Authors
EDWARD CLEMON
About Book
Now
you may be thinking that learning English in 1 week is impossible…but with some
hard
work and practice, you can.
This
guide is your bible to learning how to speak and understand “basic” phrases so
that
you can carry out a conversation.
This
guide will not make you sufficient in every area of the English language- This
takes
a
lot of practice. But if you follow the exercises contained within this book,
you will
be
on your way to basic fluency!
*This
is a beginner’s guide, and is not meant to teach you advanced conversational
techniques.*
English
is a beautiful language. In fact, any language you decide to learn is a
beautiful
one.
However, learning a brand new language is not always easy. Lucky for you,
English
is not considered to be the most difficult language! Now, if you decided to
learn
Chinese
– that would take some time.
With
around 430 million people around the world speaking English – and these are
only
people
with English as their first language – your decision to learn it is a good one!
It is
considered
the ‘universal language’.
English
was brought to Britain from Germany and Netherlands. It originated from West
Germanic
Language and the Anglo-Frisian dialect. It has gone through various phases of
evolution.
There are huge difference between Old English, Middle English and Modern
English.
Middle English came about after the invasion of the German and the Norman’s.
The
language you are about to learn has a lot of German, Greek, Latin, Spanish,
Hindi,
French
and Old Norse, just to name a few. It is a mix of languages. A huge number of
words
have originated from Greek and Latin.
This
eBook is based on the assumption that you are an intermediate learner and can
read
English.
You are here because you have been trying to learn the language but cannot
speak
it well, or understand English speakers properly. I shall explain the
fundamental
principles
governing the language and point out common mistake that you should avoid.
The
end of each chapter will have an action you shall perform.
Learning
English involves listening, speaking, reading and writing.
There
are four components essential to learning English.
1. Phonetics
Phonetics
is a branch related to sound. Phonology is a branch related to the systematic
organization
of sounds in the English language. Phoneme is the smallest unit making up a
language.
The English language consists of 41 phonemes. Phonemes combine to make up
words
and syllables. According to Wikipedia a phoneme can be described as "The
smallest
contrastive linguistic unit that may bring about a change of meaning".
Phonics is
the
method of teaching people to recognize different sounds.
2. Reading fluency
Fluency
is the ability to read and speak without stopping. This means not looking at
each
word
and trying to figure out how to read it. It should be accurate and precise.
3. Vocabulary development
Vocabulary
is the body of words in any language. It is also the individual knowledge of
words
and their meanings and pronunciations. It is important to develop your
vocabulary
skills while learning a language. Of course, you are not expected to go
through
a dictionary in one day; it is a slow process.
4. Oral skills
Oral
skills are is your ability to speak a language fluently. This requires correct
pronunciations
and the use of Grammar. Without development oral skills, learning a
language
would be utterly useless.
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