The Global Student's Companion provides a one-volume resource for English language learners who want to practice their conversation, debate, discussion, or public speaking skills. The wide variety of topics included means that you will be forever challenged, but never bored. Language instructors will find The Global Student's Companion an invaluable resource to help their students hone their communication skills. The topics, which include both contemporary and historical references, as well as idiomatic expressions and proverbs, have been found useful by both native and non-native English speakers.