Dangerous English 2000

Dangerous English 2000! will help your students avoid embarrassment, avoid insulting others, learn correct terms for the doctors office, understand street language, use euphemisms, and gain insights into some intriguing and usually misunderstood elements of American culture.

Dangerous English! Is The Third Edition Of The Now-Classic Dangerous English! An Indispensable Guide For Language Learners And Others. This Latest Edition Has Been Entirely Revised, Updated, And Expanded. While There Are Many New Dangers In The English Language, We Feel That The Climate Is No Longer Too Dangerous To Openly Discuss These Languages Features In The Classroom. With This In Mind, Each Chapter Contains Suggestions For Increased Linguistic Awareness, Plus Discussion Questions. There Is An Expanded Teachers Section At The End Of The Book.Other New Features: * All Definitions And Sample Sentences Have Been Brought Up To Date. * New Dangerous Words Have Been Added, Out-Of-Use Words Have Been Deleted. * The Pronunciation Key Is Now More Useful-International Phonetic Alphabet. * The Reading Level Has Been Lowered-Shorter Sentences, Simpler Grammar. * There Is Additional Attention To Formal Terms, Including Vocabulary For Sexually Transmitted Diseases. * There Are More Illustrations To Help Clarify Meanings. * The Current Movie And Tv Rating Systems Are Explained.Additional Topics Are Covered: * The Cultural Origins Of American Taboos * Sexual Harassment * Changes In English Reflecting Changes In Society * The New Taboos: Politically Incorrect Terms * Euphemisms For Unpleasant Facts Of Life * True Stories Of Dangerous English.This Special Low-Priced Edition Is For Sale In India, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Maldives, Nepal, Myanmar, Pakistan And Sri Lanka Only.

How Myths about Language Affect Education: What Every Teacher Should Know clarifies some of the most common misconceptions about language, particularly those that affect teachers and the decisions they make when they teach English language learners. The chapters in this book address myths about language in general, about first and second language acquisition, about language and society, and about language and thinking. Each chapter concludes with activities for teachers that give examples, exercises, or simple questions that relate directly to teachers' everyday dealings with ELLs and language. How Myths about Language Affect Education is not intended to be a complete introduction to linguistics; it does not contain information on phonetics or complex syntactic explanations, and technical jargon is kept to a minimum. The aim of this book is not to settle language issues but rather to highlight popular misconceptions and the ways that they influence debates regarding language and affect language policies in and out of the classroom.

Focuses on the endangering effects of language-ideological processes. This book looks at the challenges imposed by globalization and super-diversity on the nation state and its language situations and ideologies, and demonstrates how many of its problems rise from the tension between late-modern diversity and the (pre-)modernist responses to it.

In the bleak winter term of 1954 something terrible happens at Kirkston Abbey School for Boys. Forty years later a journalist hovers near the truth, buried long ago by the panicked authorities. Kirkston Abbey is no place for the weak: its rules are harsh and its discipline savage. So the struggling Jonathan Palmer cannot believe his luck when Richard Rokeby - tough, handsome, aloof - befriends him. But Rokeby's possessive friendship is suffocating and, what starts out as an innocent game amongst friends, takes a shocking turn as Palmer finds himself powerless to stop Rokeby from unleashing a horrifying fate on them all. A brilliantly clever psychological thriller, The Wishing Game launched Redmond to his bestseller status.

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This book examines the literary construction of personal identity through autobiographical narratives by three significant writers analysed together for the first time: the Scottish Willa Muir (1890-1970), the Canadian Margaret Laurence (1926-1987), and the New Zealander Janet Frame (1924-2004). These apparently dissimilar authors suffered not only geographical, but also political marginality: they were women from the working-class or struggling middle-class, striving to be considered as professional writers, and emerging from countries that might be felt to be under the shadows of economic and political world powers such as England and the United States. During their lifetimes, they exerted themselves to overcome prejudices about class, gender and ethnicity. They experienced war and the post-war era, and lived through most of the twentieth century, being accurate witnesses and critics of their times. As it discusses major writers who are iconic for the development of the literatures of their respective countries, this book also attracts readers who are interested in learning more about the lives of these remarkable women, the way their socio-historical and geographical circumstances affected their writing and how they expressed such concerns in their autobiographies and other fictional and non-fictional works, besides considering them in relation to contemporary women writers —and autobiographers— who underwent similar experiences.

Every Christian is assailed by the gales of temptation, but those in professional ministry face fiercer storms than the rest. As C. H. Spurgeon warned, contrary to what is often assumed, "our dangers are more numerous and more insidious than those of ordinary Christians." This perspective was shared by the unified voice of the historic church, leading some patristic church fathers to initially flee the call to ministry. The same dangers were repeatedly identified in the writings of the early English pastoral theologians as they sought to mentor their proteges in successful ministry. A Most Dangerous Profession surfaces these gems so often overlooked in historic Christian literature, and ends with their practical advice on how to overcome. As both a pastoral and spiritual theology, A Most Dangerous Profession is bound to add an important voice to the ongoing dialog about pastoral self-care.