ENGLISH IN A SIMPLIFIED WAY

About the Book

It is a recognized fact that English has been gaining much importance at school, in daily life and in travelling abroad. Taking these fields of application into consideration and aiming at making this international language easy to use, this book has been set to meet the need of the learners of English. Graded subjects have been dealt with in a simplified way so as to eliminate boredom and make the reader more interested in this language. It is well known that the mere mention of grammatical rules is of no use unless such rules are brought into practice through exercises. To fulfill this aim, the book offers plenty of drills accompanied with a key. Also, to keep pace with the modern techniques of learning a foreign language, multiple choice exercises have been included. Therefore, it is advisable for those who are poor in English to go through the book from beginning to end. In addition to the essential subjects, the book contains information on writing a composition, setting a letter as well as the use of various idioms. Much attention has been paid to correcting the common mistakes which a lot of readers tend to make. Such mistakes are made in the use of prepositions, the verb "to be", the verb "to have" and the verb "to do" as well. Furthermore,

About the Author

Tahir al-Bayati (1937 - ) has a B.A. degree in English from Baghdad University and holds Cambridge Lower and Higher Certificates in English which he obtained during his studies in the United Kingdom. He has participated in several English courses, especially in one held at the University of Birmingham, U.K. He has taught English for 33 years, starting at the formerly Nizamiyya Secondary (High) School for Boys in Baghdad, once the most exclusive and prestigious school in all of Iraq (read inside pages). Many non-English speaking students have benefitted from this book, many still do and many, many more will be benefitting. This is not an ordinary book by any standard. It is the product of efforts that lasted for many years, and you can come to this conclusion when you review its contents. The author taught English and has had a firsthand experience in the problems faced by those whose mother tongue is quite different from English. He has kept improving his work time and over again, so much so that the number of its reviews has exceeded seventeen. This is the first time this book is published in the United States where there are many people who need and can benefit from this great work. Yasin T. al-Jibouri (1946 - ), Editor of this book, earned his graduate degree from an American university in 1978 and has been writing, translating and editing numerous articles and books as well as editing newsletters, bulletins, magazines and books since January of 1974 when he started in Atlanta, Georgia, the publication of a bimonthly newsletter. So far, he has written, edited and translated a total of 62 books and other publications, including this book. You can send him an email to request their up-to-date list; several web sites post his email address. Authorhouse (www.authorhouse.com) has published some of his works, while Amazon (www.amazon.com) is marketing them globally.