A great course for those who want to learn basic English. The course gives the minimum necessary for survival in a real language environment. You will learn how to greet each other, get to know each other, learn about business, say goodbye, navigate the city, check into a hotel, order food in a restaurant, etc.
The specialists of the Voice of America radio station have developed 90 lessons of spoken English, which are intended for those who want to learn the language from zero to intermediate level. The course is based on a situational-game principle: you will follow the radio journalist Martin Lerner in different cities of America, visit different situations, acquire the necessary vocabulary and master the basic grammatical constructions.
One of the best colloquial English courses! Extremely thought-out technique that allows you to learn English with almost a hundred percent guarantee. Education is built on the principle of “from simple to complex”, which is manifested both in the course as a whole and in each lesson in particular. You work out each phrase in parts, starting with the pronunciation of the syllables of individual words, then gradually increasing the complexity, until, finally, you get a full statement. Spoken English by the method of Dr. Pimsler is an internationally recognized course, on the basis of which teaching is also built on other languages.
This course of conversational English is different in that it is taught in English and on live material - excerpts from speeches by politicians, fragments of real conversations by native speakers. The topics of the course are approximately similar to the topics of almost any other conversational course - “Greeting”, “Acquaintance”, “Consent”, “Dispute”, etc. - however, their language level is more complex and natural.
A small but extremely interesting video course in spoken English, consisting of 12 art video stories with a full transcript and exercises with answers. If you already know basic English, then be sure to try this video course in conversational English. You will replenish your vocabulary, learn to perceive authentic speech by ear and, in general, increase your level of English.
Goethe-Verlag (Munich) has long been known for its quality foreign language courses. Conversational English - one of the most magnificent developments of the publisher.
The course is focused on the rapid development of practical communication skills using short sentences. This is exactly what you need if you want to master real speech in a short time. Indeed, in everyday communication we do not at all build long sentences and complex designs. Our main goal is to understand each other. That’s what the Goethe-Verlag publisher’s course teaches.
About the English Club for Beginners
You are not fluent in English, but want to develop your speaking skills? Club English "Light" will help you with this! Always a pleasant friendly atmosphere helps to overcome the language barrier and allows you to relax, enjoying all the intricacies of speaking.
We are waiting for you every Tuesday and Friday from 19:00 to 21:00,
Sunday from 18:00 to 20:00.
At the address: metro Smolenskaya, per. Sivtsev Vrazhek, 44/28.
Advance registration required!
English Club "Light" for you if:
- You need regular practice of the English language to develop conversational speech.
- You are over 16 years old.
- Your level of English is Elementary or Pre-Intermediate (You once studied English, but forgot it, or recently started to learn it).
How are the meetings of the English clubs “Light” built?
Additional information about the club "Light"
The English Club helps people who have just started to learn English or those who have not had a language practice for a long time. Without the possibility of constant training, the English language is forgotten very quickly, especially at the initial stage of learning. If you already know certain structures and you have a small vocabulary, we will help you to really speak English.
English club cost
You can see the cost in the "Prices" section.
If it’s too easy for you and even gets bored at the Light Talk Club, then you can visit our English talk club on Wednesdays and Sundays, which is designed for participants with a higher level. You can look at more detailed information in the conversation club of the Bigvig center.
Remember the legend of the tower of Babel and its builders? So, modern mankind, apparently, is once again ready to find a common language for all continents and countries. And by the will of fate, English becomes the language of international communication, because it is known even in the most remote corner of the world. Want to join the global community, but don't know how to learn spoken English for beginners? This material will help you, in which we have detailed tips on how to learn English on your own.
What do you think is the key to a successful study of spoken English for beginners? Teacher? Good technique? Abilities for languages? Enough finance to pay for special courses? Not at all.
The key to success is your desire to speak English. Yes, yes, so little - and yet so much. After all, this desire still needs to be able to develop in itself.
Before you start learning English, set yourself a certain bar. Do not immediately encroach on something supernatural, such as reading Shakespeare's sonnets in the original.
Let's say, to begin with, try to master a course of conversational English for tourists. You will be able to make acquaintances and communicate freely with foreigners at train stations and at the airport, in hotels, in museums and shops, and you will simply never get lost in the streets of the city. It is possible to achieve such results in just 1-1.5 months.
Then, having received the basic information, you yourself will get involved in communication in English. You will be able to expand your knowledge by watching films and series, reading adapted books and texts, studying grammar in depth and training all your skills in conversation with foreign interlocutors.
And all this will become possible only thanks to your personal desire to learn spoken English. Well, are you ready to start classes? Let's see how to conduct conversational English lessons, effectively developing all the necessary skills.
