British Language

This is the third edition of Mind the Gap Enjoy the snarky remarks that pepper the banter in British comedies and dramas. Savor the richness of British slang and idioms Discover favorite British foods and popular meals Bone up on British Baking and home life Learn how NOT to be posh. Learn how NOT to insult your British friends. Enjoy Cockney Rhyming Slang Understand quirky sports slang and metaphors Add some regional slang from Wales, Scotland, and Northern Ireland Pick up some useful words and phrases for your visit to the UK.This edition of Mind the Gap… Between British & American ...

Get Rid of Your Accent is a speech training manual for mastering British-English pronunciation. The audiobook is based on a tried and trusted method, used in London drama schools, that helps British people with provincial accents learn standard British English. It includes humorous sentences, tongue twisters, period verses, and rhyme exercises. Relevant subjects are received pronunciation, elocution, and phonetics.

Master British English with Learn British English - Word Power 101. This audiobook is a completely new way to learn British English vocabulary fast - and for free! Start speaking British English in minutes with the powerful learning methods you will master in this book. The vocabulary words you'll find in Learn British English - Word Power 101 were hand selected by our British English language teachers as the top 101 most frequently used words in the British English language.

Add some kick to your characters with some quick and simple dialect training. Paul Meier has been training actors for over 25 years and now offers his experience to the casual pretender in these entertaining presentations. You will find accent tips, colloquialisms, and charismatic character concepts that will add to your storytelling, roleplaying, or cosplay.

Before you take that trip to the UK, get a solid foundation of English! Start speaking English in minutes, and learn key vocabulary, phrases, and grammar in just minutes more with Introduction to British English. Our native English hosts break down all the sentences, grammar, and more in a simple, easily understandable way!

These were among the questions that philosophers wrestled with in mid-twentieth-century Britain, a period shadowed by war and the rise of fascism. In response to these events, thinkers such as Philippa Foot (originator of the famous trolley problem), Isaiah Berlin, Iris Murdoch, Elizabeth Anscombe, Gilbert Ryle, and J. L. Austin aspired to a new level of watchfulness and self-awareness about language as a way of keeping philosophy true to everyday experience.

At her execution Mary, Queen of Scots wore red. Widely known as the colour of strength and passion, it was in fact worn by Mary as the Catholic symbol of martyrdom. In 16th-century Europe, women's voices were suppressed and silenced. Even for a queen like Mary, her prime duty was to bear sons. In an age when textiles expressed power, Mary exploited them to emphasise her female agency.

In this wildly entertaining A to Z of verbal acrobatics, Gyles takes you on a whirlwind tour of our mother tongue – from the origins of words and correct grammar and punctuation, to similes, euphemisms and record breaking tongue twisters (try getting your mouth around floccinaucinihilipification!). An idiosyncratic blend of history, word play, anecdote, and hyperbole, all in 60-second instalments, this is Gyles Brandreth at his word-perfect, Just-a-Minute best. You’ll never mix your metaphors again...

The Survival Phrases series is designed to provide world travelers with essential phrases in multiple languages and cultural insight you will not find in a textbook. In this 25-lesson series, you'll learn vital British English phrases in each lesson that will help prepare you for an upcoming trip.

The Survival Phrases series is designed to provide world travelers with essential phrases in multiple languages and cultural insight you will not find in a textbook. In this 25-lesson series, you'll learn vital British English phrases in each lesson that will help prepare you for an upcoming trip.

¿Quiere hablar inglés en diferentes situaciones en el extranjero? Aprender inglés para adultos (Castellano - Inglés Británico): Aprende inglés para conversaciones básicas en situaciones cotidianas y para viajar es un libro para aprender y practicar más de 1,000 palabras y expresiones utilizados cotidianamente, en situaciones de la vida real.

