Synopses & Reviews
All Clear teaches students to recognize and produce the high-frequency idioms, phrases, and contemporary expressions needed in a range of conversational situations. Each lesson focuses initially on chunks of language in the form of idioms and other expressions (collocations) and then provides many structured and communicative activities for speaking, listening, grammar, writing, pronunciation, and public speaking practice.
Synopsis
All Clear! Advanced is the highest in a 3 book series of conversationally oriented texts. Written specifically for students at the advanced level, the text teaches students to recognize and produce over 200 high frequency idioms in ways that develop effective listening, speaking, and pronunciation skills.
About the Author
For many years, Helen Kalkstein Fragiadakis jotted down high frequency expressions and idioms, and taped them to her fridge. As these slips of paper grew and grew, Helen arranged them into meaningful clusters, which became the basis for All Clear!
Table of Contents
1. At a party - Taking the Initiative. 2. Smoking - The Bottom Line. 3. In Class - Bored to Death or on the Edge of Your Seat. 4. Homeless - Living From Hand to Mouth. 5. Winning the Lottery - He's Got It Made. 6. Stuck in an Elevator - Cooped Up and Sitting Tight. 7. Technology Today - Grappling with Computers. 8. Violence in the Media - A Bone of Contention. 9. Flying to a Distant Place - A Bad Case of Jet Lag. 10. Embarrassed - Going Through the Floor.