english for beginners

[saintpeter48]

are there any cd's, books etc for learning english from scratch? My Thai wife can speak reasonable english but is not that good at reading or writing it. we need to start from beginning, alphabet, john and julie books etc, are there any out there. thanks.

[redhead23]

try libarys or pc world have cd roms

[Buenchico]

This series, from Oxford University Press, is used by many teachers of English as a Foreign Language:
http://www.bebc.co.uk/buy/index.php?isbn=97801 94384254

Chris

[crokepark]

English as a Second Language Links

This is not meant to be the longest list of links for EFL/ESL teachers and students. We do want it to be one of the best though, so we have chosen just a few links to really great sites for anyone connected with learning or teaching English as a foreign or second language.

http://www.vuw.ac.nz/llc/languages/lang-links/ link_efl.aspx

http://www.churchillhouse.com/cgi/publisher/se arch.cgi?dir=links&template=listtemp.htm&outpu t_number=30&sort_field=title&sort_option=a

http://www.sacredheart.edu/pages/2512_esl_link s.cfm?outputtype=print

http://www.eslgold.com/toefl/links.html

There are some excellent ESL websites about and there are some appalling ESL websites about.

http://free-esl.com/channels/articles/details. asp?fIndex=32
Each week reviewers take a look at different sites across the spectrum of ESL and tell you what is worth visiting and what is worth avoiding.

http://www.eslcafe.com/

http://grammar.free-esl.com/

[crokepark]

http://www.eslcafe.com/

http://free-esl.com/

http://blogs.free-esl.com/

http://free-esl.com/channels/forums/

http://www.world-english.org/

http://www.englishforums.com/

http://www.tolearnenglish.com/

http://www.zozanga.com/

http://www.word2word.com/

http://sitemaker.umich.edu/eli.resources/home

http://www.englishpage.com/

http://www.usingenglish.com/

http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/learningengl ish/

http://www.learnenglish.org.uk/

http://www.english-at-home.com/

[crokepark]

Listening Links

Randall's ESL Cyber Listening Lab - a great resource of listening activities

Real English Online - like Randall's, only with video. It's free, but you'll need to set up a user account

The English Listening Lounge - lots of conversations with activities (requires RealPlayer)

Takako's Great Adventure - a fun story with many episodes (requires Shockwave)

Global Views

Focus on the Family with Dr. James Dobson

http://www.sacredheart.edu/pages/2512_esl_link s.cfm?outputtype=print

Good luck.

Kevin, Liverpool

[saintpeter48]

thankyou everyone, most helpful.

[amonty1144]

try the muzzy set, the language set is aimed at kids but very easy to follow, they now do english as a foreign language.
try ebay