Use the above search as much as you like, You will be amazed at the amount of English input available to learn from and imitate to perfect your English.
Chapter 4:
Do You Need Beginning and Advanced Lessons?
| Chapter summary: Without first
evaluating the unique qualities of language, it is
often assumed that English study must be divided into
beginning, intermediate, and
advanced levels. |
| However, a careful assessment of
English indicates that it does not use multiple levels
of language complexity. |
| The kinds of sentences which you use
as a beginning student are the same kinds of sentences
which you must master as an advanced student in order
to gain English fluency. As a beginning English
student, you must learn English in the context of full
sentences. As an advanced student, you must use the
same sentences in order to perfect syntax and
intonation. |
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| Important: When we say that "The
kinds of sentences which you use as a beginning student
are the same kinds of sentences which you must master
as an advanced student," we are talking about the
English spoken in one location by a specific group of
people. We recognize that there are many variations
of spoken English such as regional dialects, slang and
informal English as well as formal language used in
legal and business settings. |
| In this description we are comparing
beginning and advanced levels of English among the
same group of English speakers. Simply said, there
is no universal spoken English, so there can be no
single English course used to simultaneously teach all
of its varieties. We are not saying,
however, that there is only one kind of English which
is used world wide. Nor are we saying that English does
not contain both basic and advanced vocabularies. |
| Our Spoken English Learned
Quickly lessons use national American and British
radio broadcasting vocabulary and pronunciation because
that is the English that will probably serve the
university and professional people in our target
audience best. |
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Your perceived needs as you begin studying
English will significantly influence how you answer this
chapter's title question. If you decide that you need
beginning English when you start your study, you will
spend much time looking for lessons with beginner level sentences
because English does not have differing levels of difficulty. On
the other hand, if you decide that the English used in the daily
newspaper is what you want to learn, you can easily find that
kind of English language.
