The Natural Language of Conversation Vol. Language Teaching Publications Pp. This book and cassette are like a breath of fresh air in the field of conversation texts. It is the first book I have seen that tackles idiomatic expressions which are currently used, extensively, in context, without being slangy, presenting them of course, but also enabling students to appropriate them.
Students love idioms.
They love using them, but too often use them in the wrong context. The emphasis here is on the right idiom in the right place at the right time with the right person. The aim is to help students become proficient in using everyday conversational idioms. The idioms are introduced in lively dialogues, with each lesson devoted to practising about ten or twelve idioms. This is supposed to be an intermediate level course but it could be used profitably at an advanced level as well, as some exercises are fairly difficult, requiring an already quite developed sense of the language.