Tečaj lahko uporabljajo študentje, poslovneži in drugi, ki bi se radi naučili dobro govoriti angleško.

This course can be used by university students, professionals, and others who want to speak English well.

S pomočjo lekcij boste lahko v kratkem času osvojili znanje angleškega jezika. Če boste vadili eno do dve uri na dan s pomočjo posnetkov lekcij, boste v šestih mesecih pridobili osnovno znanje angleščine. Vendar pa bo učenje angleščine zahtevalo vsakodnevno trdo delo.

These lessons will help you learn to speak English in a short period of time. If you practice one or two hours each day with the lessons on the audio recordings, you should be able to speak simple English within six months. However, learning English will require hard work each day.

Tečaj lahko uporabljajo začetniki in tisti, ki že dobro govorijo angleščino. Lekcije niso pretežke za začetnike in hkrati ne prelahke za tiste, ki že dobro govorijo angleščino. Lekcije so namenjene tudi tistim, ki se želijo naučiti govoriti angleško sami, brez učitelja. Vendar se boste bolje naučili izgovarjati besede, če boste vsak teden dve uri vadili z učiteljem angleščine.

This course can be used by both beginning and advanced English students. The lessons are neither too difficult for a beginning student nor too easy for an advanced student. They can also be used by students who want to study without an instructor. However, you will learn better pronunciation if you practice for two hours each week with an English teacher.

Pri učenju upoštevajte tri preprosta pravila:

There are three simple rules to follow in this English course:

1. Da bi se pravilno naučili angleške izgovorjave, besede izgovarjajte na glas.

   Ko vadite s pomočjo posnetih lekcij, besede izgovarjajte jasno in glasno.

   1. To learn to speak English correctly, you must speak it aloud.

   It is important that you speak loudly and clearly when you are practicing with the recorded lessons.

   
   

2. Če želite tekoče govoriti angleško, morate razmišljati v angleščini.

   Če berete svoje odgovore, ne »razmišljate« v angleščini. Ko dobro razumete posamezno vajo, je zelo pomembno, da lahko odgovorite na vprašanja, ne da bi gledali v lekcijo. Pomemben del učenja je, da pripravite možgane do tega, da razmislijo o odgovoru.

   2. To learn to speak English fluently, you must think in English.

   You are not "thinking" in English if you are reading your answers. Once you understand each exercise, it is very important that you respond without looking at the printed lesson. Making your mind work in order to think of the answer is an important part of learning a language.

   
   

3. Glasno in pravilno izgovarjanje besed vas bo hitreje pripeljajo do tekoče angleščine.

   Vsaka lekcija bo na začetku težka. Vendar se boste z vajo naučili pravilno govoriti. Vadite, dokler tekoče ne ponovite vsake vaje, ne da bi gledali v lekcijo. Učencem pogosto rečemo: »Najboljše se boste naučili, ko boste slišali sami sebe govoriti pravilno angleščino.«

   3. The more you speak correct English aloud, the more quickly you will learn to speak fluently.

   Every lesson will be difficult when you start. However, as you practice, you will learn to speak correctly. You must practice until you can repeat the exercises fluently without looking at the printed lesson. We often tell our students, "You will learn best when your ears hear your mouth speaking correct English."

1. Za uporabo teh lekcij potrebujete Acrobat Reader in Windows Media Player na svojem računalniku. Oba programa lahko brezplačno dobite na spletni strani s klikom na Download PDF Reader ali  Download Media Player (Poskusite  odpreti lekcijo Download in preveriti zvok preden si brezplačno inštalirate PDF Reader ali Media Player. Če se vam lekcija Download ne odpre, potrebujete PDF Reader. Če ni zvoka, potrebujete Media Player. )

   To use these lessons, you will need both Acrobat Reader and Windows Media Player on your computer. Both can be downloaded free from the Home page by clicking on Download PDF Reader or Download Media Player. (Try opening a "Download" lesson and playing the sound before you download either the PDF Reader or Media Player. If the "Download" lesson will not open, you need the PDF Reader. If there is no sound, you need the Media Player.)

   
   

2. Kliknite na Help za razlago ikon, ki se uporabljajo v lekcijah.

   2. Click on the Help link for an explanation of the icons used in the lessons.

   
   

3. Ko začnete novo lekcijo, kliknite na ikono Lesson Vocabulary. Natisnite strani z novimi besedami. Nato se naučite vse besede in zraven napišite njihov pomen v svojem jeziku. Vse nove besede in izraze si zabeležite v posebno beležko, ki jo lahko imate vedno pri roki. Čez dan nekajkrat ponovite besede.

   3. When you begin a new lesson, click on the Lesson Vocabulary icon. Print the vocabulary pages. Then study each English vocabulary word and write its meaning in your language. Write new vocabulary words and expressions in a small notebook that you can carry with you. Review vocabulary frequently during the day.

   
   

4. Kliknite na Lesson 1. Ko se vam Lesson 1 odpre, kliknite na ikono Media. Glas na posnetku vam bo rekel, da poslušajte primer (»Listen to the example«). Potem boste slišali primer odgovora študentov, ki uporabljajo posnetek za učenje angleščine. Primeri v prvih dveh lekcijah vam ponazarjajo, kako morate odgovarjati, ko se učite. Vaje delajte vedno na glas.

   4. Click on Lesson 1. When Lesson 1 opens, click on the Media icon. The voice on the audio recording will ask you to listen to the example ("Listen to the example"). Next, you will hear an example of students responding in English as they use the recording for their own English practice. The examples in the first two lessons show you how to respond as you study. Always practice the exercises by speaking out loud.

