Exploring spoken English

By: Carter, RonaldContributor(s): McCarthy, MichaelMaterial type: TextTextPublication details: Cambridge, U.K. ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 1997Description: 160 p. : illustrationsISBN: 0521560497 (hardback); 9780521560498; 0521568609 (pbk.); 9780521568609Subject(s): English language | English language -- Variation | English language -- Spoken English | English language -- Textbooks for foreign speakersDDC classification: 428.3 Online resources: Click here to access online | Click here to access online
Contents:
Narrative -- Identifying -- Language-in-action -- Comment-elaboration -- Service encounters -- Debate and argument.
Summary: A practical, insightful exploration of natural spoken English based on 20 varied authentic extracts. Exploring Spoken English is a practical guide to the features of natural spoken English, designed for teachers and advanced learners of English for use in groups and for self-study. The material consists of 20 varied extracts of authentic spoken English drawn from the Cambridge University Press and University of Nottingham corpus of spoken English. Each unit contains an activity for the reader and a line-by-line commentary offering new insights into grammar, vocabulary and discourse patterns in the text. Audio CDs to accompany this book, available to purchase separately, contain all the extracts, some re-recorded for the purposes of clarity.
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Narrative --
Identifying --
Language-in-action --
Comment-elaboration --
Service encounters --
Debate and argument.

A practical, insightful exploration of natural spoken English based on 20 varied authentic extracts. Exploring Spoken English is a practical guide to the features of natural spoken English, designed for teachers and advanced learners of English for use in groups and for self-study. The material consists of 20 varied extracts of authentic spoken English drawn from the Cambridge University Press and University of Nottingham corpus of spoken English. Each unit contains an activity for the reader and a line-by-line commentary offering new insights into grammar, vocabulary and discourse patterns in the text. Audio CDs to accompany this book, available to purchase separately, contain all the extracts, some re-recorded for the purposes of clarity.

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