Colloquial English: The Complete Course for Beginners

Colloquial English provides a comprehensive, step-by-step course in contemporary English as it is written and spoken today. Combining a user-friendly approach with a thorough treatment of the language, this course equips learners with the essential skills needed to communicate confidently and effectively in a wide range of situations.

Key Features:

• Progressive Skill Development: Covers speaking, listening, reading, and writing in a balanced and systematic way.
• Clear Grammar Explanations: Structured, jargon-free grammar explanations that are easy to understand.
• Engaging Exercises: An extensive range of focused and stimulating exercises designed to reinforce learning.
• Realistic Dialogues: Entertaining dialogues that reflect real-life scenarios across a variety of contexts.
• Idiomatic Expressions: Useful explanations of idioms throughout the text to enhance comprehension.
• Additional Resources: The back of the book includes a full answer key and lists of irregular verbs to support independent study.

This second edition has been extensively revised and updated to include up-to-date cultural information, an improved reference grammar section, and revised audio recordings.

Audio material to accompany the course is available for free download in MP3 format from www.routledge.com/cw/colloquials. Recorded by native speakers, this audio material features the dialogues and texts from the book, helping to develop listening and pronunciation skills.

Colloquial English is a balanced, comprehensive, and rewarding English language course that serves as an indispensable resource for both independent learners and instructors in TEFL and EFL courses.

By the end of this course, learners will have reached Level B2 of the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages (CEFR) and Intermediate-High on the ACTFL proficiency scales.