So to Speak [antikvár]

IntroductionThis book was written to serve, in the first place, as a text for use in the study of British culture. There is a certain amount of information in the book; but this is not a book whose main purpose is to catalogue facts - rather, it is to supply teachers and students with material for discussion and writing. It is a book that raises issues and that pits opinions against each other, with a view to encouraging argument, spoken and written.Each unit is in six parts:Part 1: presents information on the topic under reviewPart 2: is a dialogue of a sort featured on BBC RadioPart 3: features six opinions expressed by 'ordinary' men and womenPart 4: is a passage, usually giving a short history of the topicPart 5: consists of four letters of the sort that are sent to the editors of British newspapers and magazinesPart 6: examines some aspect of language relating to the topic.Each part - and each page - is self-contained, and includes questions and activities for students to complete.The book may also serve as a vehicle for Enghsh conversation classes of a general kind, and for the teaching of essay-writing. How this might be done is explained fully in a teachers' support booklet written to accompany SO TO SPEAK. This booklet gives suggestions as to how the coursebook may be used, and contains answers to all the questions raised on each page.A recorded version of all the units, parts 2-5, inclusive, is available in MP3 format on a CD which is attached to the So to Speak Guidebook for Teachers. The author wishes to acknowledge the support of Richard Csonka in the recording of many of these, at his home in Miskolc; and of Roy Morden, in the recording of others, at King Edward VII and Queen Mary School, Lytham, in the UK.In addition, the author wishes to acknowledge the financial and moral support for this project of the British Executive Service Overseas (BESO) organization; the work of Ivo Mihajlovic in bringing it to press; the advice and belief in it of colleagues (notably Mohiár Erzsébet) and ex-smdents (like Hunyádi Réka); and the unstinting administrative, secretarial and vocal contributions of his wife. Sue Swatridge.