我是侧重于英语的应用能力的，就是侧重于口语的教学方法。也就是专为中级和高级英语学习者设计的，我的课程不适合初学者。
但是，我经常收到电子邮件，要求我提供初学者课程。我们的许多成员都有初学者朋友。许多人还有刚开始学习英语的年龄较大的孩子。他们怎么学习？我可以教他们吗？
However, I often get emails asking me for beginner lessons. Many of our members have friends who are beginners. Many also have older children who are just starting to learn English. How can they learn? Can I teach them?
Well, I can teach them. There are excellent Effortless techniques for teaching beginners… and I have often thought of creating video lessons for total beginners. However, at this time I have decided not to do this. Our current focus is on intermediate adult learners. I want to serve you all better, and this requires focus.
我可以给你一些建议..我希望你能传递给你的初级朋友和家人：
I can give you some advice though.. which I hope you’ll pass on to your beginner-level friends and family:
1.有选择地使用英语教科书和CD
我刚刚开始学习泰语......在SF。我这里没有泰国老师，也没有我所知道的“不费吹灰之力的泰语”课程。所以目前我被困在使用传统书籍和CD。
I’m just starting to study Thai… here in SF. I don’t have a Thai teacher here, and there are no “Effortless Thai” lessons that I know of. So at the moment I’m stuck using traditional books and CDs.
但是，我正在创造性地使用它们。我完全忽略了所有无聊的练习和练习。我跳过所有英语解释和音频。
However, I am using these creatively. I totally ignore all boring drills and exercises. I skip all English language explanations and audio.
我只使用泰语语音对话......这些对话的成绩单......以及基本的词汇解释。我的重点完全在于获得大量的泰语投入。我忽略了对语言的所有分析。

I use only the Thai language audio conversations… the transcripts of those conversations… and the most basic vocabulary explanations. My focus is totally and completely on getting a lot of Thai input. I ignore all analysis of the language.
告诉你的朋友和家人用英语做同样的事情。忽略所有语法解释，所有练习，所有工作表......只关注获得大量英语输入......并专注于理解词汇。
Tell your friends and family to do the same with English.. ignore all grammar explanations, all drills, all worksheets… just focus on getting a lot of English input… and focus only on understanding the vocabulary.
2.听，听，重复听
它是我们重要的轻松英语“规则”。听力对初学者尤为重要。初学者应该花95％的学习时间听英语。收听教科书CD上的音频对话。收听简单的英语播客。倾听，倾听，倾听更多。
Its our most important Effortless English “rule”. Listening is especially important for beginners. Beginners should spend 95% of their study time listening to English. Listen to the audio dialogues on the textbook CDs. Listen to the easiest English podcasts. Listen, listen, and listen some more.
3.深度学习更重要
初学者需要比中级和高级水平学习者更多的重复。作为初学者，我需要听100次或更多次泰语对话。每当我必须专注地听能量和总注意力。

Beginners need even more repetition than intermediate and advanced level learners. As a beginner, I need to listen to each Thai dialogue 100 times or more. And every time I must listen attentively– with energy and total concentration.
深度学习对初学者来说**至关重要。鼓励初学者朋友走得更慢。鼓励他们学习较少的词汇和较少的章节......但要完全掌握他们的学习内容。从长远来看，这种方法实际上要快得多。
Deep learning is absolutely vital for beginners. Encourage your beginner friends to go more slowly. Encourage them to study less vocabulary and fewer chapters.. but to totally master what they do study. In the longterm, this approach is actually much faster.
4.笑，笑，玩
对初学者来说非常重要的是要彻底享受学习的过程，你必须让它变得有趣！
Its tough to be a beginner. You feel incompetent. You can’t do anything. Therefore, its very very important for beginners to thoroughly enjoy the process of learning. You must make it fun!
大多数初学者因为退出而失败。他们失去了希望。他们变得无聊。
Most beginner fail simply because they quit. They lose hope. They become bored.
事实上，对于初学者而言，情感远比他们学习的语言数量重要得多。在开始时将积极情绪与英语联系起来至关重要。将乐趣，兴奋，欢笑，好奇心和电影与学习过程联系起来至关重要。通过这样做，您可以保证一生的英语学习。

In fact, emotion is far more important for beginners than the amount of language they learn. Its vital to link positive emotions to English when beginning. Its vital to link fun, excitement, laughter, curiosity, and passion to the learning process. By doing that, you guarantee a lifetime of English learning.
如果没有这些情绪，大多数学生在进入更高水平之前就会戒烟。
Without those emotions, most students will quit long before they advance to higher levels.
所以，请鼓励你的初学者朋友享受他们的学习。并且总是赞美他们。永远不要纠正他们的错误！决不！反之亦然 - 经常恭维他们。告诉他们他们正在做什么。告诉他们他们太棒了！祝贺他们。培养他们对语言的热情和热情！
So please, encourage your beginner friends to enjoy their learning. And always compliment them. Never correct their mistakes! Never! Do the opposite– compliment them frequently. Tell them what they are doing RIGHT. Tell them they are amazing! Congratulate them. Build up their passion and enthusiasm for the language!
那样做，很快你就会有一个新的英语对话伙伴来交谈！
Do that, and soon you will have a new English conversation partner to talk to!
不要忘记永远享受自己的学习......并始终以电影和热情学习！
And don’t forget to always enjoy your own learning… and to always learn with passion and enthusiasm!