That English is an extremely flexible language - it is structurally closer to Chinese than to its European cousins! Words can be nouns or verbs: a chair becomes to chair with no complexes up can be an adverb, a preposition, a noun, an adjective or even a verb. But why is English so widespread? Why not French or Spanish - both major languages - or even Esperanto, the international language? Apart from the enormous influence of the United States (although some claim that American is a separate language), and the extent of Britain's old colonial empire, which at one time spanned one- third of the surface of the globe, the real answer is Of course, that is where it all started, but, for several hundred years, different peoples and ethnic groups have added their own particular contributions to English so that what we hear and speak now is truly a «United Nations» of languages. But the language we hear today is not the language of the people who live in the British Isles.
It is spoken by some three hundred and sixty million people and is the tool of communication in so many fields that we will not even attempt to number them. The word "Assimil" comes from assimilate "incorporate or absorb knowledge into the mind".First lesson Welcome, reader Knowledge of English is vital in today's fast-moving world.
Most books contain around 100 lessons, with the active phase starting on Lesson 50. It begins with a long passive phase of only reading and listening, and eventually adds active exercises. This method is focused on learning whole sentences, for an organic learning of the grammar. Their method for teaching foreign languages is through listening to recordings, and the reading of a book with the text that you are listening to: one side native language, one side foreign language. Since then, the company has expanded into numerous other languages and continues to publish today. It creates and publishes foreign language courses, which began with their first book Anglais Sans Peine ("English Without Toil"). ( December 2007) ( Learn how and when to remove this template message)Īssimil (often stylised as ASSiMiL) is a French company, founded by Alphonse Chérel in 1929. Please help to improve this article by introducing more precise citations. This article includes a list of references, related reading or external links, but its sources remain unclear because it lacks inline citations.
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