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Author:

Battistella, Edwin L.

Title:

Do you make these mistakes in English? : the story of Sherwin Cody's famous language school / Edwin L. Battistella.

Publisher:

Oxford University Press,

Copyright Date:

2009

Description:

x, 214 p. : ill. ; 22 cm.

Subject:

Cody, Sherwin,--1868-1959.
English teachers--United States--Biography.
Businesspeople--United States--Biography.
Language and culture--United States--History--20th century.
Correspondence schools and courses--History--20th century.
English language--Study and teaching.--Study and teaching.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (p. [165]-189) and index. "Works by Sherwin Cody": p. [200]-206.

Contents:

An advertisement that never changed -- From literature to business -- Good money in good English -- What you want and where to get it -- The 100% self-correcting course in English language -- Grammar and vocabulary -- The finishing touches -- Every day people judge you -- Just 15 minutes a day -- A better self : manners, music, and muscles -- Smile -- Language, culture, and anxiety -- Linguistics and the new rhetoric -- Study at home -- School's out -- The Sherwin Cody legacy.

ISBN:

019536712X (alk. paper)
9780195367126 (alk. paper)

OCLC:

(OCoLC)180204938

LCCN:

2007044652

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

UNUX074 -- University of Northern Iowa - Rod Library (Cedar Falls)

PLAX964 -- Luther College - Preus Library (Decorah)