Everyday english for Foreign Students [antikvár]

FOREWORD The student of English who desires not only to have a ready command of the language, capable of serving him in all the ordinary circumstances of life and social intercourse, but to know something of England and the English-speaking world, will find in this book a rich store of vocabulary and of information. The variety of its contents gives scope for the use of thousands of the most common and necessary words, introduced in such a way that the exact meaning can be readily grasped without the necessity of consulting a dictionary. If the user of the book has had sufficient practice in the formation of ordinary sentences, the thorough mastery of any chapter should enable him to talk freely and correctly on the subject of which it treats. A glance at the table of Contents will show how extensive the range of these subjects is, how many aspects of everyday life they include, and how much interesting information they provide about England and its people. While the book will naturally appeal in the first place to those who are interested in acquiring a practical knowledge of the language, the student of English literature should also reahze its value for his special studies. A great part of modern English literature can only be properly understood through an intimate knowledge of the language of everyday life, as it is presented in these pages, and of the details of that life itself, which are so fully described here. The more closely he studies and compares the two, the more clearly will the student reahze how much of the language of the modern English books that interest him is included under the heading of " Everyday English." W. A. CRAIGIE.