Educational process development
Having set a goal, make a schedule of your classes. Hello, evaluate your strength! If you have little free time, you will have to spend short lessons every day, if you are ready to devote a couple of hours to learning spoken English, then your class schedule is 3 standard lessons per week.
Do not forget to stock up on stationery and teaching aids. At a minimum, you need pens, simple pencils, colored markers, study and vocabulary notebooks. Textbooks and dictionaries are not so necessary, since now all the material is easy to find on the Internet.
So, you are psychologically tuned and prepared the necessary accessories for study. There is only one thing missing - an understanding of where to start learning English on your own. We will analyze the training course in order.
Main base
At the beginning of the journey, we always learn the basics: letters, sounds, numbers. To some this knowledge will seem too easy and therefore unnecessary. This will be the first gross mistake that could cast doubt on the achievement of progress in the classroom.
Learning the alphabet and sounds is an important preparatory stage, which forms the skills necessary for subsequent serious work. Well, how do you remember English words without even knowing about how to read them? Or how to learn to listen to English, without understanding the sounds? Therefore, take your first introductory classes seriously.
According to the study form, we recommend engaging in materials with transcription and audio accompaniment. This will immediately work out the correct perception and pronunciation of sounds. We also recommend using proven methods to help remember English letters and their pronunciation. With them, you will quickly complete the preparatory phase.
Vocabulary set
Now that you have learned the basics of the language, it's time to familiarize yourself with popular words and phrases.
You can start by exploring various topics. They are good because they are often accompanied by small dictionaries with translation and transcription of unfamiliar expressions.
Don't like simplified and uninteresting study texts? We offer to work with adapted books. They help to practice reading and learn new vocabulary, and audio versions also teach listening comprehension.
Speaking of audio courses. A lot of positive feedback from students of spoken English for beginners received the methodology of Dr. Pimsler. Pursuing this innovative method, you not only improve the perception of English speech and replenish your vocabulary. The main advantage of the course is that it helps beginners to talk.
Thanks to carefully thought-out classes conducted in a dialogue format, the Pimsler technique will teach anyone to speak English in just a few lessons. For which she is very much appreciated by those who come to live abroad without knowledge of the language. And these are athletes, well-known actors, and just the lucky ones who won the green card.
Grammar
Learning spoken English also involves working with grammar. It should be studied in parallel with a set of words.
Getting started is necessary with simple basics: the verb to be, nouns, types of pronouns, the use of articles, aspects of the tense and for verbs, etc.
Do not strive at once to cover a complex topic and understand all the nuances. Educational material can always be divided into several classes, taking into account the mandatory practical consolidation of the theory. Without solving the exercises, you will not improve your knowledge.
On our site you will find a selection of grammar materials in which we tried to present in an accessible form even the most complex nuances. Also, practical work with tasks of different difficulty levels has been developed on each topic. A convenient form of presentation and a well-thought-out system of testing knowledge will help you learn English quickly and efficiently.
Think like an englishman
Many responsibly learn all the words, rules and exceptions, but in the end they get not spoken English, but English “on occasion”, i.e. not full language proficiency, but only the ability to understand foreign speech and find it difficult to build your own sentences. Why is this happening?
The fact is that you can not constantly rely on your own language. To compose a thought in Russian, and then try to translate it into English, is the key mistake of most students. It is necessary to develop the ability to work with information exclusively in English.
In the first lessons, this skill is developed by automatism. Imagine that you are responding to the greeting “ Goodmorning!Howareyou? "With the phrase" Hello!Thanks, Iamfine!Andwhataboutyou? " At this moment you don’t think in Russian “ Hello! Thank you, everything is fine with me! What about you? ” You just need to know which phrase is appropriate at this time. So it is with everything else. Talking about yourself, think in English initially. Scroll through the standard combinations My name is, I am ..., I have ..., I speak, and so on.
As soon as you develop the habit of thinking in a foreign language, it will become for you as a native. At the same time, if you prefer to constantly translate all information into Russian, you will never fully learn English.
Fun and easy spoken English for beginners
Imagine that you have already completed the basic material. It's time to think about how to improve your spoken English. To do this, you need to diversify your studies.
Reading and listening to books
We already mentioned this method, now we will tell a little more in detail.
For students of English, special adapted literature is published. It is written entirely in the original language, only using simplified grammatical constructions.
Books are published absolutely for all levels of preparation: from elementary to the highest. With the lightest works, you will learn 200-300 words, with texts of medium complexity more than 1000, and for almost original novels this number is over 2000.
Continuous reading or listening to books helps:
- increase vocabulary;
- improve speech perception;
- learn to think in English (reading to yourself);
- study the use of grammar in speech.
In addition, the interesting plot of the work stimulates more frequent classes.
