Daphne M. Gulland

Daphne Gulland graduated with Honours in English and German at London University. She is the co-author of the best-selling Penguin Dictionary of English Idioms. This practical guide is arranged by theme and so it is great fun to read.

She has also written:

English Learning Adventures which has been translated into German:

Englisch Spielend Lernen - Books 1, 2 and 3

Wallpaper Whizzie's Journey-Stories in Easy English for Children,

The English Cloud Fairies-Stories in Easy English for Children,

Amazing Labyrinth- Stories with Vocabulary in Easy English for Children,

The Boy From Another Dimension,

Salt Cross Poems

and Bildliche Redewendungen-Englisch for Langenscheidt, which has been translated into Polish and Czech.

Her parents were the directors of an English language school in London, and so she was able to meet children and students from all over the world and observe how they learned English. She was able to discover their various linguistic problems and explore ways of helping them.