Peer reviewedERIC Number: EJ349408
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Publication Date: 1986
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Real People Don't Talk Like Books: Teaching Colloquial English.
Engkent, Lucia Petrusiak
TESL Canada Journal, spec iss 1 p225-34 Nov 1986
Discusses different characteristics of conversational English, including: pronunciation, ellipsis, use of "you" as a general pronoun, hesitation markers, subject-verb agreement, pronoun agreement, verbs, modifiers, comparisons, euphemisms, idioms, slang, and phatic/ritualistic expressions. (Author/CB)
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Grammar, Idioms, Language Enrichment, Language Proficiency, Language Styles, Oral Language, Pronouns, Pronunciation, Standard Spoken Usage, Structural Analysis (Linguistics), Suprasegmentals, Verbs
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Language: English
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