is invaluable.

Audio Books provide this valuable learning mechanism without resorting to frustration, boredom, confusion or insanity. To listen to an audio book being read while following the written word in the physical book makes for a pleasurable learning experience.

Part of any language is grammar. To understand nouns, verbs, adverbs, conjunctions, adjectives, proper nouns or any of the other grammatical requirements for the written word is a pain in the ‘what-tootsie’. But their absence or misuse in the written word stands out like a dog’s hind leg.

But they are also missed in conversational English. And that crosses English, English style, English American style and especially English Austr

Have you ever thought how difficult it must be to learn English as a second language?

The English language is probably one of the more difficult languages to have to learn. Simply because so many words have so many different meanings depending on the context in which they are used and then you get the nuances relating to each word.

Then there is the differences between English as the English speak it ( along with each of the dialects/accents relating to which part of the country you come from) then you have the American English which is really evolving quickly by initiating new words into the English language based on existing words.

So if you don’t fully understand the existing words then you can have great difficulty or even no idea what the new words may be relating to. As if that wasn’t confusing enough, then you have the different dialects/accents relating to which State you come from.

Also because so many different nationalities have combined in the US, their versions of English has managed to influence original English words into a kind of “pidgeon English” so everyone can understand one another. Did you know that the US has no official language?

Sound hard yet? But then you bring in Australian English and then it really can become confusing.

I mean, here in Australia someone can call you a name of endearment but if you don’t understand the nuance of the word, you could be seriously insulted ~ insulted to the point that they become fighting words. That is, they can cause a real blue.

Now you probably thought of the colour blue but what I meant was that you can come out blue from bruising caused by a fight. So if an Australian ever says to you that they’ve had a blue with someone, you now know they’ve had a fight with someone. Mind you, you can still have a blue with someone without actually resorting to fisticuffs.

The nuance of a words meaning depends in which context (or words around it) are used in combination with voice inflection in the expression of those words. That is how you can understand the meaning intended behind the spoken word.

Body language plays a big part too in expressing words. It’s pretty easy to see whether someone is fond of you or wants to fight you. Language is much more than the spoken word.

English is a hard language to learn. The best starting point is the clear and dulcet tones spoken by the BBC (British Broadcasting Commission). They would have to be the best starting point to listen to when learning to speak English. Why? Because they are accent free, clear and precise in word meaning with no (or little) inflection of tone to indicate any other meaning to the word apart from the meaning of the word as described in the Concise Oxford Dictionary.

To hear the English language spoken in such a way when learning to speak English as a second language is invaluable.

Audio Books provide this valuable learning mechanism without resorting to frustration, boredom, confusion or insanity. To listen to an audio book being read while following the written word in the physical book makes for a pleasurable learning experience.

Part of any language is grammar. To understand nouns, verbs, adverbs, conjunctions, adjectives, proper nouns or any of the other grammatical requirements for the written word is a pain in the ‘what-tootsie’. But their absence or misuse in the written word stands out like a dog’s hind leg.

But they are also missed in conversational English. And that crosses English, English style, English American style and especially English Austra

have great difficulty or even no idea what the new words may be relating to. As if that wasn’t confusing enough, then you have the different dialects/accents relating to which State you come from.

Also because so many different nationalities have combined in the US, their versions of English has managed to influence original English words into a kind of “pidgeon English” so everyone can understand one another. Did you know that the US has no official language?

Sound hard yet? But then you bring in Australian English and then it really can become confusing.

I mean, here in Australia someone can call you a name of endearment but if you don’t understand the nuance of the word, you could be seriously insulted ~ insulted to the point that they become fighting words. That is, they can cause a real blue.

Now you probably thought of the colour blue but what I meant was that you can come out blue from bruising caused by a fight. So if an Australian ever says to you that they’ve had a blue with someone, you now know they’ve had a fight with someone. Mind you, you can still have a blue with someone without actually resorting to fisticuffs.

The nuance of a words meaning depends in which context (or words around it) are used in combination with voice inflection in the expression of those words. That is how you can understand the meaning intended behind the spoken word.

Body language plays a big part too in expressing words. It’s pretty easy to see whether someone is fond of you or wants to fight you. Language is much more than the spoken word.

English is a hard language to learn. The best starting point is the clear and dulcet tones spoken by the BBC (British Broadcasting Commission). They would have to be the best starting point to listen to when learning to speak English. Why? Because they are accent free, clear and precise in word meaning with no (or little) inflection of tone to indicate any other meaning to the word apart from the meaning of the word as described in the Concise Oxford Dictionary.