   
   

5. Ko začnete z novo lekcijo, si lahko lekcijo preberete, ko ponavljate vaje s pomočjo posnetka. Ko razumete lekcijo, naredite govorne vaje, ne da bi gledali v napisane vaje. Vadite posamezno vajo, dokler je ne poveste točno tako, kot jo slišite na posnetku, ne da bi gledali v lekcijo.

   5. When you begin a new lesson, you may read the written lesson as you repeat the exercises with the audio recording. However, after you understand the lesson, do the speaking exercises without looking at the written exercises. Practice each exercise until you can say it exactly as you hear it on the recording without looking at the written lesson.

   
   

6. Če lahko, delajte vaje z uporabo posnetkov eno do dve uri dnevno, pet dni v tednu. (Kliknite See More.) Tako se boste učili govoriti angleško 10 ur na teden. Vaš cilj je veliko več kot samo poznati angleške besede in razumeti pomen stavkov. Vaš cilj je tekoče govoriti angleško, tako da vas lahko razume vsaka angleško govoreča oseba.

   6. If you are able to do so, practice the exercises using the audio recordings for one to two hours a day for five days each week. (Click on See More.) This will give you 10 hours of spoken English language study each week. Your purpose is much more than merely knowing the vocabulary words and understanding the meaning of the sentences. Your purpose is to be able speak each sentence so fluently that any English-speaking person can easily understand what you are saying.

   
   

7. Enkrat na teden ponovite vaje iz prejšnjih lekcij.

   7. Review exercises from previous lessons once each week.

   
   

8. K zvočnikom računalnika si lahko postavite kasetofon in si posnamete kaseto za vašo osebno uporabo. Za snemanje in tiskanje uporabite del AB posamezne lekcije z domače strani ali Download  s strani lekcije. (Če vaš računalnik nima dovolj spomina (RAM), da bi odprl oba dokumenta hkrati, uporabite povezavo Lesson Downloads na domači strani in si posnemite ali natisnite vsak dokument posebej.) Del A si lahko posnamete na prvo stran 60-minutne kasete in del B na drugo stran kasete. Del A je vedno daljši od dela B, tako da si lahko kaseto obrnete takoj, ko se del A konča. Posnamete si lahko tudi zgoščenke MP3 (CD-je) s povezave Lesson Downloads na domači strani.

   8. You can place an audio tape recorder next to your computer speakers in order to make a tape cassette copy for your personal use. For recording and printing, use the AB part of each lesson from the Home page or the "Download"   section from a lesson page. (If your computer does not have enough memory to open both documents at once, use the Lesson Downloads link on the Home page and record or print each document separately.) You can record the A half on one side of a 60-minute cassette recording tape, and the B half on the other side. The A half is always longer than the B half so that you can turn the tape over immediately after the A part is finished. You can also make MP3 compact discs (CDs) from the Lesson Downloads link on the Home page.

Namen tega tečaja je, da se naučite tekoče govoriti angleško. Tečaj uporablja običajne angleške stavke in je primeren tako za začetnike, kot tudi za tiste, ki že imajo dobro znanje angleščine. Najboljši način učenja angleškega jezika za začetnike je uporaba običajnih stavkov, ki se uporabljajo v vsakodnevnem pogovoru. Za tiste pa, ki že imajo dobro znanje angleščine, je za osvojitev tekoče angleščine najboljše, da te stavke ponavljajo, dokler jih ne znajo pravilno in dobro izgovoriti. Tako začetniki, kot tisti, ki že imajo dobro znanje angleščine, se morajo naučiti tekoče govoriti te stavke. Zaradi tega so te lekcije tako priporočljive za nadaljnje učenje. Vsakič, ko ponovite lekcijo, boste bolj tekoče govorili angleško.

The purpose of this course is to teach you to speak fluent English. This course uses normal English sentences and is suitable for both beginning and advanced students. For a beginning student, the best way to learn spoken English is to use normal sentences that are used every day in conversation. For an advanced student, the best way to become fluent in English is to use these same normal sentences until they can be said correctly with good pronunciation. The difference between a beginning student and an advanced student is not in which lesson they use, but is in how much time they must spend on each lesson. This is why these lessons are so valuable for continued study. Each time you review the lessons, you will gain greater English speaking fluency.

Lekcije vam bodo pomagale tekoče govoriti angleško v skoraj polovico manj časa od običajnih tečajev, ki učijo angleščino s slovnico in pisanjem. To velja za začetnike, prav tako pa tudi za tiste, ki se že dolgo učijo angleščino. Večina učencev ima največ težav z učenjem pravilne uporabe glagolov. S temi lekcijami se boste naučili pravilne uporabe glagolov.

These lessons will help you speak fluent English in almost half the time as courses that teach spoken English with writing and grammar. This is true whether you are just beginning or if you have studied English for many years. Most students have the greatest difficulty learning to use the English verb correctly. You will learn how to use the English verb accurately in these lessons.

Najbolj pomembno je, da lekcije vedno znova ponavljate, dokler tekoče ne izgovorite vsakega stavka posebej. Tečaja še niste zaključili, čeprav poznate besedišče in razumete posamezne vaje. Tečaja niste resnično zaključili, dokler ne znate vsakega stavka tekoče uporabiti v pogovoru.

Most of all, continue reviewing the lessons until you can repeat each sentence fluently. You have not yet finished the course even if you know the vocabulary and understand the exercises. You have not truly finished the course until you can use each sentence in fluent English conversation.

Kjerkoli na svetu ste, vam želimo prijetno in uspešno učenje angleškega jezika.

Wherever you are in the world, we wish you the best of success as you study English.