Practical Everyday English. Collins Steven
5th edition — Montserrat Publishing, 2009
— 212 p.
Practical Everyday English is the
first volume in the Practical Everyday English series. It is a self-study book
with audio CD, designed to improve the vocabulary of upper intermediate and
advanced students of English as a foreign language. This book has a special
focus on phrasal verbs, advanced vocabulary and idioms. Unlike a dictionary,
this book actually teaches students how and when to use the words by giving
true-to-life examples, entertaining dialogue and useful exercises. Practical
Everyday English is not just a book, but a method which helps upper-intermediate
and advanced students to understand and then use everyday vocabulary. Most of
the material in the book is good conversational English rather than academic.
However, I should like to point out that «good conversational English» does not
mean street slang. There is included within the book a small amount of slang
which now passes as «acceptable» English, but even members of the British Royal
Family would use most of the phrases and idioms contained in these pages.
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The method is
simple: in almost every example in the book, apart from the first few pages, I
have tried to use a word or phrase that has been taught on earlier pages. For
example, in Chapter 5 the reader is taught the expression To get carried away,
which means to become too enthusiastic about something. One of the examples
given is:
«I got a bit carried away with the shopping today. My wife is bound to hit the
roof when she finds out how much money I’ve got through.»
He or she will already know To be bound to, To hit the roof and To get through
because they appear in earlier chapters. Therefore, after reading these words
and expressions time and time again, the students will find themselves being
able to understand, speak and write Practical Everyday English almost
automatically.
The book consists of:
Nine Chapters.
Three Lessons a chapter consisting of ten or more words or expressions, plus
examples.
Dialogues containing words taught in that chapter.
Exercises with answers at the end of the book.
Audio CD containing all the dialogues