Summary: This course introduces the student to the history of the English language, from its origins as a dialect of the Germanic-speaking peoples, through the literary and cultural documents of its 1500 year span, to the state of American speech of the present day.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: Teaching Co. 2008

Copies Available at Woodmere

2 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 420.9 HIS
Call number: DVD 420.9 HIS

Murtha, Sheila MacKechnie

Summary: Written as a guide for people who already have a basic understanding of English and want to improve their ability to speak it the way it is spoken in the United States.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Research & Education Association 2019

Copies Available at Peninsula

1 available in Adult, Call number: 428.24 MUR

Gillett, Amy.

Summary: "If you already speak English and now you'd like to start speaking even better; then speak English Like An American is for you."

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Language Success Press 2004

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 428.24 GIL

Summary: "Ace the 2021 AP English Language & Composition Exam with this Premium version of The Princeton Review's comprehensive study guide--including 7 full-length practice tests with complete explanations, thorough content reviews, targeted strategies for every section of the exam, and access to online extras. Techniques That Actually Work. • Tried-and-true strategies to help you avoid traps...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Penguin Random House 2020

Copies Available at Peninsula

1 available in Adult, Call number: 428.0076 PRI

Gillett, Amy

Summary: This book includes over 350 of today's most common American English business idioms and expressions; more than 30 exercises help you master the material; and everyday conversations on topics like how to run a meeting, how to discuss a difficult decision, how to conduct a performance review, and many more business situations. The accompanying compact disc features all of the dialogues with the...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Language Success Press 2014

Copies Available at Woodmere

1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 428.24 GIL

Summary: Kaplan's GRE Verbal Workbook provides hundreds of realistic practice questions to help you get comfortable and confident with the Verbal section of the test.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Kaplan Publishing 2018

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 378.1664 GRE

Afiriyie-Hwedie, Akosua Zimba

Summary: Born in a Second Language troubles the spectrum between silence (or the limitations of the mouth) and music. Language is an embodied practice, especially present through our hands. Words, specifically names, are a means of conjuring a certain kind of existence, and defining who one will become. Thus, different languages unlock different worlds, and the names speakers answer to open them up to...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Button Poetry/Exploding Pinecone Press 2021

Copies Available at Fife Lake

1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 811.6 AFI