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ESSENTIAL ENGLISH FOR FOREIGN STUDENTS (Book Two, Revised Edition)
ESSENTIAL ENGLISH FOR FOREIGN STUDENTS - Book Two, Revised Edition Author:C.E. Eckersley From the Preface: "Essential English is a course in four books, of which this is the second, for the teaching of English to adult foreign students. It aims at giving the student a sound knowledge of the essentials of both spoken and written English and taking him well on the way to a mastery of idiomatic conversational and literary English." — Ea... more »ch of the 33 Lessons has a story, or poem or jokes, or a play followed by exercises and drills. Emphasis is on verb tenses, vocabulary, parts of speech, active and passive voice, weights and measures. Lesson 14 briefly teaches the proper way to write a letter at that time. Lesson 18 teaches how to use the British money system of pounds, shillings, farthings, pence, and half-crowns (before it changed to a decimal system of pounds and pennies in the 1970s)
A Longmans (England) publication, originally published in 1940. This is the 1959 printing of the 1955 revised edition. Note: this is British English. Illustrations in black & white line drawings by Charles Salisbury and Burgess Sharrocks of Punch and The Humorist magazines.
A 1950s study guide which remains useful for adults and older teenagers interested in improving their knowledge of The King's (or Queen's) English.« less