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Description of the book: This manual is a useful book that will allow you to independently study English language. Here is the full course foreign language, which was developed by the author for its more productive study. Here readers will learn to learn English from simple to complex. The book presents all the detailed features of the pronunciation of sounds and spelling of words. It also details how to build sentences according to all the rules from the simplest to the most complex, which include conditional moods. The book contains grammar and vocabulary.
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When you travel without knowing English, you begin to understand
what does it mean to be born deaf and dumb.
Philippe Bouvard
It is no secret that for most people who do not have a penchant for languages, learning English is given with great difficulty, and the need for knowledge of English has become vital, due to the wide spread of the latter.
English tutor for beginners and non-beginners
The life of each of us is inevitably connected with computers, the work on which requires at least a superficial knowledge of the English language. Everyone, from an ordinary accountant to a financial director, must know English to improve their competence and successfully move up the career ladder. The vast majority studied English according to the outdated method of the system general education . The specified methodology does not meet the requirements of the world standard, which ultimately led to poor quality of the course. Knowledge of the English language with large gaps was obtained, with almost complete lack of skills colloquial speech , and built on a shaky foundation. This knowledge has long been dissolved in memory, like unclaimed data. The right solution, and not only for beginners, but also for those who have mastered the language a little, would be an English course for beginners.
The English course for beginners involves learning the subject from scratch. Despite the huge range of book aids and various programs for self-study of English, it is very difficult to pass the course without individual lessons with a professional. A certain difficulty in learning a language lies in the complex grammar and some features of pronunciation. The grammar of the English language has a lot of rules and exceptions that are very different from the grammar of the Russian language. Pronunciation English words depends on transcription and diphthongs, which cannot be overcome without the right example from an experienced teacher. Invitation of an English tutor for beginners- a great way out of this situation. On the site you have chosen, it will not be difficult to find an English tutor who has all the necessary qualities for the successful mastering of the subject. There are many tutors who know their subject perfectly, with impressive experience in this field and excellent personal qualities. We wish you success in mastering the language.
I will immediately answer your most frequent questions: is it possible to learn a language without a tutor?
CAN!
Is it possible, without knowing English, to learn a language in a year with a teacher - no, not really.
I don't know a single person yet who would learn a language with the help of a teacher. This is a waste of money and nothing else. Now is the time of the Internet. You can find all the materials in a huge amount in the online space, all of which will help you learn English without a tutor.
Finding a living American or British now is not a problem.
Learn the language through communication with native speakers who will give you pronunciation and tell you live real English, and not academic, which is taught to us by tutors and which is NOT used at all in life by Americans, British and Australians.
What can be done in 45 minutes with an English tutor
Specific example.
My friend goes to a private tutor for six months.
Tell me what to give money for if they:
- Until now, even the simplest times have not passed.
They don't read even the simplest texts.
- do not listen English speech?
When I asked how your classes are going, I received the following answer: we study according to the textbook, we read, we go through the exercises. But time passes very quickly, and even 2 to 45 minutes you do not notice.
All those who are trying to teach the language are only interested in one thing - getting money, and not in your result. They have a clear time: 45 minutes, and a clear fee - from 500 rubles. per academic hour up to 3000 rubles. and higher.
And why do you think they need to promote you a step higher in English, if you can give material in which you "swim"? After all, when you are a beginner, you do not understand the essence of the matter at all. You learn what the tutor gives you. And only with time do you understand the level of this tutor and see what he taught you at all. In fact, nothing.
Personal experience of learning English with a tutor and in courses
There is an opinion that it is necessary to start learning English with a tutor or at least in courses. The main argument: there is someone to correct your mistakes.
I'll tell you from personal experience.
I learned the language from scratch, because. school base - French.
I was on the courses and went to the tutor. Moscow.
During the course, there were 12 of us in the group.
2 lessons of 45 minutes, 2 times a week.
Classes took place according to the Headway book: “Open page number 5, read what is written here. Do homework in the workbook."
For all the time, 2 months, I was asked twice orally to answer something in English.
Type: "Yes I do, No I don't." Everything.
Do you think the teacher has any motivation and time to teach you the language and correct your mistakes? Of course not. She has a clear task: 2 academic hours paid by you that fly by unnoticed. You will go to courses and just have fun, but learn something there - ask anyone who has attended courses, does he speak fluent English or not?
