Casual English conversation.

You need casual English.

You need the English that native speakers use with each other.

You need to learn the English that Americans use with their friends, their families and their co-workers. This is the common everyday

English that we constantly use. And yet this kind of English

can not be found in English textbooks. Schools don't teach it. Very few English learners know it, which is why so many learners come to the

United States and can't understand regular conversations.

In San Francisco, I have met many students with high English test scores and great grades

in their English classes.

And yet, when they sit at a bus stop, they cannot

understand what people are saying around them. They have absolutely no idea

what normal Americans are saying. They have been trained in formal academic English

with a focus on grammar rules. I think this is totally backwards.

Common casual conversation should be the first thing you learn.

The first need, after all, is to communicate with other people.

You want to chat with people on the bus.

You want to make friends and understand what they are saying.

You want to talk to your coworkers.

You want to understand TV shows and movies. Learn that first. Then and only

then focus on academic English. To help you, we are currently working on a new collection of recorded, real, spontaneous conversations.

These are real conversations with friends, family, and business partners. We aren't censoring

anything. You'll learn the real English that we use every day with each other, including

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