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Using the lessons – Franklin SPEAK ENGLISH! ESL-580 User Manual

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Using the Lessons

Using the Lessons

You can work on perfecting your En-
glish pronunciation by using the les-
sons in

Speak English!

The lessons are

located on the Outline menu. Be sure to
read the screen directions in each lesson
for guidance. Remember, if you are hav-
ing trouble, press the

HELP

key for

more instructions.

1. Press

CLEAR

.

2. Press

to highlight a lesson

category. For example, high-
light Sounds of English
.

3. Press

ENTER

.

The slanted arrow indicates a submenu.

4. Use

to highlight a lesson topic

and press

ENTER

to select it. For ex-

ample, select Consonant Sounds.

5. Use

to highlight a lesson and

press

ENTER

. For example, select

/p/ as in “pat.”

6. Use

or

DN

to read the text.

Follow the screen directions to
complete the exercises.

7. At the end of the lesson, hold

and press

DN

to go to the

next lesson.

Or press

MENU

to select another lesson.

About the Lessons

There are four categories of lessons:

Sounds of English

teaches you how

to make vowel and consonant sounds.

Stress and Rhythm

instructs you

about pronouncing accented syllables.

Mischief Makers

teaches you about

how to pronounce words with difficult
letter clusters and silent letters.

Let’s Talk!

instructs you about pro-

nouncing words and phrases that are
likely to appear in everyday conversations.