Colloquial English: A Course for Non-Native Speakers (Colloquial Series) [Paperback]

Gareth King (Author)

Book Description

ISBN-10: 0415299535 | ISBN-13: 978-0415299534 | Publication Date: January 7, 2005 | Edition: 1

Colloquial English is an easy-to-use course, specially written by an experienced teacher for self-study or class use. It teaches current spoken and written English, as used in the UK, through the medium of English itself. This course assumes a basic knowledge of English and is suitable for post-beginners, whether studying on their own or as part of a class.

Features include:

• full explanations and illustrations of grammatical terms 
• pronunciation guide to help with areas of particular difficulty
• a variety of exercises to help learners to grow in confidence
• full answer key.

 

 Accompanying audio material is available to purchase separately on CD/MP3 format, or comes included in the great value Colloquials Pack.

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About the Author

Gareth King, who is currently working in Further Education, has a background in Linguistics and is an experienced teacher odf foreign languages and English as a Foreign Language. He is author of Routledge's Colloquial Welsh, Basic Welshand Intermediate Welsh Grammar Workbook titles and is the Series Advisor for the Colloquials. He has previously authored material for OUP's Oxford Junior English titles (pub 1999), aimed at EFL learners in secondary schools.

Product Details

• Paperback: 304 pages
• Publisher: Routledge; 1 edition (January 7, 2005)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0415299535
• ISBN-13: 978-0415299534
• Product Dimensions: 8.5 x 6.4 x 0.7 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.2 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,679,739 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Gareth King is the author of numerous books on language, including a range of well-known and popular titles written for learners of Welsh, language of the future. His latest book, published by Routledge/Taylor & Francis in December 2010, is an extensive revision and expansion of George Campbell's well-known Concise Compendium of the World's Languages, and he is now working on a similar updating of the original 2-volume edition. In addition, after a pause of some years, he has finally bowed to public clamour and has embarked on the writing of a new book on Welsh, scheduled for publication in 2013.
Away from the writing shed, he acts as Series Advisor and linguistic consultant for Routledge's Colloquial... range of language learning titles (now extending to over sixty languages of the world), all of which are easy to find and purchase on Amazon. Two of them were actually written by him, and are consequently especially sought after by connoisseurs, with first editions commanding frankly absurd prices on "e-Bay" and across the modern marvel that is the electrical interweb.
He did his first degree during the Cold War, emerging from Cambridge University with a useful degree in Slavonic (involving some of the most dangerous languages known to modern science), and sensibly went on some years later to do an MA in Old Irish and Scottish Gaelic at Aberystwyth, learning Welsh in the process by the simple but effective expedient of sharing a flat with a bunch of girls from North Wales - this, perhaps, was the fateful turn in his life that was to bring about the publishing sensation that his books on Welsh were to become in Wales, and which propelled him inexorably on the road to legendary status in that small but perfectly-formed land. He is markedly less well-known in Scandinavia and the Caribbean, and maintains residences there for this very reason.

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5.0 out of 5 stars Colloquial English, October 8, 2007

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This review is from: Colloquial English: A Course for Non-Native Speakers (Colloquial Series) (Paperback)

Colloquial English is the ultimate solution for the learner of the English Language, especially those who wish to perfect spoken English proficiency. The book presents numerous examples in addition to language points and idioms, all exploring the many rich ways the English language can be used to communicate fine shades of meaning. Finally, the Life and Living sections of the book take the learner through real life situations narrated in vivid vocabulary.

Probably the most important quality of Colloquial English is that, although basic knowledge of the language is assumed, it is very simplified and accessible to all learners - a crucial requirement for learning!