Oxford Guide to British and American Culture

A richly-illustrated and fascinating source of information about everything that is important in British and American culture.

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This is the most up-to-date  Guide to British and American Culture that gives you an insight into what's important in both countries today, what's popular, and what people feel strongly about. It's written for learners of English as a second language in a way that's easy to understand.

(level- for Upper-Intermediate to Advanced)

With this guide you can:

-discover the facts and figures about Britain and Amarica in the 21st century;

-explore the rich, the famous and the infamous, history, etc.

-look up famous quotations and find out who said what;

-get ideas of what to read- choose from lists of books that won the Booker, Pulitzer and other prizes.

While studying any foreign language one should keep in mind that it's impossible to speak it fluently without knowing its culture, traditions, roots as well as the up-to-date tendencies, attitudes...language is not only sounds, letters, words, grammar, first of all, language is an alive creature that changes rapidly.