| Although the course will not cost you any money | | | | though. |
| when you learn English free online, you do have to | | | | After you feel comfortable that you can read the |
| make an investment of time and commitment. | | | | passage on your own, read it aloud while |
| You do need to take the course seriously in order | | | | recording. Then you can play it back and compare |
| to get the most you can out of it. One of the | | | | it with the pronunciation and fluency rate of the |
| benefits of taking an online class is that you don't | | | | speaker on the site. You can repeat this as often |
| have to arrange your work schedule to allow you | | | | as possible. It is not enough just to be able to |
| to attend classes nor is there a specific time of | | | | read sentences in English. You do have to |
| day when you have to do your studying. You can | | | | comprehend the meaning and for this reason the |
| log on at any time and do the lessons at your | | | | practice exercises on each passage check your |
| own pace, reviewing as often as you feel it is | | | | comprehension. |
| necessary. Another advantage is that there are | | | | Then there is the free course in English grammar, |
| no textbooks to buy. If you wish you can have | | | | which also has a listening component for the |
| your own notebook in which you make notes and | | | | beginning lessons. The lessons are arranged from |
| you should have some device in which you can | | | | easy to difficult and again you can spend as much |
| record your own English speaking. | | | | time as you need on each lesson. The starter |
| First of all you do have to be committed to your | | | | lessons consist of short dialogues read by a |
| learning so that you won't give up as soon as you | | | | native speaker, which you can also follow with |
| start making mistakes or you encounter | | | | because the words are on the screen. Then you |
| difficulties. There are various resources available | | | | can proceed to a page of instructions about the |
| to help you through the learning process, even a | | | | rules related to this specific structure and then to |
| separate section for those learning English whose | | | | several pages of practice exercises. |
| first language is Chinese. Qualified teachers design | | | | For your convenience, you can use an online |
| all the lessons and the practice exercises, so the | | | | dictionary that translates words from English into |
| instruction you receive is very similar to what you | | | | a variety of world languages. All you have to do is |
| would receive if you attended a class. | | | | choose the language you want the word |
| Skim through the site to see the wealth of | | | | translated into and type in the word. The screen |
| resources available to you to help you learn to | | | | will then display the translation for you. This is |
| speak, read and write better English. These include | | | | very helpful if there are any words in the |
| such things as a complete audio course in | | | | dialogues or the instructions you don't understand. |
| American English in which you can listen to | | | | By translating them into your native tongue it |
| numerous conversations and passages on topics | | | | makes it much easier to learn English. |
| of relevance in ordinary social situations and in | | | | Then there are games and other reading and |
| business. You listen to these being read by a | | | | listening passages as well as opportunities to find |
| native English speaker and since the script is | | | | pen pals with whom you can communicate or |
| included on the screen you can follow along with | | | | personal tutors that you can pay by the hour if |
| the recording. You do need to have Macromedia | | | | you wish. |
| Flash installed in order to play the recordings, | | | | |