Review of Idiom Attack Vol. 1 Everyday Living (Sim. Chinese Edition)
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Review of Idiom Attack Vol. 1 Everyday Living (Sim. Chinese Edition)
[Following is a volunteer review of "Idiom Attack Vol. 1 Everyday Living (Sim. Chinese Edition)" by Peter Liptak.]
Idiom Attack Vol. 1 Everyday Living (Sim. Chinese Edition) is a book that collates more than 300 North American idioms that foreign English speakers can learn and use to blend in (especially when they are in America). Separated into 25 chapters, it introduces Chinese nationals who are in the process of learning the English language to popular idioms their meanings, and how they can be used in sentences. The authors did well to translate every single text written in the book from English to Chinese to enable those who have not mastered the former to understand what is taught.
This book is written by Peter N. Liptak, Matthew Douma, and Jay Douma. All three men have got many years of teaching experience under their belt. Their ability to teach in a way that makes it easy to assimilate all that they are teaching about shone through in this book. The terms and explanations given are pretty simple and easy to understand. I was glad to learn that the book is devoid of unnecessary jargon and big words that non-English speakers may find hard to comprehend.
The book also contains meme-like images that depict some of the idioms contained in the book. I found some of these images to be a tad bit funny, but most importantly, they helped the idioms stick in my head. A classic example is that picture that was placed after the idiom that says ‘when the fat lady sings'. The picture was of the fat lady that idiom, its meaning, and how it can be used in conversations are still very fresh in my mind. All these images are my favorite piece or feature in the book. Whoever came up with the idea of using them is a genius.
There are also exercises at the end of each chapter to test whether or not the readers understood and can use the idioms taught in those chapters. I think that this is genius. I also did not see any errors in the book. The text written in both English and Chinese is apt and error-free. I believe that it was exceptionally edited.
I will like to give Idiom Attack Vol. 1 Everyday Living (Sim. Chinese Edition) four out of four stars because I did not see any feature or point to dislike in it. The whole book is pretty easy to understand and it is foreigner-friendly. Although I use idioms a lot in my conversation with people, I also learned a couple of new idioms while reading this. This fact made me like the book even more, so I could not help myself when I gave it a perfect rating.
This book is perfect for Chinese nationals seeking to become adept at using the English language to communicate. Although the target audience is Chinese speakers, any person who wishes to spice up their sentences with funny and interesting idioms should grab a copy of this book.
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Idiom Attack Vol. 1 Everyday Living (Sim. Chinese Edition)
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Idiom Attack Vol. 1 Everyday Living (Sim. Chinese Edition) is a book that collates more than 300 North American idioms that foreign English speakers can learn and use to blend in (especially when they are in America). Separated into 25 chapters, it introduces Chinese nationals who are in the process of learning the English language to popular idioms their meanings, and how they can be used in sentences. The authors did well to translate every single text written in the book from English to Chinese to enable those who have not mastered the former to understand what is taught.
This book is written by Peter N. Liptak, Matthew Douma, and Jay Douma. All three men have got many years of teaching experience under their belt. Their ability to teach in a way that makes it easy to assimilate all that they are teaching about shone through in this book. The terms and explanations given are pretty simple and easy to understand. I was glad to learn that the book is devoid of unnecessary jargon and big words that non-English speakers may find hard to comprehend.
The book also contains meme-like images that depict some of the idioms contained in the book. I found some of these images to be a tad bit funny, but most importantly, they helped the idioms stick in my head. A classic example is that picture that was placed after the idiom that says ‘when the fat lady sings'. The picture was of the fat lady that idiom, its meaning, and how it can be used in conversations are still very fresh in my mind. All these images are my favorite piece or feature in the book. Whoever came up with the idea of using them is a genius.
There are also exercises at the end of each chapter to test whether or not the readers understood and can use the idioms taught in those chapters. I think that this is genius. I also did not see any errors in the book. The text written in both English and Chinese is apt and error-free. I believe that it was exceptionally edited.
I will like to give Idiom Attack Vol. 1 Everyday Living (Sim. Chinese Edition) four out of four stars because I did not see any feature or point to dislike in it. The whole book is pretty easy to understand and it is foreigner-friendly. Although I use idioms a lot in my conversation with people, I also learned a couple of new idioms while reading this. This fact made me like the book even more, so I could not help myself when I gave it a perfect rating.
This book is perfect for Chinese nationals seeking to become adept at using the English language to communicate. Although the target audience is Chinese speakers, any person who wishes to spice up their sentences with funny and interesting idioms should grab a copy of this book.
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Idiom Attack Vol. 1 Everyday Living (Sim. Chinese Edition)
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