Watch training videos and movies
It's nice to know that you can watch your favorite movies with the original voices of the actors. But such work requires an extensive supply of knowledge in grammar and vocabulary. If you have not gained the necessary experience, try your hand at watching training videos, accompanied by English subtitles and Russian translation of unfamiliar words.
Also, in the initial classes of a similar plan, try watching colorful cartoons for children. Moscow was not built immediately, and the skill of a good perception and understanding of English speech must be developed gradually, starting with the lightest materials.
There is no doubt in the effectiveness of this method. By learning to clearly understand the speech of movie heroes, you can no less efficiently perceive the words of the interlocutor by ear, as well as successfully use conversational phrases and expressions heard in the video in the dialogue.
Communication with native speakers
And the main goal for which we study English is, of course, communication with the British, Americans and everyone else who is close to this language.
Modern technologies easily allow us to contact residents of various countries. Use this opportunity to the maximum.
Correspondence in text form, practicing correct writing and checking the amendments of the native speaker. Make audio and video calls to practice speaking, improve pronunciation, and learn to understand someone you are listening to.
Do not be shy about mistakes. The interlocutor, for sure, will correct you and explain how to pronounce and use this expression in speech. It is better to immediately correct the shortcomings that arise than to study incorrectly and get into an awkward situation, having already gone abroad.
According to such a measured plan, they learn spoken English in classes for beginners. This path will seem long to some, but only the one who walks will take any road. Feel free to start learning the language, doing 30-60 minutes a day and mastering the simplest elements. These small successes will develop interest in the language, and you will definitely want to learn more and more new information.
Spoken English has recently become increasingly popular. If earlier in English language courses communication time was given along with grammar, recently, spoken English has gained independence.
85% of international conferences and organizations use English.
The courses at which students listen to foreign speech, record radio programs, watch films in English, and then discuss them among themselves, of course, in English have become very popular. That is, maximum attention is paid to learning to speak and understand the speech that foreigners use in everyday life.
Very often, a person who knows the rules of grammar well, knows how to make sentences correctly and has a good vocabulary, cannot hear the speech of a native speaker by ear and is not able to maintain a conversation, express his thoughts and his point of view. This occurs when the student has not devoted enough time to spoken English. Sometimes a student simply does not have confidence in his knowledge, he is afraid to be misunderstood or make a mistake.
It should be understood that spoken English has a number of differences from the literary English, which is studied even at school. The course of spoken English is based on slang and phraseological phrases of speech, on the stable expressions that are used in everyday life and current life. Of course, the development of spoken language occurs in a special sequence.
When learning spoken English, you can make a significant investment in your future, in your professional growth. If you have a good level of spoken English, you can create the conditions for a multifaceted life, find something new and unknown to yourself.
To be confident in your knowledge of the spoken language you need to practice well and thoroughly. A very interesting and effective material to help learn spoken language is the author’s training system “Hummingbird Method”. Perhaps the main distinguishing feature of the Hummingbird Method is that from the first lesson it will be much easier for you to start speaking English. Thanks to the unique teaching methodology, your vocabulary will be replenished with exactly the number of words that is necessary in order to conduct a productive conversation with a native speaker, as well as watch movies and TV shows in English. It should be noted the duration of these courses, it is only 30 days.
Of course, for a thorough practice of spoken language, you need to get it abroad. But after all, not everyone has such opportunities to go to an English-speaking country to practice English. It is for this reason that spoken English training courses have been created, namely the Hummingbird Method.
Differences between spoken English and literary
Spoken English, of course, is significantly different from literary, from that which we study at school and in courses. The very first criterion for difference is that grammar is not the main point that you need to concentrate on when learning spoken language. The nuances of grammatical construction of sentences in colloquial language courses do not penetrate. The basics of grammar are studied in order to build sentences on their own in the future.
In spoken English, various abbreviations are often present.
Replenishment of the lexical stock is a primary task at such courses. The lexical content of the courses is also different, that is, you do not mindlessly memorize words and phrases, and the more the better.
In colloquial English courses, as well as in training using the Hummingbird Method, you use words and phrases that are used and most often found in oral speech.
The third factor of difference is the form of training. She is usually mostly oral. This, of course, is explained by the fact that first of all you need to talk, talk independently, conduct conversations with fellow students or with a teacher, as well as speak phrases recorded on the recorder.
For whom conversational English is suitable
The target circle of students of spoken English is quite extensive. These can be people who have just started to learn English, as well as those students and students who have good knowledge of English, but who can not overcome the barriers of communication in English.
There are also people who are very hard at listening to English, or those students who, for some reason, have stopped improving their knowledge of the English language and want to return their once acquired abilities. After completing a course of spoken English, you will make the basis of vocabulary, as well as linguistic intuition.