What did I know after such courses?
Vocabulary - about 100 words.
She could say memorized: "I live in Moscow, what is my name, and where do I work."
Recognize English speech - zero.
From grammar, we knew the simple present tense and numerals.
Everything!
Now, about classes with a tutor.
By term: 8 months, 2 times a week. The same 2 academic hours.
What did I know after tutoring?
The tutor left out phonetics and pronunciation, I was coached on grammar.
I went through most of Galitsinsky's exercises.
There was no speaking or listening at all.
We didn't write anything.
No one controlled or corrected me.
And if you consider that after six months I safely forgot most of the grammar, then answer the question for yourself: “why do you need a tutor and not a small amount of money spent, when you can sit down and learn English on your own along with native speakers, NOT going deep into all the grammar rules that initial stage Not needed? If you are just starting out, you need a basic grammar that provides an elementary level for conversation and understanding of the interlocutor. Everything.
And another very good question: Have you ever wondered why all tutors consider it their duty to pump you up with grammar?
I will tell you.
A. Grammar lessons are very simple and do not require much effort from the teacher. He gave exercises and the student himself "cuts" them. Your time and money flow smoothly from your pocket to someone else's, just like that. Moreover, all your results will be very unsteady.
B. A huge number of tutors themselves can NOT speak and themselves can NOT perceive English speech by ear. This is true! Even those who lived and worked abroad, it would seem, could give you live English, which is used by native speakers in real life, but no. It is easier for them to go through the grammar book and give you bookish English.
Below, I will answer a couple of frequently asked questions.
Do the English correct your mistakes?
No.
They don't do this for two reasons:
First, out of courtesy and upbringing.
They see that you are only learning the language and making mistakes is quite normal. They treat incorrect English very correctly, adequately and condescendingly. And they try not to interfere with their corrections in conversation or in writing.
The second reason: banal laziness.
At first, you can be corrected, but the whole fuse of “teaching” disappears very quickly.
Check yourself: will you be able to point out mistakes in Russian every time if a foreigner asks you to? No, it's very boring and tedious.
Therefore, answering the main question
Who will correct my mistakes when studying English on my own
You will do it yourself!
Just take my word for it.
At first I wrote and spoke clumsily, slowly, without articles and grammatically incorrect.
This is a normal process.
Now, after a certain amount of time, I myself see my mistakes, correct myself, and do not feel the need for a tutor.
Is it possible to learn English on your own without a tutor?
Wrote a whole opus for beginners to learn the language, if you only know the English alphabet
Nobody is immune from mistakes. Beginners, even more so. But in some professions: an engineer, a doctor, a teacher, and others, mistakes can be costly. This article is an attempt to give some advice that may help to avoid these mistakes.
1. Self-doubt
As the saying goes, "You never get a second chance to make a first impression." Coming to a lesson for the first time, any tutor should make a positive impression, and a beginner - three times. Excessive excitement of a novice tutor (trembling hands and voice, obsessive movements) can make a strange impression, which he has nothing to smooth out yet, unlike a teacher with experience, some features of which, in principle, can be ignored.
Self-doubt and fear of not being liked by the student can make the tutor incorrectly build a line of behavior with him - with "flirting" and erasing the necessary distance in the relationship, which, in turn, will weaken his authority and allow the student to work at half strength. You can not go to the other extreme, putting on the mask of an evil teacher, forbidding and threatening. The mask will sooner or later fly off, revealing your true face, and this will allow the student to behave with you without any respect. Before you go to class, do a little exercise, take a deep breath, raise your head and smile at your reflection in the mirror. You have the knowledge to pass it on to others, the charm to please people, and the confidence to be yourself when people try to confuse you.
Do not be late for the lesson, but if you feel that you still won’t make it on time, be sure to call: no one will kill you for the very fact of being late, and with your call you will leave an impression at least polite person. Do not take on all the offers in a row: while your rate is low, traveling from one end of the city to the other, you will spend half the money you earn on transport, the time during which you could spend one more lesson, and the forces that you, of course, still will be needed.
