Mastering American English
Title : Mastering American English
Author : Grant Taylor
Place of Publication : New York
Publisher : McGraw-Hill Book Company
Date of Publication : 1956
Number of Pages : 226
ISBN : 0070629420
Introduction
Mastering American English is a comprehensive exercise book for use with adult students at the intermediate and advanced levels of language learning.
Purpose
The purpose of the book is to help students in studying English grammar without the aid of a teacher.
Content
The book does not cover the entire grammar and structure of language, but it just deal with the major features. The book consists two sections, each on grammatical topic. Special attention is given to those points which are often a problem for learners.
- Intermediate Section
This section gives an effective and concise review of the fundamental language materials. It includes tenses such as present tense, past tense, and future tense. There are also possessive forms; order and request; irregular verbs; question words; expression of place and time; word order, and so on.
- Advanced Section
This section gives extensive practice with those more complex features of English. It includes tenses, adjectives and adverbs; passive verbs; expression of advisability and necessity; gerund and infinitive; clauses; connecting words; direct and indirect speech; conditional sentences; word order; prepositions, and so on.
Evaluation
- The book is understandable, easy to follow, and useful for both students and teachers.
- The book is complete with exercises, but there is no explanation in it.
- Types of the exercises includes fill in the blank space (close), make statements/sentences, answer questions, matching, finding a location on the map, and reading passage.
- The exercises are given from easy to difficult. In my opinion, it is a good way to guide the readers in learning a topic.
- The answer key in the end of page can be used to check the reader’s ability if they are doing well in exercise or not.
- I think the writers has done the work well by put them into the book.
Interpretation
An example can help the readers to understand the material easily.
And a picture can interest the readers to imagine what happen in the story.
But they are not given at all in the exercise. Some of them are included, some of them are not.
It will be better if each exercise is completed with a picture and an example in it.
Summary
For all, it is good enough to get this book and find all the information out of the book.
This book can help you in improving your skill and increase your knowledge about grammar.
It will be useful to guide you in writing anything correctly.
It may be happen someday when you must write an essay, a report, or a final project for your study.
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