To hear the English language spoken in such a way when learning to speak English as a second language is invaluable.

Audio Books provide this valuable learning mechanism without resorting to frustration, boredom, confusion or insanity. To listen to an audio book being read while following the written word in the physical book makes for a pleasurable learning experience.

Part of any language is grammar. To understand nouns, verbs, adverbs, conjunctions, adjectives, proper nouns or any of the other grammatical requirements for the written word is a pain in the ‘what-tootsie’. But their absence or misuse in the written word stands out like a dog’s hind leg.

But they are also missed in conversational English. And that crosses English, English style, English American style and especially English Austr

nsulted ~ insulted to the point that they become fighting words. That is, they can cause a real blue.

Now you probably thought of the colour blue but what I meant was that you can come out blue from bruising caused by a fight. So if an Australian ever says to you that they’ve had a blue with someone, you now know they’ve had a fight with someone. Mind you, you can still have a blue with someone without actually resorting to fisticuffs.

The nuance of a words meaning depends in which context (or words around it) are used in combination with voice inflection in the expression of those words. That is how you can understand the meaning intended behind the spoken word.

Body language plays a big part too in expressing words. It’s pretty easy to see whether someone is fond of you or wants to fight you. Language is much more than the spoken word.

English is a hard language to learn. The best starting point is the clear and dulcet tones spoken by the BBC (British Broadcasting Commission). They would have to be the best starting point to listen to when learning to speak English. Why? Because they are accent free, clear and precise in word meaning with no (or little) inflection of tone to indicate any other meaning to the word apart from the meaning of the word as described in the Concise Oxford Dictionary.

To hear the English language spoken in such a way when learning to speak English as a second language is invaluable.

Audio Books provide this valuable learning mechanism without resorting to frustration, boredom, confusion or insanity. To listen to an audio book being read while following the written word in the physical book makes for a pleasurable learning experience.

Part of any language is grammar. To understand nouns, verbs, adverbs, conjunctions, adjectives, proper nouns or any of the other grammatical requirements for the written word is a pain in the ‘what-tootsie’. But their absence or misuse in the written word stands out like a dog’s hind leg.

But they are also missed in conversational English. And that crosses English, English style, English American style and especially English Austr

in expressing words. It’s pretty easy to see whether someone is fond of you or wants to fight you. Language is much more than the spoken word.

English is a hard language to learn. The best starting point is the clear and dulcet tones spoken by the BBC (British Broadcasting Commission). They would have to be the best starting point to listen to when learning to speak English. Why? Because they are accent free, clear and precise in word meaning with no (or little) inflection of tone to indicate any other meaning to the word apart from the meaning of the word as described in the Concise Oxford Dictionary.

To hear the English language spoken in such a way when learning to speak English as a second language is invaluable.

Audio Books provide this valuable learning mechanism without resorting to frustration, boredom, confusion or insanity. To listen to an audio book being read while following the written word in the physical book makes for a pleasurable learning experience.

Part of any language is grammar. To understand nouns, verbs, adverbs, conjunctions, adjectives, proper nouns or any of the other grammatical requirements for the written word is a pain in the ‘what-tootsie’. But their absence or misuse in the written word stands out like a dog’s hind leg.

But they are also missed in conversational English. And that crosses English, English style, English American style and especially English Austr

is invaluable.

Audio Books provide this valuable learning mechanism without resorting to frustration, boredom, confusion or insanity. To listen to an audio book being read while following the written word in the physical book makes for a pleasurable learning experience.

Part of any language is grammar. To understand nouns, verbs, adverbs, conjunctions, adjectives, proper nouns or any of the other grammatical requirements for the written word is a pain in the ‘what-tootsie’. But their absence or misuse in the written word stands out like a dog’s hind leg.

But they are also missed in conversational English. And that crosses English, English style, English American style and especially English Australian Style. Why Australian style more so? Because we have misused and expanded the English ‘English’ to such an extent we have virtually built a whole new language underneath and around proper English as spoken by the BBC.

Audio books are an invaluable way to understand the intended meaning of any word when written in the proper grammatical context. By using correct grammar in conversational English allows for clarity of meaning.

So if you know someone who is trying to learn the English language, a great idea to help them do so is to give them a gift of an audio book along with the physical book with the written word. That way they can read along with the narrator and thoroughly enjoy the journey. And gain the correct pronunciation, word meaning, and understand every nuance of every word.