
Learn basic English speaking through greetings, personal information, family, school, shopping, and travel, with native narration, repeat-after exercises, and vocabulary videos to improve pronunciation.
Meet teacher Joyce, a seasoned English instructor with nearly 20 years of experience in California. She loves travel, holds a masters degree in teaching, and welcomes learners.
Discover how to use video speed, transcripts, and captions to boost English learning for language learners in this free basic beginner course, with tips for navigating the Udemy interface.
Listen and repeat to improve pronunciation, then interact with the teacher via video to practice speaking. Complete the finish the phrase quiz and vocabulary practice in a 20–30 minute session.
Learn and practice common English greetings and goodbyes by listening and repeating phrases such as good morning, how are you, and nice to see you.
Practice speaking with teacher Joyce using common greetings and responses. Students ask and answer, learn morning, afternoon, and evening greetings, and thank the teacher before the next section.
Practice listening and repeating to improve your accent, then speak with me via video, finish the phrase quiz, and practice vocabulary for personal information topics.
Practice personal information phrases by listening and repeating, including names, origins, jobs, addresses, phone numbers, zip codes, age, nationality, email, and hobbies.
Practice personal information questions with teacher Joyce to boost beginner English speaking, covering name, where you're from, job, address, phone, email, nationality, age, and hobbies.
Learn family phrases introduction by listening and repeating to improve your accent, then practice with the teacher via video, complete the finish the phrase quiz, and do vocabulary practice.
Enhance your English speaking through listening to and repeating family phrases with friends and family, and practice answering how many children and how many brothers you have.
Practice speaking about family with teacher Joyce, answering questions about children and brothers to build foundational English conversation skills.
Learn school phrases by listening and repeating to improve your accent, practice speaking with the teacher via video, and complete the phrase quiz and vocabulary practice in 20-30 minutes.
Practice essential school phrases by listening and repeating common classroom requests like can I have a book, can you repeat that, and how do I pronounce that.
Practice speaking with teacher Joyce in school section, using phrases like 'can I have a book,' 'can I have a pencil,' 'repeat that,' 'pronounce that,' and 'spell that'.
Practice essential classroom language for beginners with commands and questions like listen, stand up, sit down, look at the board, how do I spell that, and can you repeat that.
Practice shopping phrases through listen-and-repeat drills, video speaking with teacher Joyce, finish-the-phrase quiz, and vocabulary practice to build confidence and speed in everyday conversations.
Practice essential shopping phrases by listening and repeating: how much is that, that is two dollars, I would like to buy two, and can I have a discount.
Practice speaking about shopping with teacher Joyce by asking prices, stating costs like two dollars or sixty dollars, and discussing discounts.
practice listening and repeating to improve your accent, engage in video speaking, finish phrase quizzes, and practice travel vocabulary to boost your English speaking skills.
Practice travel phrases by listening and repeating, asking where you are traveling to and how long you'll visit, with examples like going to Germany for two weeks.
Practice travel phrases with teacher Joyce, discussing destinations like Germany, Japan, and New York, and asking how long you will stay.
Learn essential travel vocabulary for airports, including boarding passes, passports, check-in counters, security, boarding gates, luggage, customs, and in-flight terms like window and middle seats, carry-on bags, and seat belts.
Conclude the English speaking course with a pop quiz that reinforces basic greetings and common questions about job, address, phone number, and marital status, inviting continued beginner practice.
You will learn basic English conversation phrases in 6 different topic areas: Greetings, Personal Information, Family, School, Shopping and Travel. A great way to remember new phrases and improve your pronunciation is to listen and repeat after a native English speaker.
I have an MA in Teaching and over 15 years teaching English as a second language to students from around the world. I currently teach English to international students in California, USA. I'm so honored to be able to use technology to help students meet their language learning goals. I look forward to teaching you and getting to know you better!