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Author: Elisabetta Ghisini
Publisher: Happy about
Published: 2008
Total Pages: 0
ISBN-13: 9781600050732
DOWNLOAD EBOOKDesigned for foreign-born professionals working in the U.S. who already possess good English skills and yet are not polished communicators in a U.S. business environment, this resource provides practical advice for becoming more effective in typical business situations.
Author: Steven D. Stark
Publisher: Praeger
Published: 2019-08-28
Total Pages: 0
ISBN-13: 1440871361
DOWNLOAD EBOOKExplains the uniquely American cultural references that appear in American English for students and professionals to increase their written command of the language. Language is a window into the soul of a culture. The hardest part for newcomers who want to master American English is not learning the alphabet, grammar, or vocabulary — it's understanding the distinctive way Americans approach the world. This book shows readers how to do just that. The American Way of Writing guides readers through the nuances of American English, providing a toolkit for non-native speakers who come to the United States to study, as well as international business and legal professionals who have to work and communicate with Americans in a professional or business context. Understanding what makes Americans uniquely "American" is a challenging subject for anyone to master. Such characteristics are always in flux and a source of constant debate. Steven D. Stark's comprehensive approach to American English in The American Way of Writing is suited to Americans and foreigners alike, offering a deeper understanding of the ties that bind rather than divide.
Author: Robert Day
Publisher: How To Books Ltd
Published: 2004
Total Pages: 228
ISBN-13: 9781857039849
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe purpose of this book is to help the reader to better understand American values, expectations, and behaviours in business activities and to help them to develop practical strategies for being successful in working with Americans.
Author: Sheila MacKechnie Murtha
Publisher: Research & Education Assoc.
Published: 2015-09-18
Total Pages: 250
ISBN-13: 0738611948
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe accent is on fun in these friendly guides to language and culture in the U.S. Learn tons of new vocabulary. Improve your communication and pronunciation skills. Listen to short dialogues and read about interesting aspects of American culture. Learn wacky idioms, usage, and yes, some slang. Get great tips about social customs and everyday situations. Fun-filled quizzes and audio dialogues make it easy to practice, practice, practice until you're perfect!
Author: Alejandra Dubcovsky
Publisher: Harvard University Press
Published: 2016-04-04
Total Pages: 298
ISBN-13: 0674660188
DOWNLOAD EBOOKAlejandra Dubcovsky maps channels of information exchange in the American South, exploring how colonists came into possession of knowledge in a region that lacked a regular mail system or a printing press until the 1730s. She describes ingenious oral networks, and she uncovers important lessons about the nexus of information and power.
Author: Gary Althen
Publisher:
Published: 1988
Total Pages: 196
ISBN-13: 9780933662681
DOWNLOAD EBOOKAlthen (former foreign student adviser, U. of Iowa) gives advice to foreign visitors to the U.S. that is intended to help them understand the motivations, attitudes, communication styles, and actions of Americans. Emphasizing the interpretation of observed behavior, he covers ways of reasoning and American ideas about politics, family life, education, religion, the media, social relationships, racial and ethnic diversity, male-female relationships, sports and recreation, driving, shopping, personal hygiene, and organizational and public behavior. Over-generalization is an understandable danger in such a work as this, but Althen does make an effort to emphasize that there are variations among Americans, while he concentrates on the similarities. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR
Author: George Lakoff
Publisher: Macmillan
Published: 2006
Total Pages: 180
ISBN-13: 9780374530907
DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Laura A. Belmonte
Publisher: University of Pennsylvania Press
Published: 2013-03-01
Total Pages: 271
ISBN-13: 081220123X
DOWNLOAD EBOOKIn 1955, the United States Information Agency published a lavishly illustrated booklet called My America. Assembled ostensibly to document "the basic elements of a free dynamic society," the booklet emphasized cultural diversity, political freedom, and social mobility and made no mention of McCarthyism or the Cold War. Though hyperbolic, My America was, as Laura A. Belmonte shows, merely one of hundreds of pamphlets from this era written and distributed in an organized attempt to forge a collective defense of the "American way of life." Selling the American Way examines the context, content, and reception of U.S. propaganda during the early Cold War. Determined to protect democratic capitalism and undercut communism, U.S. information experts defined the national interest not only in geopolitical, economic, and military terms. Through radio shows, films, and publications, they also propagated a carefully constructed cultural narrative of freedom, progress, and abundance as a means of protecting national security. Not simply a one-way look at propaganda as it is produced, the book is a subtle investigation of how U.S. propaganda was received abroad and at home and how criticism of it by Congress and successive presidential administrations contributed to its modification.
Author: Richard L. Venezky
Publisher: Guilford Press
Published: 1999-07-23
Total Pages: 308
ISBN-13: 9781572304697
DOWNLOAD EBOOKCan ghoti really be pronounced fish? Why is "o" short in glove and love, but long in rove and cove? Why do English words carry such extra baggage as the silent "b" in doubt, the silent "k" in knee, and the silent "n" in autumn? And why do names like Phabulous Phoods and Hi-Ener-G stand out? Addressing these and many other questions about letters and the sounds they make, this engaging volume provides a comprehensive analysis of American English spelling and pronunciation. Venezky illuminates the fully functional system underlying what can at times be a bewildering array of exceptions, focusing on the basic units that serve to signal word form or pronunciation, where these units can occur within words, and how they relate to sound. Also examined are how our current spelling system has developed, efforts to reform it, and ways that spelling rules or patterns are violated in commercial usage. From one of the world's foremost orthographic authorities, the book affords new insight into the teaching of reading and the acquisition and processing of spelling sound relationships.
Author: Gary Althen
Publisher: Hachette UK
Published: 2011-03-04
Total Pages: 365
ISBN-13: 1473643465
DOWNLOAD EBOOKWhether you're a businessperson beginning to work in the United States or a foreign student visiting for a semester, this new edition of American Ways will help you navigate America's diverse and changing culture. From the deep-seated attitudes that mark the American character to customs and everyday activities, American Ways explores the tapestry of the country's life, providing invaluable information on cultural values, politics, education, religion, and relationships. In this revised edition, Gary Althen and Janet Bennett have added material that reflects some of the important changes that have occurred over the last decade. This edition features new material on American politics, reflecting the impact of the Bush administration as well as the election of the nation's first black president, and an updated chapter on the effects of social networking sites on meeting people and creating friendships.