After taking courses on the Hummingbird Method, you will be able to understand the type of thinking of native English speakers, and this is another significant contribution to communicating with foreigners. Also, in the future, in order to improve your English, you can not turn to the textbook, you will easily be given the perception of English yourself, that is, watching movies and reading books in English.
The result of learning spoken English
In fact, the result will not be long in coming. You will notice that it is much easier for you to understand English by ear, regardless of who is speaking it, a teacher you get used to, or a television announcer whose speech style you are not familiar with.
Your type of thinking will change, during a conversation the necessary words and turns will be selected by yourself. You will no longer feel those barriers in communication. Ideally, you can even think in English, not mentally pick up the translation of what you want to say, but immediately build your answer in English. You will enjoy the fact that you can easily communicate in English. You will have additional motivation to achieve even greater results.
Therefore, if you are still thinking, do you need spoken English? That can be confidently answered in the affirmative. Spoken English does not take much time and is suitable for people with different abilities.
“ It's amazing! Amazing! For the first time in my life I meet a teacher who would love his work and his students so much. And we answer him the same! Each lesson is not like the previous one, all the time we plunged into some kind of magical world, Blake’s imagination is simply amazing! The maximum of conversational practice helped me not only improve my knowledge of English, but now finally, I can speak it without hesitation to make a mistake. Blake, thank you that I no longer have a "language barrier"!”
Daria Ivanova
“ I am engaged in the Intermidiate group. Teacher Derek. During the three months of training, the vocabulary has grown significantly and the "understanding" of foreign speech has developed. The lessons are built interestingly, emotionally colored, which contributes to better memorization. We should also mention the work of the coordination department, in particular Irina. They always warn of all changes in the educational process.”
Anastasia Moiseeva
“ If you want to speak freely on any topic, starting from the description of your favorite dish and ending with the ecological situation in Europe, at the same time speak in colors, and not just use nice and interesting? To you to Valentino! There is no one to compare him with, I came to the first lesson and immediately came to him, by the way, for three months, there was never a desire to change the teacher. If you distribute in percentage terms the points to which he pays attention, you get: speaking (60%), reading (20%) listening (15%) writing (5%) What do you get if you go to Valentino: Going beyond the scope of the topic, debate and discussions, each lesson working out the grammar, watching and discussing videos, energetic and expressive presentation of the material.”
Anna Koroleva
“ I have been studying with Valentino for 2 months and I can say that this teacher showed how fascinating it can be to study English. Class time runs unnoticed. Despite the fact that there is a lot of material, it is served in a very accessible form and is easy to remember. It is felt that Valentino is always very carefully prepared for each lesson, comes up with various games, uses video and audio materials, tries to pay maximum attention to each student. In addition, this is a very responsive person who will answer any questions, always help, give advice, thanks to him there is a very friendly atmosphere in the classroom.”
Fatima Kardanova
“ Studying at Windsor with teacher Clint turned out to be very effective for me in learning English. Thanks to Clint’s efforts, for a short period of time I was able to move from the Intermediate level to upper – intermediate. The lessons were built so precisely that it helped to activate and expand vocabulary, improve grammar and writing. Clint helped us overcome the language barrier and begin to communicate in English fluently. Learning English with Clint makes you proud of your achievements and motivates you to further success.”
Svetlana
“ In the process of learning English, I tried different courses and made sure that the effectiveness of classes depends not only on the school, textbook, but, first of all, on the teacher. Having discovered "Windsor", I started classes with Marcus at the upper-intermediate level. Each lesson with Marcus is a layer of vocabulary and constructions that are surprisingly easy to remember and remain “in the language” thanks to interesting examples, stories, and structuredness, which Marcus generously shares. And, of course, the endless work on the beautiful pronunciation, charisma and humor, which invariably accompany the classes, allow us to make Britain a little closer :) I want to say "thank you!" Marcus for productive classes and feel free to recommend it to all future students! It would be great if he would also have groups of the following levels, would definitely visit.”
Alexandra Velikodnaya
“ I have been practicing in the Danny group for the 3rd month already. Each lesson is useful and in one breath, because Danny knows how to involve, explain, correct mistakes and pay attention to everyone. Most of the lesson’s time is spent on speaking practice, learning new vocabulary and using it. The Advanced course contains a huge number of phrases and turns used exclusively in the English-speaking environment, and seeing the interest of the group, Danny tries to add something from himself. You can see progress in speaking practice and expanding vocabulary, especially if you regularly do your homework. Many thanks to Danny for the friendly, energetic and fun atmosphere in the classroom, which helps to learn English with pleasure!”