English Is Stupid Students Are Not

Introducing the English phonetic alphabet, Thompson presents a revolutionary teaching manual for both teachers and students of English as a second language.

With gentle encouragement, this book teaches children that they can think before speaking, choose what to say and how to say it, and find positive ways to respond when others use unkind words. The importance of saying “I’m sorry” is reinforced. Includes tips for parents and caregivers.

There are currently an estimated 2 billion English learners in the world. In many countries, schools now require English classes. However, after years of studying English, students still have difficulty speaking English. When speaking, proper grammar can be useless if speaking is not clear and understood by the listener. It is time to try something different because the current methods are not effectively working. Learning English grammar rules is not enough, and it is impossible to memorize every English conversation. Situations will be different, and making unique conversations is necessary in the real world.

Grammatica Inglese per Studenti Italiani

Books are always our best companion. The idea of writing or editing a book remains always in our mind. Our students come from semi-urban background and not very fluent in English reading, writing and speaking. English is not just a Second language to them, but it is completely a foreign language to the rural background pupils. So, we research innovative techniques to make them familiar. This continuous research motivates us to edit a book on the topic. We can well see the potential of the book as it is not just about the ‘Teaching’ of English but basically about ‘Learning’ English as such. But of course it will be very helpful for ELT, per se. The book making is a long process and it needs a careful study of area, topics and research methodologies, along with very intensive and extensive genuine research work before we start. The very first thing which struck our mind was to choose the topic which could be beneficial for students and teachers both. Our undergraduate students, who actually lack Basic English speaking, reading and writing standard, gave us many new topics to write. They and their problems motivated us to collect opinions of our fellow colleagues on the wider perspectives of the chosen topic and edit a book on the subject. We have endeavored to cover many areas which need to be given emphasize when we teach or learn English. Our main focus is to give tricks and useful tips to enhance and learn English as a second language.

English spelling is crazy and doesn't tell us how to pronounce words. How Do You Say? is a revolutionary new tool for English language learners to source pronunciation, spelling and expressions by the color of a word's main vowel sound.