YouareholdinginyourhandabookthatwillmostlikelychangethewayyouthinkaboutlearningandspeakingEnglish.ThefactthatyouboughtthisbookisproofyoureallywanttoimproveyourspokenEnglish.YouhavestudiedEnglishundermanydifferentteachers,probablyallveryskilled.YouhavetakenEnglishexams.You'vestudiedwithlotsofEnglishtextbooks,butyouarenotsatisfiedwithyourpresentabilitytocommunicateinEnglish.Nowyouhavechosentoreadabookthatwilltakeyoubeyondclassroomandtextbookstudy,intotherealworldoffreelyspeakingEnglish.AlthoughI'vetaughtOralEnglishclassesformorethantwelveyears,Iprefertocallthembyanothername.Iliketorefertothoseclasses,andthetopicofthisbook,asEnglishCommunication.Whydowestudyaforeignlanguage?Forthatmatter,whydoweevenlearnourownmotherlanguage?lsitnotforthepurposeofcommunicatingwithotherpeople?WhataboutEnglish?PeopleallovertheworldarelearningEnglishsotheycancommunicatewithpeoplefromEnglishspeakingcountries.TheyalsostudyEngtishtotalkwithnon-nativeEnglishspeakersfromothernationswhohavelearnedtospeakEnglish.Thepurposeoflanguageiscommunication.Therefore,inthisbooksometimesthewordsOralEnglishorSpokenEnglisharereplacedwithEnglishCommunication.That'swhywelearnlanguagetocommunicatewithpeople.LotsofpeopleinChinastudyEnglish.Farlesspeoplecanactuallycommunicatewellinthislanguage.Somearesatisfiedwithhighexamscores.OthersjustwanttopasstheirEnglishclassessotheycanmoveontoothercourses.ManypeopleareonlyinterestedinbeingabletoreadEnglish,especiallyiftheyhavetoreadEnglishinstructionsfortheirjobsorunderstandEnglishonthecomputer.TheseareallgoodreasonstostudyEnglish,butthecontentsofthisbookaredesignedforpeoplelikeyou:Peoplewhoarenotsatisfiedwithjustpassingexamsandreading,peoplewhoareeagertogooutandreallycommuhicatewiththislanguage.Youarereadingthisbook,insteadofjuststudyinganothertextbook:ThisshowsthatyouarenowreadytotakethenextsteptowardsuccessfulEnglishcommuhication.Fluentcommunicationtakesmorethanjuststudying.Ittakesaction.Itrequirestakingtheactionsyouarepreparingto