How to Get Started
- To use these lessons, you will need both Acrobat Reader and Windows
Media Player on your computer. Both can be downloaded free from the
Home page by clicking on Download PDF Reader or Download Media
Player. (Try opening a "Download" lesson and playing the sound before you
download either the PDF Reader or Media Player. If the "Download"
lesson will not open, you need the PDF Reader. If there is no
sound , you need the Media Player.) - Click on the Help link for an explanation of the icons used in the lessons.
- When you begin a new lesson, click on the Lesson Vocabulary icon.
Print the vocabulary pages. Then study each English vocabulary word and
write its meaning in your language. Write new vocabulary words and
expressions in a small notebook that you can carry with you. Review
vocabulary frequently during the day. - Click on Lesson 1. When Lesson 1 opens, click on the MEDIA icon.
The voice on the audio recording will ask you to listen to the example
("Listen to the example"). Next, you will hear an example of students
responding in English as they use the recording for their own English
practice. The examples in the first two lessons show you how to respond as
you study. Always practice the exercises by speaking out loud. - When you begin a new lesson, you may read the written lesson as you repeat
the exercises with the audio recording. However, after you understand the
lesson, do the speaking exercises without looking at the written exercises.
Practice each exercise until you can say it exactly as you hear it on the
recording without looking at the written lesson. - If you are able to do so, practice the exercises using the audio recordings for
one to two hours a day for five days each week. (Click on See More.) This
will give you 10 hours of spoken English language study each week. Your
purpose is much more than merely knowing the vocabulary words and
understanding the meaning of the sentences. Your purpose is to be able
speak each sentence so fluently that any English-speaking person can easily
understand what you are saying. - Review exercises from previous lessons once each week.
- You can place an audio tape recorder next to your computer speakers in
order to make a tape cassette copy for your personal use. For recording and
printing, use the AB part of each lesson from the Home page or the
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