WELCOME TO THE AMERICAN ENGLISH EXPRESS! GO TO CHAPTER 1

This is a ten chapter e-book and the intention is for you to read through each chapter. 

Please begin with the introduction and end with the conclusion!

                  Table of Contents

Introduction

Chapter I:         THE AMERICAN DREAM or some keys to success in America

Chapter II:        The Communication Process or Why you need to learn to read, write and speak standard English to succeed.

Chapter III:       The Learning/Teaching/Proving Process

                        or “How to become a self-confident learner.”

Chapter IV:       The Structure of Knowledge

Chapter V:        Reading Process or “How to become a self-confident reader.”

                       Reading: The Bill of Rights

Chapter VI:      Practical Application of the Steps in the Reading Process

                        Reading: The Declaration of Independence

Chapter VII:     Writing Process or “How to become a self-aware writer.”

Chapter VIII:    Formal and Informal Vocabulary Do’s and Don’ts

Chapter IX:      Do’s and Don’ts or how to express yourself better

    Dangerous Homonyms & Useful Vocabulary Words

Chapter X:       Especially Troublesome Grammar

   American Idioms, English Language Proverbs & Clichés or

   “How not to get totally confused when confronted with the unknown.”

Conclusion

ON-LINE APPENDIXES

Appendix I:

The Basic American English Express

Session 1: Key Concepts in American English

Session 2: The Alphabet

Session 3: Common English Verbs - Present tense

Session 4: Common English Verbs - Past tense

Session 5: Common English Verbs - Future tense

Session 6: Helping Verbs

Session 7: Pronouns

Session 8: Word families

Session 9: Nouns

Session 10: Adverbs

Session 11: Adjectives

Session 12: Present Progressive tense

Session 13: Past Progressive tense

Session 14: Future Progressive tense

Session 15: Helping Verbs Progressive tenses

ON LINE APPENDIX II:

Top Ten Critical Thinking Skills

Read through these critical thinking skills one by one or browse. These thinking aides will help you when considering problems, deciding what to write in an essay, or analyzing any situation in life. You may be more familiar with some ideas and less familiar with others. Look at them all!

1. Define your terms.

2. Perspective, Perception/ point of view, the ability to see both the forest and the trees.

3. Relativity and absolutes, Different does not mean bad or wrong or good or right.

4. Space, scale, size, amount, number

5. Time, sequence, order

6. Spectrum, scope, range

7. Causation, cause and effect, stimulus response

8. Synergy, entropy, opposition, the understanding that the whole is greater than the sum of the parts.

9. Hierarchy Social, Economic, Political

10. Book and cover

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