1, offering more slang & idioms, dialogues, puzzles, true-or-false exercises, word games, and hundreds of illustrations which will teach you how Americans really speak "in no time flat" — that means "very quickly" in slang! In addition, this volume introduces The Slangman Files which presents everyday slang terms and expressions in categories such as: Fruits & Vegetables, Food, Clothing, Body Parts, Proper Names, Initials, Fish, Insects, Animals, Numbers, and Colors all used in popular slang expressions.
Don't be confused or embarrassed when doing business with Americans! Entertaining dialogues, activities, and games will help you understand the real language spoken in American businesses. Slangman will make sure that you're never thrown a curve (that's business slang for "surprised")!
Entertaining dialogues, activities and games will quickly help put you get the inside track...that's slang for "get the advantage"!
The Slangman Guide to BIZ SPEAK 2 contains chapters on slang and idioms associated with: *The Workplace *International Trade *Sports Terms Used in Business *Business Travel *International Trade & Shipping *Globalization *"Bureaucratese" *Politics
If you don't know the essential American slang and idioms used by all business professionals, you risk embarrassment, loss of respect, and loss of money.
Entertaining dialogues, activities and games will quickly help put you get the inside track...that's slang for "get the advantage"!
The Slangman Guide to BIZ SPEAK 1 contains chapters on slang and idioms associated with:
* The Workplace * Computers * The Internet * E-Commerce * Marketing * Advertising * Acronyms & Shortcuts * Negotiations * Meetings * Popular Abbreviations Used in Business
Have fun and learn "real" American conversational English!
Our books contain the most common slang and idioms used every day by Americans. Look at this example:
English taught in schools: "I dislike this. It is very difficult."
Real American English: "What a pain!"
Both of them mean the same thing, but "Real English" is the way Americans speak. With our books, you will learn American English conversation using slang and idioms naturally through dialogues, pictures, quizzes, games, etc. You'll be talking like a native "in no time" (very quickly)!
Street Talk-1 (Only Audio)Street Talk-1: How to Speak and Understand American Slang
Street Talk 1 contains more than 1,150 commonly used American slang terms and expressions...the words and phrases heard everyday that don't always make sense. If you are confused by American English and would like to speak and understand like a native, you need to read this book! Street Talk 1 is the first self-teaching book on American slang that is written for the non-native speaker.
