Learning English Made Simple [Paperback]

Sheila Henderson (Author)

Book Description

Series: Made Simple | Publication Date: February 1, 1991

The most comprehensive guide to speaking better English!

For new citizens, tourists, or business travelers, this book is a clear guide to improving your English quickly and easily. Using real-life situations to teach lessons, it will help you find a place to live, get a job, visit a doctor, or go to the bank. Highlights include:

*Sample conversations
*Useful words and important facts for every situation covered
*Extensive vocabulary
*Pronunciation guide
*Number and measurement chart
*Practice exercises with complete answer key
*The basics of English grammar

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The most comprehensive guide to speaking better English!

For new citizens, tourists, or business travelers, this book is a clear guide to improving your English quickly and easily. Using real-life situations to teach lessons, it will help you find a place to live, get a job, visit a doctor, or go to the bank. Highlights include:

*Sample conversations
*Useful words and important facts for every situation covered
*Extensive vocabulary
*Pronunciation guide
*Number and measurement chart
*Practice exercises with complete answer key
*The basics of English grammar

Product Details

• Paperback: 192 pages
• Publisher: Main Street Books; 1 edition (February 1, 1991)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0385267940
• ISBN-13: 978-0385267946
• Product Dimensions: 10.2 x 7.8 x 0.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 12.8 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,782,206 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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28 of 28 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars More useful as a refernce book for advanced students, January 15, 1999

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This is definitely not a beginning or low-intermediate student's text. The vocabulary lists for the chapters are long and contain technical terms, and the conversations are no simpler than the normal conversations of native English speakers. I ordered this book for a student who recently moved to the States, thinking that it provided a 'survival English' course, but although the themes have to do with survival--that is, living in and adjusting to U.S. Life (finding a place to live, opening a bank account, etc.), the vocabulary and conversations are not at the 'survival' level and I've had to spend time simplifying the conversations and providing extra exercises to reinforce all the material that's introduced in each chapter. The grammar explanations and exercises are simpler, but overall, the book is for more advanced speakers of English to learn what to say and do in certain practical situations they will encounter when settling down in the U.S.A., rather than for beginners to actually "learn English". The title is misleading. Under another title and aimed at an advanced audience, the practical information provided in the book would find an audience that would welcome it.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Very how-to oriented, April 27, 2005

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This review is from: Learning English Made Simple (Paperback)

Simple and easy, yet thorough and detailed. Everyday activities explained in context. Very how-to oriented. Conversation, vocabulary, grammar, reading, and culture in one book. Unfortunately, no audio.

5.0 out of 5 stars english, January 6, 2009

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This review is from: Learning English Made Simple (Paperback)

This book was very helpful. I had purchased it for a friend so they could use english better