When English language learners speak English, they want to speak with absolute confidence and when they listen, they don’t want any confusion in comprehension. In order to gain the respect they deserve in their respective business and academic circles, these professionals realize the need for high-level English communication skills.
Probably the biggest road block to acquiring these high-level, communication skills is the vocabulary absence of nearly 4,000 basic, every-day English idiomatic expressions, used by virtually the entire U.S. population, across all economic and social strata.
How is it possible to feel comfortable in a discussion among native speakers, when a significant portion of the discussion is probably not understood? It is important to realize that when I say common idiomatic expressions, I am not referring to common slang terms that are here today and gone tomorrow. I am referring to expressions that have become a permanent part of how we communicate with each other. Without knowledge of this basic vocabulary, English learners are put at a serious disadvantage.
“English Through Idioms” will fix this disadvantage. You will learn these idiomatic expressions in a natural way. You will hear them used in stories and with dialogue. Your mind will remember the context, the intonation and the mood. The expressions will become natural to you. You will not just learn the meaning of another dictionary term; you will begin to feel the expression. Children all use these idiomatic expressions correctly without even knowing what a phrasal verb or an idiom is.
With “English Through Idioms” you will learn essential idiomatic expressions the way children do, but it will be a lot more fun and a lot more interesting. As you journey from story to story, you will feel the transformation. You will be hearing these expressions everywhere and wonder why you never heard them before. The difficult part of learning English is behind you. The fun part is about to begin.
When English language learners speak English, they want to speak with absolute confidence and when they listen, they don’t want any confusion in comprehension. In order to gain the respect they deserve in their respective business and academic circles, these professionals realize the need for high-level English communication skills.
Probably the biggest road block to acquiring these high-level, communication skills is the vocabulary absence of nearly 4,000 basic, every-day English idiomatic expressions, used by virtually the entire U.S. population, across all economic and social strata.
How is it possible to feel comfortable in a discussion among native speakers, when a significant portion of the discussion is probably not understood? It is important to realize that when I say common idiomatic expressions, I am not referring to common slang terms that are here today and gone tomorrow. I am referring to expressions that have become a permanent part of how we communicate with each other. Without knowledge of this basic vocabulary, English learners are put at a serious disadvantage.
“English Through Idioms” will fix this disadvantage. You will learn these idiomatic expressions in a natural way. You will hear them used in stories and with dialogue. Your mind will remember the context, the intonation and the mood. The expressions will become natural to you. You will not just learn the meaning of another dictionary term; you will begin to feel the expression. Children all use these idiomatic expressions correctly without even knowing what a phrasal verb or an idiom is.
With “English Through Idioms” you will learn essential idiomatic expressions the way children do, but it will be a lot more fun and a lot more interesting. As you journey from story to story, you will feel the transformation. You will be hearing these expressions everywhere and wonder why you never heard them before. The difficult part of learning English is behind you. The fun part is about to begin.