Take it Easy: American Idioms - Softcover

McPartland-Fairman, Pamela

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0136608124 ISBN 13: 9780136608127

Publisher: Pearson Education, 2000

Synopsis

Focusing on practical, widely used expressions and two-word verbs, this book features 170 high-frequency idioms, as well as new listening and speaking activities. All four skills ¿ reading, listening, speaking, and writing ¿ are practiced in each chapter.

About this title

About the Author

Pamela McPartland-Fairman, Ph.D., was the lead Academic Consultant for the TV series, Connect with English, and a scriptwriter for Miscrosoft's Encarta Interactive English Learning. For 13 years, she directed the I.E.L.I. at Hunter College, CUNY. She has published 10 texts, including What's Up?, Stars and Stripes, and Focus on Health.

From the Back Cover

Focusing on practical, widely used expressions and two-word verbs, this book features 170 high-frequency idioms, as well as new listening and speaking activities. All four skills ¿ reading, listening, speaking, and writing ¿ are practiced in each chapter.
Take It Easy, Second Edition presents idioms within chapter themes in a variety of contexts, from conversations and movie reviews to surveys. Numerous exercises, progressing from receptive to productive, help students gain mastery in noticing and understanding idioms in various contexts and using idioms in speech and writing.
Features include:

• “Getting Started” sections open each unit with warm-up exercises to activate students¿ background knowledge.
• Interactive, communicative, and personalized activities.
• Review section at the end of the first five chapters.
• Authentic language.

Edition details

• Publisher: Pearson Education
• Publication date: 2000
• ISBN 10: 0136608124
• ISBN 13: 9780136608127
• Binding: Paperback
• Language: English
• Edition number: 2
• Number of pages: 208