More useful tips to help achieve a more professional level of speech. In ‘Improve Your Speech – British English Level 2’ we’ll build on the techniques you learned in Improve Your Speech – British English level 1. In Improve Your Speech – British English Level 2 we will help to take you even further, giving you helpful hints on how best to use your voice and tidy up your speech. You will discover the difference between ‘doing a Dracula’ and ‘talking Chutney’.

Learn and improve your English with the BBC. Collected here for the first time are 12 episodes from BBC Learning English's popular 6 Minute English series. Aimed at intermediate level learners of English, each programme examines a different topic which is discussed and explained to help learners increase their knowledge of the English language.

Useful tips to help achieve a more professional level of speech. The way we speak can say as much about us as the clothes we wear, the car we drive, or even the newspapers and magazines we read.

This dictionary is everything you need when visiting Britain or talking to a Brit. Two countries separated by a common language. Don't do what I did when I arrived in the US. I said to a lady "I will knock you up in the morning", and next thing I knew, I was married???? This is very humorous and very extensive at over 100 pages. A great gift Have Fun

Was bedeutet es, heutzutage Brite zu sein? Zu diesem Thema hat sich das Spotlight-Team zu einem Gespräch am runden Tisch zusammengesetzt. Außerdem im September: Im 19. Jahrhundert wurde Colorado durch den Goldrausch zum Leben erweckt, geriet danach jedoch lange Jahre in Vergessenheit. Heute erlebt der US-Staat eine Renaissance.

Es ist vielleicht nicht so allgemein bekannt, aber es gibt lebendige britische Gemeinschaften in Deutschland. In der Februar-Ausgabe von "Spotlight Audio" treffen Sie eine dieser traditionsreichen Expat-Gemeinschaften. Ebenfalls in diesem Monat: die Schönheit der walisischen Landschaft und außerdem die Frage, ob soziale Netzwerke wie Facebook und Twitter genügend Verantwortung für die Inhalte ihrer Seiten übernehmen. Englisch lernen mit "Spotlight Audio"!

In Business Spotlight Audio 4/2014 für Juli/August gibt es zwei Spezialthemen: Zunächst geht es in unserer Rubrik "Interkulturelle Kommunikation" ins Vereinigte Königreich, um herauszufinden, was für eine erfolgreiche Zusammenarbeit mit Briten wichtig ist. Und Briten sowie Nichtbriten geben Auskunft, was genau für sie "britisch sein" bedeutet. Der zweite Schwerpunkt liegt auf dem Thema "Höflichkeit" und der Sprache, die Sie benötigen, um sich im Geschäftsalltag höflich auszudrücken. In der Rubrik "Toolbox" üben Sie, wie Sie sowohl positives als auch negatives Feedback zum Ausdruck bringen.

Was sind die Unterschiede zwischen britischem und amerikanischem Englisch? 400 Jahre lang haben sich die beiden Sprachversionen diesseits und jenseits des Atlantiks unabhängig voneinander weiterentwickelt und ein paar interessante Eigenheiten herausgebildet. Diese werden im Sprachteil genauer unter die Lupe genommen. Außerdem geht es auf eine Reise nach Jersey und auf die Kanalinseln, es wird gelernt, wie man effektiv telefonische Nachrichten hinterlassen kann und erfahren, warum "Movember" wichtig für die Gesundheit der Männer ist.

Großbritanniens historische Gärten sind weltberühmt. Kommen Sie mit und genießen Sie - umgeben von duftenden Blumen und exotischen Pflanzen - die friedliche Stimmung wunderbarer Gartengestaltung. Kontroverse folgt Donald Trump, wohin er auch geht. Dennoch genießt der US-Präsident nach wie vor große Unterstützung bei den Wählern. Hier sagen uns Amerikaner in kurzen Interviews, was sie an ihrem Präsidenten mögen - und wirklich nicht mögen. Und in English at Work erfahren Sie etwas über Erzähltechniken, mit der Ihnen effektivere Geschäftspräsentationen gelingen.