Hello this is A.J. Hoag. I am the Director of Effortless English.

Hello, I'm Director of Effortless English. My name is A.J. Hoag and I will teach you to speak English. My name is A.J. Hoag and I will teach you to speak English powerfully.

Welcome to the Effortless English Show.

Today's topic is writing.

And actually we're going to talk about reading and writing.

And how can you be a better writer in English? And how can you improve your reading in English? And

what are the benefits of reading and writing.

Usually I talk about speaking, effortless English is a speaking program.

So that is our main focus.

Our lessons are focused on learning to speak English powerfully.

But reading and writing have their place and are useful.

Let's talk about a few things.

Hopefully my guests will be able to join us, authors Theresa

Snyder. If not, then I will just talk about reading and writing myself. So, first let's just talk about how children learn language.

How do American children learn English?

Specifically, what order do they learn the language in?

What do they focus on first?

Of course, they first focus on listening.

Listening is the very first skill.

And therefore, listening is the foundation.

The language is built upon listening.

And of course, babies in the beginning, they only listen for a period of time, many months.

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