Many English as a Second Language students believe that slang is obscence language or is ued by the young or uneducated. In fact, most slang is inoffensive and acts as an integral and indispensable part of American English. In Ya Gotta Know It!, author Hania Hassan demonstrates a fun, new way for advanced ESL students to tackle this vital but often confusing, part of American lexicon. Ya Gotta Know It! teaches lessons on slang using thirty, true-to-life dialogues. Each lesson features challenging matching exercises and a series of classroom-tested questions that encourage students to develop improved comprehension, appreciation for proper context, and a comfortable speaking familiarity with the new idiomatic vocabulary. Students will learn the meaning of slang terms and phrases, such as "we go way back," "run a tab," "burst someone's bubble," "up at the crack of dawn," "beat around the bush," "getting my feet wet," and more. Appropriate as a complete, advanced ESL course in idioms, or to supplement other teaching materials, Ya Gotta Know It! includes a helpful section on relaxed speech, a verb tense chart, a glossary of grammatical terms, and a dictionary containing all of the terms introduced in the dialogues.

YA Gotta Know It!: A Conversational Approach to American Slang for the ESL Classroom

Reference

Hassan, Hania

Words, Language & Grammar

Trafford Publishing

A complete advanced English as a second language (ESL) course in American slang, this book presents a story about four 20-something main characters (the typical age group of ESL students) in 30 short dialogues. Each dialogue is followed by classroom-tested questions that help students master the new terms. The developing story serves as a guidepost that aids in the recall of slang terms and their meanings, and provides usage examples appropriate to particular social contexts. This book includes a glossary of grammatical terms, a dictionary of all slang terms introduced, pronunciations, usage notes, and sample sentences.

Ya Gotta Know It!: A Conversational Approach to American Slang for the Esl Classroom

Dictionaries & Thesauruses

Optima Books

See the best price to sell, buy, or rent books by Hassan, Hania. BookScouter helps to compare book prices from 25+ online bookstores and 30+ buyback vendors with a single search.

Books by Hassan, Hania