American English Language

More English Collocations in Dialogue by Jackie Bolen will help you stay motivated while consistently improving your English skills. Download today!

Would you like to be able to discover the most commonly used American idioms and phrases that will make communication a breeze? Something you can’t learn from a textbook, you have to listen and hear the phrasing used in context in order to get the full and complete picture of how to appropriately use the words, sayings, and phrases. This audiobook acts as an extremely useful addition to your shelf of other English-learning books. Fit right in with the natives and never find yourself confused when someone says a common or uncommon phrase.

"Poets live the lives all of us live," says Bill Moyers, "with one big difference. They have the power--the power of the word--to create a world of thoughts and emotions other can share. We only have to learn to listen." In a series of fascinating conversations with thirty-four American poets...

A powerful, timely, dazzling new collection of poems from Terrance Hayes, the National Book Award–winning author of Lighthead—to be published simultaneously with his latest work of literary criticism, Watch Your Language The three sections of Terrance Hayes’ seventh collection explore how...

Established early in the last century as a memorial to O. Henry, this annual collection has consistently offered a remarkable sampling of contemporary short stories. Each year stories are chosen from large and small literary magazines and a panel of distinguished writers is enlisted to award the...

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

『American Friends』シリーズ第2章。第１章では「意見や考えを共有する、ということに対するアメリカ人の考え方は、日本人のそれとは違う」ということを学びました。カリフォルニアの大学２年生で自己表現に苦労している主人公、花に会いました。第２章では、アメリカ文化の中でどのように自己表現を始めたらよいかについて学習します。自己を表現することは最初のうちは難しいですよね。でも習得することは可能です！まず最初に、花が初めてクラスで自己表現をする時にどうするかを聞いてみましょう。会話１では、花は大学のスピーチのクラスにいます。彼女はトニー、キャシーそしてファンといった３人のアメリカ人とグループを組んでいます。グループは来週クラスの前で発表をすることになっています。今のところ、花は何も発言していません。会話２では、花はクラスで意見を共有するのに成功しました。授業が終わって、みんなは帰る準備をしています。今回のCultural...

Under the Skin investigates the role of cross-cultural body modification in seventeenth-century and eighteenth-century North America, revealing that the practices of tattooing and scalping were crucial to interactions between Natives and newcomers. These permanent and painful marks could act as signs of alliance or signs of conflict, producing a complex bodily archive of cross-cultural entanglement. Indigenous body modification practices were adopted and transformed by colonial powers, making tattooing and scalping key forms of cultural and political contestation in early America.

Splendiferous Speech explores the main sources of the American vernacular - the expanding western frontier, the bumptious world of politics, and the sensation-filled pages of popular 19th-century newspapers. It's a process that started with the earliest English colonists (first word adoption - the Algonquian raccoon) and is still going strong today. Author Rosemarie Ostler takes listeners along on the journey as Americans learn to declare linguistic independence and embrace their own brand of speech.

Learn hundreds of English idioms, phrases, sayings, and expressions in a fun and engaging way! Sound like a native speaker with these common idioms that are used in the USA. That's where this book of American English idioms comes in. You'll see what the idiom means, the history behind it, and then how it's used in some example sentences. It's everything you need to "bone up" on your English vocabulary! Get your copy of More American English Idioms to improve your English quickly and easily. It will help you stay motivated while consistently improving your English skills.

The bestselling modern classic by the author of I Never Promised You a Rose Garden about a deaf couple, their hearing child, and the bond they create through sign language, featuring a new introduction by Sara Nović, author of the New York Times bestseller True Biz, and a new afterword by the...

Improve your TOEFL score by mastering new expressions. You’ll see the phrases and expressions used in sentences, find out what they mean, and get an opportunity to practice what you’ve learned. It’s everything you need to improve your English vocabulary and score higher on this important exam.

An enchanting collection of stories from the heartland of India Ruskin Bond’s simple characters, living amidst the lush forests of the Himalayan foothills, are remarkable for their quiet heroism, courage and grace, and age-old values of honesty and fidelity. Residents of nondescript villages...

『American Friends』シリーズ第4章。今回のレッスンでは、友達と外食する時に知っておくべきいくつかの事項について説明します。「今日はおごるね」「割り勘にしようよ」など、友達同士で外食の際やりとりされる決まり文句。これらも詳しく解説します。　会話１　花とキャシーはショッピングモールのフードコートに行きます。　会話２　武はアメリカに着いたばかりの日本人のビジネスマンです。彼は新しい同僚、ダンとジェーンと一緒にフルサービスのレストランにランチを食べに行きます。　Cultural Vitamin（アメリカ文化についての解説）友達と外食する時、普通誰が支払いをするのかを決めなくてはなりません。支払い方法はさまざまです。二人で出かける場合と大勢で行く場合でも違います。また食べる場所によっても違います。ネイティブの外食時の支払い文化と適切な英会話表現を学びます。このレッスンのテキスト（PDF及びiPod専用テキスト）はEnglish Vitaminのショップで購入できます。

WINNER OF THE NAACP IMAGE AWARD A fun and thoughtful dictionary of Black language you didn’t know you needed, Historically Black Phrases is a love letter to the Black community and the ways it drives culture. “This perfect blend of explanation, definition and social commentary will have...

Nobel Laureate and Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Beloved, Toni Morrison, investigates Black characters in the American literary canon and the way they shaped the nation’s collective unconscious In a dazzling series of lectures from her tenure as a professor at Princeton University, Toni...

Diane Johnson returns with another expatriate comedy of manners in this tale of a young dot-com executive from California who sets off for Europe to find culture, her roots, and maybe a cause to devote her considerable fortune to. When Amy checks into one of the finest small hotels in the French...

The first ever collection of John Edgar Wideman’s most influential essays and articles, five decades of cultural and literary criticism that paint a vivid portrait of America’s changing landscape and chronicle the emergence and evolution of a major presence in fiction. “A towering figure...

Lack of science in this area has created a lag in the ability to coach cognition. Language research reveals a secret that can accelerate the cognitive process. Capology is the football language of the R4 system. Specifically, it is the language and lens of leverage in football. Capology will take you on a journey on how to build, apply and implement a coding language to read the reality in the game. This book is for a coach, scout, or player that longs to attain an expert lens into the passing game of football.

皆さんは、どんな希望や夢を持ちアメリカへの留学をお考えですか？　アメリカのキャンパスってどんな所なんだろう？　また実際の授業について行けるかな？　友達が出来るかな？　などと思われていると思います。このシリーズでは、アメリカ流の大学生のスキルを身に付けるための訓練法を紹介します。全体的に明るく積極的なアメリカ人。勉強のみでなく、アメリカ人生徒の発想、知識、文化を最大限に吸収するのが、このシリーズの特徴です。渡米前からリアルな情報や状況を知ることは渡米後の精神的サポートとして必ず役立ちます。このレッスンでは、教授との上手な付き合い方を伝授します！