词汇大师(Wordmaster)--How America Got Its Name, Part 2

AA: I'm Avi Arditti with Rosanne Skirble, and this week on Wordmaster -- how a piece of land between Europe and Asia got the name America. RS: The name honors the Italian-born explorer and navigator Amerigo Vespucci. America first appeared on a world

词汇大师(Wordmaster)--Writing Thank-You Notes

Broadcast on Coast to Coast: November 28, 2002 MUSIC: Thank You For ... /Hall and Oates AA: No, thank you -- for listening! I'm Avi Arditti. RS: And I'm Rosanne Skirble, and this week on Wordmaster: Some advice on how to write a thank-you note, as ma

词汇大师(Wordmaster)--T Is for Trouble

AA: I'm Avi Arditti with Rosanne Skirble, and this week on Wordmaster: a pronunciation question from Quebec, Canada. RS: Nam-Thien Khuu writes by e-mail, I have heard [that the letter 't' is silent when it comes after a stressed syllable]. Am I right

词汇大师(Wordmaster)--How America Got Its Name, Part 1

AA: I'm Avi Arditti with Rosanne Skirble with Wordmaster. Some time ago, a listener wrote to ask if there is a difference between America and United States. We think this is a good time to answer that question. RS: Recently we read about an effort by

词汇大师(Wordmaster)--Language of Terror, Part 1

AA: I'm Avi Arditti with Rosanne Skirble, and this week on Wordmaster -- language and the impact of the September eleventh terrorist attacks on the United States. RS: Start with something as simple as the date. September eleventh, or 9-11 as American

词汇大师(Wordmaster)--Law and Language

Broadcast on Coast to Coast: November 21, 2002 AA: I'm Avi Arditti with Rosanne Skirble and this week on Wordmaster -- language and the law. RS: That's what our guest today writes about in a column for The Green Bag, which calls itself An Entertainin

词汇大师-- In Moldova, as Demand for English Grows

AA: I'm Avi Arditti and this week on Wordmaster: another in our recent conversations with English teachers from around the world. These are teachers I met in Seattle at the annual convention of the TESOL association. TESOL stands for Teachers of Engl

词汇大师(Wordmaster)--New Standards Aim

AA: I'm Avi Arditti with Rosanne Skirble, and this week on Wordmaster: new standards for English learners in American public schools. RS: One in nine public school students is a non-native English speaker; in twenty years, it could be one in four. Th

词汇大师(Wordmaster)--Emotion in Words

Today on Wordmaster with Rosanne Skirble, the emotions behind the words we say. RS: Think of how many emotions our voices are able to convey. English teacher and Wordmaster contributor Lida Baker says meaning changes by modifying the tone of voice in

词汇大师(Wordmaster)--If You Could Care Less

AA: I'm Avi Arditti with Rosanne Skirble, and this week on Wordmaster: Common Errors in English, from a professor who wrote the book. RS: Paul Brians began with a Web site. It got so popular, it led to a book called Common Errors in English Usage. No

词汇大师(Wordmaster)--A Guide to Writing

AA: I'm Avi Arditti with Rosanne Skirble, and this week on Wordmaster: some new elements in The Elements of Style. RS: The Elements of Style is a little book that for decades has served countless writers and editors. The two authors have long since p

词汇大师--'Talk to the Hand

I'm Nancy Beardsley, filling in for Avi Arditti and Rosanne Skirble. This week on Wordmaster we'll talk about bad manners-and how they're reflected in what people are saying and not saying to one another these days. Our guest is British writer Lynne

词汇大师-- Concise and Precise

AA: I'm Avi Arditti with Rosanne Skirble, and this week on Wordmaster: some advice about writing. RS: For the past 18 years, Jim Allan has run a secretarial center in Los Angeles. He offers typing -- and a lot more. He draws on his background as a co

词汇大师-- 'National Punctuation Day'

AA: I'm Avi Arditti with Rosanne Skirble, and this week on Wordmaster: the founder of National Punctuation Day. RS: Sunday was the day for a celebration of the lowly comma, correctly used quotes and other proper uses of periods, semicolons and the ev

词汇大师-- 'Islamofascism'

AA: I'm Avi Arditti with Rosanne Skirble, and this week on Wordmaster: extremism by any other name. RS: The term Islamofascism, or Islamic fascists, has prompted some debate. We were curious how the term fascism originated and how political scientist

词汇大师-- Understanding the Reasons for Grammar

AA: I'm Avi Arditti with Rosanne Skirble, and this week on Wordmaster: going beyond the rules of grammar. RS: Diane Larsen-Freeman is director of the English Language Institute at the University of Michigan. She believes grammar is better understood

词汇大师-- Learning English by Listening

AA: I'm Avi Arditti with Rosanne Skirble. This week on Wordmaster: English teacher Lida Baker joins us from Los Angeles to talk about authentic listening materials. RS: It's the subject of her latest textbook, called Real Talk 1. LIDA BAKER: One of t

词汇大师-- How a Child's Ability

AA: I'm Avi Arditti with Rosanne Skirble, and this week on Wordmaster: age and the economics of learning English. RS: Our guest is Hoyt Bleakley, an economist at the University of Chicago. He and Aimee Chin at the University of Houston have studied t

词汇大师-- Teachers of English in Russia

I'm Avi Arditti and this week on Wordmaster: teaching English in Russia. (MUSIC) A lunchtime concert at Saint-Petersburg State University. Last month I had the opportunity to speak at two conferences -- one was a meeting of SPELTA, the St. Petersburg

词汇大师-- Pluto Is Reborn as a Verb

AA: I'm Avi Arditti with Rosanne Skirble, and this week on Wordmaster: our guest is Wayne Glowka, an English professor at Georgia College and State University. RS: He also chairs the New Words Committee of the American Dialect Society, which publishe