2. The unsystematic nature of classes, the lack of expressed requirements
Even before the start of classes, you must form a certain set of rules that are common to everyone, and later supplement it with points that are constant for a particular student. For example, I strongly recommend that many students start several notebooks at the very first lesson: for writing down various kinds of theory, for verification work and for homework. Moreover, if you start them, you and your student should lead them at every lesson, and not when you accidentally remember about it. The student also needs to be accustomed to order: he must always know where his notebooks and books are, prepare them in advance and not lose them. The loss of a task, from the point of view of a negligent student, is very good reason its failure. Therefore, if you are studying not from textbooks, but from various handouts, recommend that the student create a special folder for them. Get yourself a diary or some kind of journal: it will be convenient to write down the material covered, homework and mistakes of each student, which, in your opinion, should be worked on next time, because you keep all this information in your head, especially when you will have many students, it is not so easy.
You must clearly communicate to the parents of the students the cost of classes, the days and times that suit you, the requirements for the child, your position regarding the cancellation and rescheduling of classes, and subsequently promptly inform parents about the bad behavior of children or their failure to complete homework, do not allow them to ride on themselves and say goodbye to them without regrets when this starts to happen.
3. No lesson plan
It is wrong to assume that good knowledge the subject allows you not to prepare for the lesson. Especially if you are still at the very beginning of the journey. You need to make a plan in which you indicate exactly what you will do in the lesson and how long it will take you to complete each item. But the plan cannot be treated formally. No matter how simple the material may seem to you, you need to study it very carefully, noting for yourself the ways of explaining it (the more the better: one is never enough), the possible difficulties of the students and ways to overcome them, the possible answers of students to oral and written assignments. In addition, you should always be prepared for the fact that the student’s homework may not be done or not done completely, so instead of quickly checking it and starting new theme you'll have to do something else. Thus, the plan should provide for several options for the development of the lesson. The time to complete the points of the plan must be calculated in advance and distributed evenly, without delving into any one task to the detriment of the others. It is absolutely unacceptable to interrupt a student in the middle of an assignment simply because you yourself did not calculate how much time it would take him.
4. A single approach to different students
If you are a novice teacher, then most likely you have not yet formed an extensive methodological library, and now it is important for you not to be afraid to learn new things. Different students have different problems and different goals, so you should use different textbooks, and not one or two of the best known to you. Spend time searching for and pre-evaluating materials so that you don’t waste it later on something that the student does not need at all. Subsequently, to facilitate the search for the desired material on a particular topic, it will be possible to compile a catalog of available resources.
5. Unwillingness to answer questions
Active, interested students are a real gift for any tutor, but headache for a beginner. Surprises lie in wait at every step: for example, if you teach a foreign language and, while studying the topic “Professions”, ask a student who his parents work for, then please do not expect that everyone will turn out to be teachers, engineers or doctors. A foreign language teacher may face the problem of the student's specific interests that lie outside his language competence, and therefore experience difficulties in translating a particular term (aircraft details, dance figures). In this case, it will not hurt you to get acquainted with one or another category of vocabulary, but inform the student that you cannot know everything and push him to independent discoveries. In turn, in a physics lesson, a student may have his own alternative view to the cause of some natural phenomena, and you must put yourself in his place in order to understand his point of view and clarify any questions.
6. Lack of patience with slow learners
On the other hand, students who are not so quick-thinking require great self-control from the tutor, because you can never yell at them, even if you really, really want to. Screaming and swearing frighten children, block their thought processes and give rise to complexes. Even if you have to explain the material in twenty-five different ways, before the student understands what is wanted from him, try to take it in a positive way. You are a super teacher if you know twenty-five ways to explain one topic, and Indian yogis would envy your patience! In addition, in the end, you will still achieve your goal, and the gratitude of such a student will be much higher.
A novice teacher, student or yesterday's student may be in some euphoria from receiving new professional knowledge or a new status and sincerely wish to teach the student everything at once. With such generosity, he can do harm, not good, disrupt the student’s picture of the world and make him doubt the system of education used in this subject at school. this stage, especially when it comes to primary school. A second-grader, like his name, learns that it is impossible to divide by zero, but if the tutor casually informs him that this is not entirely true, then a misunderstanding with a school teacher and a decrease in grades are guaranteed to him. The other extreme is to avoid any complexities and terminology in general, even the one that the student must obviously know (“complement”, “adverb”, “diffusion”, “catalyst”), and use descriptive phrases instead of them so as not to overload his brain. It is necessary to firmly know the program of each class and adhere to it, making allowances for the depth of knowledge and abilities of each individual student.
