Whaddya say is a practical book for serious-minded second language learners of English who want to communicate quickly in real world settings.

Formal English speaking and listening training in pre-college classrooms does well to prepare students to carefully articulate prepared speeches, but it lacks in preparing learners of English to listen to real world conversations in dynamic domains. Typical examples are conversations that take place in the stock market, between a pilot and an air traffic controller where the verbal component of communications is time sensitive.

Nina Weinstein outlines the most commonly used reduced forms of English sounds in twenty short chapters, introducing the most simple reduced sounds (like you --> ya) to the more complex reduced sounds that are found in advanced grammatical structures (coulda, woulda, mighta).

Whaddaya say incorporates short, yet practical conversational exercises at the end of each chapter. The exercises require the Whaddaya say cassette tape. Completion of this book, accompanied with a professional ESL instructor, will result in an increased situational and linguistic awareness of the ESL learner's surroundings.