1. Get started: Find out what you know. A pretest
that covers some of the most common language
errors is included in this book. If you get an an-
swer wrong, or if you’re just not sure why you
got it right, the pretest’s key will direct you to the
chapter—or group of related errors—that can
help.
2. Choose where to begin! The chapters are care-
fully organized in a series. The program works
best if you take the units in the order you find
them. However, they can stand alone if need be.
After you take the pretest, you may want to jump
to a particular chapter on a topic of special inter-
est to you.
3. Practice out loud when working through a unit.
This will help train your ear to hear what is cor-
rect and to get you comfortable using language
or phrases that may feel unfamiliar or downright
wrong at first.
4. Test yourself to see how far you’ve come. Each
chapter is divided into manageable sections, and
each section ends with a test. Take a test when
you think you’ve got a handle on a section’s er-
rors. The test’s key will let you know whether
you’ve mastered the section.
5. Reinforce what you know. To make your new
knowledge a new habit, look for examples of the
things you’ve learned when you’re reading the
paper, watching TV, or listening to a conversa-
tion at work.
6. Test yourself again to make sure a good habit
stays stuck. At the end of the book you’ll find
review tests for the more complex grammatical
chapters. To find out if your good habits have
really sunk in, you might want to take a chapter’s
review tests a week or so after you feel you’ve
mastered the material. If you get it right, con-
gratulations! You’ve formed a good habit!Everyone has bad language habits. We hear language er-
rors on TV, at work, and even from our family—so many times
that the errors might seem correct. But they’re still errors, and
they can make us sound less sophisticated, or even less intelli-
gent, than we really are.
Fortunately, you can form new, good habits the same way
you got stuck with the bad ones: by repetition. This program
will help you do it. Here’s how:
1. Get started: Find out what you know. A pretest
that covers some of the most common language
errors is included in this book. If you get an an-
swer wrong, or if you’re just not sure why you
got it right, the pretest’s key will direct you to the
chapter—or group of related errors—that can
help.
2. Choose where to begin! The chapters are care-
fully organized in a series. The program works
best if you take the units in the order you find
them. However, they can stand alone if need be.
After you take the pretest, you may want to jump
to a particular chapter on a topic of special inter-
est to you.
Reference : When Bad grammar happens to good people.

Study Method

TalkEnglish.com is a program offering speaking lessons on Regular, Business, Interviewing, Traveling Lessons, along with new Listening lessons, Pronunciation lessons, Basic Grammar, and Intonation and speed of speaking tips. Here are the detailed steps on how to study using TalkEnglish.com.

For Regular English, Business English, and Travel English

1. Start from the first lesson
2. Click on each sentence and listen to it
3. Repeat after each individual sentence. Listen and repeat until you master the sentence
4. After a series of lessons, you will see an Interactive Conversation Practice Lesson
5. Listen to the real life conversation by clicking on the Listen All button
6. Keep listening to it until you are very comfortable with both Person A and Person B
7. When you are ready, become Person A or Person B by clicking on the buttons
8. All the interactive conversations are native speed. If it is too fast for you, click on the pause button for practice
9. After you practice several times, you can practice without the pause button and speak like a native

For Interview English and Useful Phrases

1. Select the Question or Topic you want to study
2. Read the explanation
3. Click on each example answer to listen to the answer or sentence

For Listening Lessons

1. Click on the sound or letter you want to learn
2. Pay close attention to the instructions
3. Click on any sentence or word that is blue to hear the sound

For Pronunciation Lessons

1. Click on the sound or letter you want to learn
2. Pay close attention to the instructions
3. Click on any sentence or word that is blue to hear the sound

Additional Study Advice

Practice until you can speak without thinking about each word
If you read each section once and listen to the lesson once, you will probably finish in 10 minutes. But you will not be learning anything. Take the time to make each sentence a part of you. You should be able to say each sentence without thinking about it. Use the Interactive Conversation Practice session over and over again until you can be fluent for that category. Don't be discouraged if a lesson takes you a long time.
Invest your time and effort
Don't believe book titles that say you can learn English in 3 months. That is a lie and only the smartest of all genius's will be able to accomplish that. More realistically, it will take quite a long time. Depending on how much time and effort you put into it, you can finish this whole site and learn how to speak English in one year. Even if it takes two years, it is a great accomplishment seeing how many users study English for 10 years without being able to speak English.
Review regularly
It is normal to forget things that you do not use. Even after mastering a lesson, you should re-do the Interactive Conversation portion of that lesson on a regular basis so you don't forget it. After awhile, when those sentences are engraved in your head, you will be speaking English fluently.
Ask questions anytime you want
All users are welcome to view the postings on our Forums page. While studying English, you can always come into the forums page and ask questions.

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