Various Things [antikvár]

TO THE TEACHER Various Things is intended for the older student who has completed two or three years of English. The language has been carefully restrieted to what is normally taught in the first three years of a structural English course. The book contains no structures, grammatical points or sentence patterns not practised in Book Three of World-Wide English, for example. Like the other World-Wide Readers, this one is meant to be easy to read. The purpose of a supplementary reader is to supply the student with the additional reading practice he so badly needs in order to consolidate what he has already been taught, so that he may pass on to the next stage with greater eonfidence. This purpose will not be achieved unless it can be read easily, quiekly and with the minimum of help. Various Things deals with a variety of English situations out of which the language arises naturally. It has been written, arranged and illustrated with the sole aim of making it easy to read; but at the same time it has been written in fully idiomatic English. By reading it, the student will familiarize himself with the background to the English language. He will alsó improve his command of the language, since Various Things is as nearly self-teaching as is possible. Another reader of the same level is A Third Book of Sentences, in which each of the structures normally taught in the third year of a modern English course is illustrated by a wide rangé of sentences, thus making a convenient little reference book for the student. If a more detailed reference book is required, the student is recommended to try Modern English Structures Book Three, by Ridout and Mason (Macmillan), which is complete with numerous examples, grammatical explanations and ample remediai practice. Haslemere, 1965.R. R-