Essential Idioms in English

by Robert James Dixson

Book Overview

From catching a cold to landing on your feet, idiomatic expressions add color and style to the English language. The latest edition of Essential Idioms in English remains the resource of choice for... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0135820251
• ISBN13: 9780135820254
• Release Date: August 1993
• Publisher: Prentice Hall
• Length: 249 Pages
• Weight: 0.91 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 7.0" x 9.2"

Customer Reviews

Essential Idioms in English

It has been rated with 5 stars for the following reasons: It is very easy to get familiarized with the idioms. The step-by-step approach is very convenient and it facilitates the learning process. With respect to the previous edition more friendly and pleasant to read. A very well edited book.Although the content remains substantially the same, we find outstanding improvements.

Essential Idioms in English: 5th Edition by Robert J. Dixson

This edition is an improvement over the 1992 edition. The same idioms are presented, but the format is easier to read and includes red letters highlighting the idioms. Formerly some of the pages were printed on blue background making it hard to see. These pages are now white. Additional and more interesting exercises are included. The answer key it still there, saving the teacher time. This edition has divided the idioms into beginning, intermediate, and advanced. An excellent book for adults.

Great teaching tool!

What a great resource! This book is broken down into three sections: elementary, intermediate, and advanced. This has been a favorite of mine in all my classrooms: with 1st graders, with non-English learners, and with adults learning to read for the first time. The phrase is listed, then a definition, then a couple of examples of how it's used. Following a list of ~10 phrases, there is a set of exercises that tests knowledge of the phrase and sentences to fill in the blank. There is an answer key at the back to allow students independence to check answers. This is a great teaching and reference tool for all classrooms.

EXCELENT IDIOMS BOOK

I had been searching for a good idioms book until I found this one. The examples are so helpful and tests at the end of each lesson really make you learn. The only thing I would ask for is to edit an audio cassette or cd in which all the explanations and examples ( and the tests too) can be heard so that the student can identify the idioms in context, in order to develope listening skills

Good book for a variety of levels

I have used this book while working with people who speak English as their second language. The book is divided into three levels for beginner, intermediate and advanced. There is also a review section for practicing the previously studied idioms. Each chapter gives you definitions, multiple choice and fill in the blank exercises. This book can help any person who wants to improve their knowledge of idioms.