I enjoyed meeting all of you and having two classes back to back yesterday and today. I enjoyed the discussions we had in class. I believe that is the best way for you to improve your English. In fact, we only have 6 lessons altogether so there is not a lot that can be learned in such a short period, so my philosophy is to let you talk as much as possible. I know that you have studied English quite a bit in school (although that may have been a while ago.) For that reason, I don’t think studying the structure of English will be that helpful. I believe you just need practice speaking out what has been dormant (asleep) for some time. Once you get confidence that you can speak in English, you can begin adding new vocabulary and working on sentence structure on your own. So, if it seems like all we do in class is talk, that’s good! The more you talk, the better you will get at talking! Have you heard the saying, “Use it or lose it!” That is really true in language study, so use every chance that you have to speak out in class and I am sure you will improve. Besides, we’ll have a good time talking and laughing together.

There are some great web sites that will help you with the technical part of English if you want to study further. I have added some of the sites to my weblog over at the right-hand side column. If you have a few minutes a day, or an extra half hour, you can visit some of those sites and practice some of the finer points of grammar.

Good luck studying English. Please feel free to add comments here, or ask questions

Yours,

Maggie