Top 200 English Basic Words

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a again air along also always another any around away b back because below between big both c came children come d day different e end even every f few find food form g get

g cont. give go great h help here home house i important k keep l large last left line look m me men might much must n name never new next number o off old our own p part

p cont. place put r right s same set show something sound still such t take tell think thought three through together too u under until us w want well went while why work world

Top 100 Words

The 100 most used words in English

The following 12 words on average account for a quarter of all reading

a	and	he	I
in	is	it	of
that	the	to	was

When you add the following 20 words, the 32 words together on average account for a third of all reading

all	are	as	at	be
but	for	had	have	him
his	not	on	one	said
so	they	we	with	you

If you then add the following 68 words (making a total of 100 words) these words on average account for a half of all reading in English

about	an	back	been	before
big	by	call	came	can
come	could	did	do	down
first	from	get	go	has
her	here	if	into	just
like	little	look	made	make
more	me	much	must	my
no	new	now	off	old
only	or	our	other	out
over	right	she	see	some
their	them	then	there	this
two	up	want	well	went
were	what	when	where	which
who	will	your

Is the best way to learn English to read books?

I found this on the web the other day - so true:

Question: Whats the best way of learning english, just read books and write? whats the best method?

Answer: the best way is to have an educated native speaker who will converse with you and correct you. Most trained ESL teachers are extremely good, too.

The best way to learn to speak a language is to speak it, the best way to learn to read it is to read it, and so on. But in my opinion, the best starting place is to learn it orally, If you read first, you will fix the wrong idea of the sounds in your mind. This is difficult to rectify.

If I were going to teach someone a language, with the aim of fluency, I would not let him read or write for six months

Can you learn English without knowing grammar?

We believe you can? What do you think?

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How did you learn English? from a book or through practical experience?

English Conversations

Learning a new language is about getting used to new sounds. You will never learn English from a book and from repeating endless exercises in a workbook. You will only learn to communicate in English by listening and repeating sounds, by adjusting your ear and mind to get familiar to these new combination of sounds.

Once you know the basics, English Conversations is a great resource for you to practice. Listen, listen and listen and you will soon be conversing in English. Get yourself a tutor to help you make sense of these new sounds.

http://englishconversations.org

Unless you are going to write a book or need to write lots of reports for your work, forget about grammar at this stage, concentrate on making sense of what you hear, increase you vocabulary and start conversing.

You can learn a lot on your own but if you need some help to make sense of it all contact us (lu512pods@gmail.com) to discuss building a programme that is specific to your needs.