%0 Journal Article
%T Standard Worldwide American Dictionary English (SWADE) versus Polyglot America: A Survival Kit for Personal-Growth Learners
%A Robert Oliphant
%J Nonpartisan Education Review
%D 2011
%I 
%X Standard Worldwide American Dictionary English versus Polyglot America, is a wake-up call for Americans, especially those who noticed that many Egyptian protesters during the ¡°Arab Spring¡± spoke clearer American English than some of our own college graduates. The book also offers a big career-lift to worried Americans, young and old, who want to sharpen their pronunciation, increase the measurable size of their vocabularies, strengthen their public speaking skills, and jump start their self-confidence.This is not a false alarm book. What¡¯s here regarding Standard Worldwide American Dictionary English (SWADE, for short) will ring true to most readers, especially the parts about dictionaries and China. Even more important, since this is primarily a how-to book, most readers will also recognize the need for a strong emphasis, especially today, upon pronunciation, vocabulary, public speaking, and confidence building.
%K education
%K policy
%K English
%K language
%K pronunciation
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