Learn English

The English language is spoken in the United States of America and in Great Britain as the native language. English is also the 'world language', just like French is considered the language of the diplomats.

Many large international corporations have declard English as their official language and when you travel you are likely to find in any corner of the world somebody who speaks at least a few words English.

These are powerful reasons to learn English!

If you have the time and are lucky enough to have a good school in your area, then learning the English language and English grammar in the classroom might still be a very attractive solution. There are some distinct advatages:

1. You have a fixed schedule for learning

2. You are together with others who also want tolearn Egnlish
3. You are in direct contact with an English teacher
4. Usually the fees in a class are reasonable.

For some people the classroom approach is stillwhat works best. You may alos want to grab a few books to have at home for your home work or to take along to school to look up the vocabulary and the English grammar. A Thesaurus is very handy to expand your vocabulary, and books about the English grammar are certainly a necessity!

There are situations in life when the classroom approach simply does not work:

1. You are on the move and have irregular working hours, you'd be missing more classes than would be good for your understanding and progress.
2. There is no school within reach that fits your needs
3. You want to be able to organize your learning at the times in the day when you are at your mental best, and the classes take place during the wrong hours of the day.

I'm sure there are more reasons than these, but the three points is what I hear most often. So if not in the conventionla class room, where and how can you learn English fast?

Use audio files to listen and learn!

Pimsleur, a French teacher and lingusitic professor has developed a great learning system that is based entirely on the way we naturally learn language, also our first language when we're babies. This approach is quite simple: You listen to tapes, or nowadays MP3 audio files and by doing so repeatedly, you learn the language the natural way.

If you're curious, how this sounds, go to this page and play the sample recording:

English for Spanish Speakers

There are Pimsleur language audio books for native speakers of different languages, see the link list below for the complete list. You can immediately download these language audio books and if you feel like it, you'll be listening to the first English langeuage course within a few minutes from now!

To learn English can be quite a challenge, but with these Pimsleur language courses it's a breeze (means it is really easy and fast!)

Pick any of these Pimsleur English courses here.

• English for Arabic Speakers - Learn English from Arabic

  If you speak Arabic and want to learn the English language, you should try this and see for yourself how easy the Pimsleur method is.

• English for Cantonese Chinese Speakers Pimsleur

  Chinese speaking people, more exactly Cantonese speaking people are best served with these audio books to learn English.

• Pimsleur English for French Speakers

  French speakers also have their own special English classes from Pimsleur. These English audios take into account the differences between English and French.

• English for German Speakers - Learn English from German

  German and English are in many ways quite similar, and then agian they are totally different. Ususally people who speak German learn English fast.

• English for Haitian Speakers

  The Haitian language is quite different from Egnlish, But with these English audios, you will find that English is quite easy to learn.

• Pimsleur English for Italian Speakers - Learn English from Italian

  There is a large Italian community living in the U.S.A., the same applies for England. Most of these citizens speak English well. quite a few of them have used the Pimsleur method to learn how to speak the English language.

• English for Korean Speakers - Easy English

  The Asian languages differ totally from the western languages, and so do Korean and English. Nevertheless, using the Pimsleur method, you will learn English easily.

• English for Mandarin Chinese Speakers

  China is a vast land with different provinces and quite different languages. For chinese Mandarin speakers Pimsleur has developed these language courses in English.

• English for Persian Speakers Pimsleur

  Also for Persian speakers there is an English language course, it's specifically adapted to the needs of Persian speakers.

• English for Portuguese Speakers

  Portuguese is a language spoken not only in Portugal but in some parts of African and especially Brezil. These English language files are especially prepared for Portuguese speakers.

• English for Spanish Speakers Pimsleur

  Spanish is a world language by itself, Still plenty of people who speak Spanish also want to learn Egnlish. Pimsleur has prepared and extensive number of English lessons for Spanish speakers.

• English for Vietnamese Speakers

  Used to be that many people from Vietnam ended up in the U.S.A.... today there are a few less, but these people are very successful with the Pimsleur method.

Disculpa me de mi Espanol....

Si usted quiere aprender Ingles, los audios de Pimsleur son una solucion muy pratica. Es possibile de 'download' estos audios directamente online:

Aprender Ingles - Pimsleur MP3

To be able to hire a private tutor is the luxury version for people with enough money. This is great, especially if the tutor is skilled and the student is willing to work. Learning English with private lessons like this you'll be making extremely rapid progress.

The advantages are many:

1. The tutor has time only for you, the lessons will be taylored very specifically to your needs.
2. The speed with which the classes advance are determined only by your progress.
3. You can chose what time of the day and how long you would like to be taught every day, very convenient!

So if you are in the lucky positon to be able to afford an personal tutor, then don't hesitate a second and hire one!

To be immersed in a language, i.e. to live in a place where you hear and read the language at all times does help a lot to learn quickly. It's a bit like the Pimsleur method, but instead of listening to the Pimsleur audios a few hours a day, you have 24 hours full immersion!

Unfortunately, many people make the mistake to go to towns that are very popular with foreign students and where there are many (good!) language schools, like Brighton in the UK or San Diego, California in the U.S.A.

Now what happens when there are many foreign students together????

They start to use their own native language among themselves, and the advantage of being in an English speaking environment vanishes... poooffff..... - These places are really not much better than the English school back home.

So you're better off going to a place where there are few other foreign students, or at least try to spend ALL of your free time only with people whose native language is English. It's tough, especially at the begining, when you hardly speak any English. but if you have a bit of staying power, you'll realize that you all of a sudden understand them quite well. Making a few, sometimes really funny, mistakes when you try to express yourself does not do any harm at all, it actually often breaks the ice and makes for great new contacts and sometimes even friendships with the 'natives'.

It can be quite expensive to travel to a country where English is spoken, but if you have a chance to participate in an student exchange program, or if there are other possibilities to spend some time in an English speaking country, go for it! You'll speak much better English when you return.