Idiom Attack 1: Ups & Downs – ESL Flashcards for Everyday Living vol. 5

~ Life and Death Decisions… Master 60+ English Idioms & Expressions for OPIc, IELTS, TOEFL, TOEIC

Ok, learning a language may not mean life or death, but it can make for better relaxing, trouble shooting and self-care while you go about the business of day to day survival. Just like life on a tropical island, studying a language has its ups and downs. You can’t always have good days, but Idiom Attack is here for you through it all. From the first day you set out on that adventure on the high seas holiday, to those first sick days, and into easier days where you can finally take a load off.

Idioms can be fun to teach or learn at any age! Students will love the engaging images and teachers will enjoy the extra time from having these ready to go flashcards.

Below is everything you need for all that life and language throws at you:

55+ flash cards to learn useful idioms fast
Mp3 audio download of all the idioms, meanings and sample sentences for pronunciation practice
Colorful animated images to create your story
Choose how you learn: with pictures, definitions, sentences, or audio
Testing materials - fill in the blank, crosswords, word lists, etc.
Connection to other great resources by Idiom Attack

Why idioms?

Idiomatic expressions (essential idioms, native expressions, phrasal verbs, common sayings, figures of speech, and colloquialisms) are COLORFUL groups of words that paint pictures in our minds of a meaning unrelated to the individual words. Idioms decorate the daily conversations of native English speakers in various ways. And because the combination of words will seem peculiar to non-native speakers, it is often quite difficult for them to learn idioms. So if your goal is to conquer English, you must conquer idioms first (before they get you).

To top everything off, we’re bringing you some idioms you’ll encounter when life gives you the good, the bad, and the ugly.

Idiom Attack has developed these flashcards with your busy schedule in mind. We understand that you have a job, work, kids, or other school work to worry about and we want to make learning something new painless. When the kids wake up or the work bell rings, just put the cards back in the box and continue with your day. They will be there when you need them next.

Be prepared with the finest tools to respond in common yet creative ways. Be fluent in American English and never feel out of place again! Finally, you won’t have to worry about fitting in or not know what to say.

TLDR – Learn idioms through visualization, find context, try to translate, find a key word, be creative, have fun, guess, keep your ears open, listen for tone of voice, just listen (speaking will come later), learn by topic, and learn through audio, images, & animation.

There is no additional language description.

A born-and-bred mid-western boy, Peter Liptak is a poet, world traveler, avid cyclist, and lover of language. Unlike most English majors, he actually made use of his degree teaching English to children and adults in South Korea over the last 20 years, as a private tutor, preschool teacher, and adjunct professor at Incheon University and eventually creating the publishing company Exile Press with its imprints Little Bear Books and Hungry Dictator Press.

Exploring his interests at the University of Minnesota, from the wonders of Astronomy and Anthropology to Philosophy and Poetics, Peter learned new skills as a preschool teacher, waiter, dance instructor and massage therapist in school and has worked as an actor, teacher, copywriter and author since. While working and living in Seoul, Peter completed a Master's in Korean History, and using Korea as a source of inspiration, linguistic and otherwise, penned several books including the controversial book of Korean Slang: As much as a Rat's Tail, translated the scathing graphic novel The Great Successor - Kim Jong Un: a Political Cartoon, created the Idiom Attack series of ESL textbooks as well as passion projects including an Art/Poetry book called Letters: Building an Alphabet with Art and Attitude and a series of children's early readers about the lovable Teddy LeBear, including Teddy's Day and Teddy's Camp. Now living in Minneapolis with his three little ones and lovely wife, Peter continues publishing various works, while pursuing copywriting at The Writer’s Ink, and does web development, video marketing and lead generation for various local businesses through his new business Leadgen Legends.

Peter loves to say "Woo Hoo!" and knows that the simple experiences in life hold the greatest adventures. You can follow Peter at www.peteliptak.com or petespoetry.com

Awards
2018 SILVER Winner for Multicultural (Adult Fiction) for Baek Seok: Poems of the North
2016 International Book Awards Gold Medal for Letters
2016 Illustration Award & Bronze Medal for The Great Successor
2016 Benjamin Franklin Awards: Silver Medal for Korean Slang: As much as a Rat’s Tail
2014 Korea Literature Translation Institute Grant: for the collected works of North Korea poet Baek Seok
2013 Benjamin Franklin Digital Awards: Silver Honoree for Teddy's Day HD
2012 Mom's Choice Awards: Gold Medals in Young Adult Poetry and Interactive eBooks for Letters and Teddy’s Day HD
2012 Mom's Choice Awards: Silver Medals in Children's Picture Books for Teddy’s Day and Teddy’s Camp
2011 Midwest Book Awards: First Place in Children's Illustrated ebooks for Teddy's Day
2001 Underwood Fellowship: Yonsei Graduate School of International Studies

"Woo Hoo!