Practical Idioms

by Louis A. Berman

This text uses a proven, field-tested method for effectively learning over 1,000 useful verb phrases providing examples of colloquial usage and exercises that promote critical thinking. This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0844206725
• ISBN13: 9780844206721
• Release Date: February 1993
• Publisher: McGraw-Hill Companies
• Length: 171 Pages
• Weight: 1.26 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 8.5" x 11.0"

Customer Reviews

Idioms Sidekick

The task of learning idioms is daunting for ESL students. Approaching this matter lightly often leads to frustration. Berman and Kirstein have managed to avoid the traditional dictionary approach and made Practical Idioms an invaluable tool for the mastery of such phrases. I would shrink the over-1,000-idiom list and increase the number of exercises available. This might further help students in their struggle to harness idiom power for more authentic, near-native communication. Great buy!

Superb

I think this books is an excellent resource for those who wish to speak English in a very natural manner. The methodology used in the book takes a very straight forward to the use of phrasal verbs an idiomatic phrases.

Practical Idioms

Practical Idioms helps English-language learners build fluency in English by focusing on one of its most widely used and expressive features: the verb plus particle phrase (for example, stand up, bring over, open up, slow down).