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Beginners' British English

Learn faster. Remember more.
By Cindy Cheetham
Series: Teach Yourself Beginners’ Language Learning Series
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Learn to speak, read, write and understand British English! Love, Travel, Study, Work, Friendship—whatever your reason for wanting to learn, Beginners' British English will help you to: Communicate naturally in everyday situations. Build your confidence with easy-to-follow explanations and plenty of practice activities. Understand and pronounce... Read More
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Perfect for absolute beginners, travellers and the culturally curious, Beginners' British English covers the most common and practical everyday situations. With easy-to-follow, bite-sized lessons in the book and 2 hours of audio online, you'll start speaking, listening and reading in English right away!

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Learn to speak, read, write and understand British English!

Love, Travel, Study, Work, Friendship—whatever your reason for wanting to learn, Beginners' British English will help you to:

  • Communicate naturally in everyday situations.
  • Build your confidence with easy-to-follow explanations and plenty of practice activities.
  • Understand and pronounce English easily with online audio.
  • Remember what you learn with our effective Discovery Method.
  • Focus your learning and track your progress with practical tools and planners.

Access the audio for this course for free by downloading it to the Teach Yourself Library app or streaming it on library.teachyourself.com.

Is this course for me?

Beginners' British English is for absolute beginners and those who've had some previous experience with the language and want to refresh their knowledge. Clear and simple explanations make the course appropriate and accessible to anyone learning English. There are extensive illustrations and tools to help you plan your studies and track your progress, all designed to support learning on your own. This course is also ideal to use with one-to-one tutoring and as a classroom course, and it's the perfect resource to pair with a language-learning app.

Where do I go next?

Continue learning with Teach Yourself Complete English as a Foreign Language.

Rely on Teach Yourself, trusted by language learners for over 85 years.

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Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9781399824880

Publisher: John Murray Press

Format: Multiple-component retail product

Date Published: 21 April 2026

Country: United Kingdom

Imprint: John Murray Publishers Ltd

Illustration: 20+ photographs and illustrations

Audience: General / adult, Tertiary education, Professional and scholarly, EFL / TEFL / TESOL

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 26.0mm

Width: 128.0mm

Height: 196.0mm

Weight: 260g

Pages: 320

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Box Sets Cindy Cheetham Education & Reference Non-Fiction Self-Help & Personal Development Series: Teach Yourself Beginners’ Language Learning Series

About the Author

Cindy Cheetham has twenty nine years' experience in the ELT sector gained in London, Portugal, Brazil and Spain. She has taught a wide range of ages and levels including exam classes, in both the public and private sectors. She's also worked as a teacher trainer running Cambridge CELTA courses and inputting on the Cambridge DELTA course. She has experience as a Director of Studies, a Cambridge CELTA assessor, and a materials writer for the Cutting Edge textbook series published by Pearson Longman.

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