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REA's English the American Way: A Fun ESL Guide to Language & Culture in the U.S. with Audio CD + MP3

A fun guide to everything American for the English language learner!

The warm and witty authors of Celebrate the American Way: A Fun ESL Guide to Language and Culture in the U.S. get you started on your ESL journey with English the American Way: A Fun ESL Guide to Language & Culture in the U.S.

English the American Way is your companion to everyday life in the United States. Engaging, easy-to-follow chapters highlight important topics in American culture, such as: making friends, getting around, dining out, dealing with money, buying a home, what to do in an emergency, visiting the doctor, handling a job interview, and more.

Our ESL author experts (Sheila MacKechnie Murtha and Jane Airey O'Connor) give English language learners must-know vocabulary, commonly used phrases, wacky idioms, and sample dialogues that illustrate everyday American life. You'll have fun along the way as you improve your English language and grammar skills with sentence completions, quizzes, and helpful tips.

Practice speaking English like an American until you're perfect! Improve your listening and speaking skills with the dialogues included on our audio CD and MP3 download.

English the American Way is an excellent resource for ESL students and teachers, English language learners, and professionals of all ages and all nationalities.

If you're looking for a fun and easy way to improve your English language skills, this is the book for you!

Don't miss the second book in the series… Celebrate the American Way: A Fun ESL Guide to English Language and Culture in the U.S.

Publisher ‏ : ‎ Research & Education Association; 1st edition (January 14, 2011)
Language ‏ : ‎ English
Paperback ‏ : ‎ 288 pages
ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0738606766
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0738606767
Reading age ‏ : ‎ 16 years and up
Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 6 x 0.8 x 9 inches
Reviewer: RustyEire
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title: An Effervescent & Culturally Acute (i.e, "Fun"!) Guide to American English
Review: What a dismal task it must be for non-English speakers to choose from a dizzying array of unremittingly boring (and thus inevitably ineffective) guides to an alien language already difficult to grasp, set in a culture that---while somewhat familiar through popular music and film---is as foreign to those would-be students as the dark side of the moon. But the clever authors of "English the American Way" have wisely steered clear of that brain-numbing swamp of stilted dialogue and rote rules of grammar, employing instead a method and structure that are engaging, humorous, topical, and yes, lots of "FUN"! Dollops of American culture are served up in a delightful and enjoyable stew of real "street" dialogue, bits of important grammar, dialogues set in realistic social situations, vocabulary effectively but not excessively repeated for comprehension, and clever discussions of those all-important idiomatic expressions. The authors provide honest and often downright funny explanations of how Americans communicate through their own unique brand of English. Highly recommended for ESL instructors but especially for all those eager-to-learn folks abroad (and here at home, too) for whom, after all, the book was so thoughtfully and affectionately written. If you are looking for an English-as-second-language guide that will delight and teach without condescending to you or "boring you to tears" (that is, making you cry because it is so frustratingly painful to read), then this is THE guide for you. You will really learn a lot---and have FUN doing it. Enjoy!

Reviewer: Deborah McCann Connors
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title: Excellent learning tool!
Review: English the American Way is exactly what the subtitle promises: a FUN ESL guide to Language and Culture in the U.S. The authors clearly enjoy their subject matter, and their classes must be excellent as well. The dialogues are witty and in real-life language, designed to smooth out bumpy areas in daily discourse. I work at a parish church that is 50/50 English/Spanish, where children are embracing English rapidly, but sometimes are called upon to interpret for their parents. This book would be a great tool for families as well as classes--the dialogues won't sound forced to the kids, and the families can have fun together improving their grasp of idiomatic American English. Many of the Spanish-speaking adults I work with are unsure of themselves in English (though their English is always far better than my Spanish!), and have trouble finding time for classes. This book would be a great resource for people to start to learn on their own, and have a really good time doing it. I also appreciate the effort taken to explain certain idioms and structures (why "I'll" is pronounced eye-ll and not ill, for example; or why "hanging around" doesn't literally mean hanging from rafters)--it's given me a greater love for my own native tongue (and a real sense of its complexity for those coming to the language for the first time). I love this book, and am recommending it to people in my parish and in the social service agencies around town. It's a real gift to the ESL canon!

Reviewer: Robert H. Moore
Rating: 4.0 out of 5 stars
Title: Good Resource
Review: This book is great for our students. Although they get grammar and vocabulary practice in class, the dialogues are very good at putting the language of everyday life into the American cultural context, colloquial speech included. They get better exposure to English as they will actually hear it. The CD lets them listen to the dialogues at home to practice their listening skills. Although we've just started using the book, I'm pleased with how it's going. I'm looking forward to progressing through it in the coming months.I view this book as more of a supplemental resource for our students since it assumes a working knowledge of basic English. That working knowledge is what our classes are developing. It would not be appropriate for true beginners. After three semesters of our once-a-week class, I find our students are ready to start with the book, albeit moving slowly at first.If you are working with English learners at an intermediate level, I would recommend you take a look at this book. Whether or not you use it as your primary resource, I think you'll find it's useful.Overall, it's a good value considering it includes the CD with the book.

Reviewer: Andy Allred
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title: Great tool for ESL tutors
Review: This is a great book for helping non-native English speakers sound more native. I use the book to tutor Chinese people that already have an intermediate level of English ability. Many ESL folks think that the way to sound more native is to add more words to their vocabulary, the intent of teaching from this book is to focus on allowing them to communicate more like the native American English speakers do. You do this by understanding more of the idiosyncrasies in how we contract words or pronounce them a little differently than it's spelled.The book is chock full of well thought out dialogue that exposes new vocabulary that is useful for common situations (transportation scenarios in the big city, meeting old friends or new neighbors across the street for instance). Each dialogue is followed by tips and more detailed explanation of new concepts introduced in the dialogue.

Reviewer: LAMOM
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title: When it's fun you learn!
Review: I purchased this as a Christmas present for my international friend who is taking English lessons in her country. She has never expressed so much joy in receiving a gift as she has with this gift. She said its charming and loves the fun aspect of it. What is the best thing in learning a new language? It has to be fun if course! The recipient is a 60+ yr old and this was easy to use and immediately useful as a companion to her English classes. Thanks to all the reviews that guided me in purchasing this book!

Reviewer: Chriss-MX
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title:
Review: Buen libro, con ejemplos prácticos sobre el uso del idioma.Es nivel básico inicial.

Reviewer: Cliente Amazon
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
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Review: O livro não vai a fundo na gramática mas dá uma "pincelada" para relembrar, caso você não tenha um conhecimento médio de inglês não compensa, porém se você tiver um conhecimento médio, vale a pena pois ele trás varias dicas de conversação com os termos atuais/casuais, além de varias dicas do comportamento americano.Pelos motivos acima recomendo, também comprei o Celebrate the american way, mas ainda não usei.

Reviewer: Nick P. Balzaretti
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
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Review: Collegato agli altri due volumi della serie!Strumento efficace e divertente per imparare l'inglese e le tradizioni degli Stati Uniti.Io l'ho trovato molto utile!Consigliato anche ai principianti!

Reviewer: TOTO
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
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Review: C'est un excellent livre qui est très bien imprimé et parlé avec l'américain actuel et la diction est vraiment parfaite.

Reviewer: Carlos Uceda
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
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Review: ich mag dieses Buch sehr. Es zeigt das wirkliche Leben in Usa. Ideal für Leute, die vor haben in die USA zu gehen.