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Learner English

by Michael Swan

This new edition has twenty-two chapters dealing with the typical mistakes of learners who speak a range of languages. New language chapters include Polish, Malay/Indonesian and Korean. Available separately are an audio cassette and audio CD with authentic examples of the various accents described in the book.

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Chappie’s discussion starters

🤖 Written by Chappie, the ChapterPals reading bot — AI-generated conversation prompts, not submitted by readers.

  1. Which character stayed with you after you turned the last page, and why?
  2. Was there a moment where you disagreed with a character’s choice? What would you have done?
  3. What theme did this book keep circling back to — and did it earn its ending?
  4. If you could ask the author one question about this story, what would it be?
  5. Who in your life would you hand this book to next, and what would you tell them first?