An Everyday English Course for foreign students [antikvár]

PREFACEIn this book an attempt has been made to give the beginner the foundation of a thorough knowledge of the English of to-day. In the grammar lessons the essentials of English grammar have been explained in the simplest possible form, and the amount of grammar given in each lesson ought to be well within the capacity of the average student. But, as every teacher knows, a mere explanation of a grammatical point is not nearly sufficient for nine pupils out of ten. For this reason copious exercises accompany each lesson. In these all the work of the lesson is hammered home. These exercises can be written by pupils or done orally, and though it is left to the discretion of the teacher whether all the exercises or only a few selected ones are set, it is, I think, advisable that at least a portion of the dictation exercise that follows each conversation should be written.A special feature of this book is the series of conversations that, from Lesson 10, alternate with the grammar lessons. The aim has been to make the book colloquial, to give the language ofV