Learn to speak, read, write and understand American English!

Love, Travel, Study, Work, Friendship-whatever your reason for wanting to learn, Beginners' American English will help you to:

- Communicate naturally in everyday situations.

- Build your confidence with easy-to-follow explanations and plenty of practice activities.

- Understand and pronounce American English easily with online audio.

- Remember what you learn with our effective Discovery Method.

- Focus your learning and track your progress with practical tools and planners.

Access the audio for this course for free by downloading it to the Teach Yourself Library app or streaming it on library.teachyourself.com.

Is this course for me?

Beginners' American English is for absolute beginners and those who've had some previous experience with the language and want to refresh their knowledge. Clear and simple explanations make the course appropriate and accessible to anyone learning American English. There are extensive illustrations and tools to help you plan your studies and track your progress, all designed to support learning on your own. This course is also ideal to use with one-to-one tutoring and as a classroom course, and it's the perfect resource to pair with a language-learning app.

Where do I go next?

Continue learning with Teach Yourself Complete English as a Foreign Language. Have some fun with our Short Stories in English for Beginners by Olly Richards.

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