Street Talk: How to Speak and Understand American Slang

by David Burke

Book Overview

This book is full of popular slang and idioms used every day by Americans -- and it is very easy to use. You will be more confident and have fun using English when you learn the "real" English spoken... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1879440008
• ISBN13: 9781879440005
• Release Date: August 1991
• Publisher: Optima Books
• Length: 270 Pages
• Weight: 0.88 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.0" x 9.0"

Customer Reviews

Street Talk 1 is the best

Studying English as a second language for nearly 20 years, I found Street Talk I may be the best reference of it kind I have ever seen. Often times, one copy of this kind of book is just a revised copy of another. However, from this Street Talk I, you can learn someting fresh and not readily available from elsewhere. I particularly appreciate the author gathers "talks" directly from ordinary people, rather than copy some common slang or idioms from other books. That is why this Street Talk I distingushes itself from others. Most non-English-speaking people would agree that this is a must-read reference if they really like to learn how to talk just like Americans. I would highly recommend this book to my friends and any one who would like to speak better American English.

Street Talk 1 is the best

Studying English as a second language for nearly 20 years, I found Street Talk I may be the best reference of it kind I have ever seen. Often times, one copy of this kind of book is just a revised copy of another. However, from this Street Talk I, you can learn someting fresh and not readily available from elsewhere. I particularly appreciate the author gathers "talks" directly from ordinary people, rather than copy some common slang or idioms from other books. That is why this Street Talk I distingushes itself from others. Most non-English-speaking people would agree that this is a must-read reference if they really like to learn to talk just like Americans. I would highly recommend this book to my friends and any one who would like to speak better American English.

An excellent tool to grasp american slangs!

If you are a foreigner in USA who want to communicate more effectively with american people, you should have this book. It teaches you slangs and idioms in an easier and faster way rather than just lists them as a dictionary does. You not only learned the meaning of these weired words in English but also learned how to speak them out with the right accent and under the appropriate condition.

Excellent survival guide for foreigners

'Street Talk 1' is my favorite book on the topic. Although I have a decent collection of slang dictionaries, I found this one to stand out for several reasons:First of all, it is full of terms that are ACTUALLY USED in the US today. No big deal, you might say, but most of the other books available on US slang would only be useful if the professors writing them could first convince Americans to learn and use the expressions contained in them ;)Secondly, the EXERCISES at the end of the chapters are VERY HELPFUL to learn the expressions.I recommend this book to every foreigner trying to learn how to communicate with Americans.