| 1. NUMBERS, with beeps to teach meaning, 1-101, Years to 2016 Female voice+pauses, or without pauses Male voice+pauses, or without pauses ♬♫ Song (MP3) ♬♫ Song (video) Large Numbers Male+pauses, or without pauses 2. CONNECTING WORDS - Is, And, Are, Between, Middle, Quarter, Half Male+pauses, or without pauses 3. TIME 3.1 Month, Before+After, Ordinal Male+pauses, or without pauses 3.2 Day, Week, Was, Will Be Male+pauses, or without pauses 3.3 Hours of the Day Male+pauses, or without pauses 3.4 Minutes of the Hour Male+pauses, or without pauses 3.5 Time Units Male+pauses, or without pauses 4. COUNTRIES Asia without pauses Americas without pauses Europe without pauses Middle East without pauses Africa without pauses 5. ALPHABET Male+pauses, Male without pauses ♬♫ United States pronunciation (Zee) Song (MP3) ♬♫ United States pronunciation (Zee) Song (video) ♬♫ Other English-speakers (Zed) Song (video) Emails Male without pauses 6. Optional Review - BIG COUNTRIES and ORDINAL NUMBERS Big Countries Male+pauses, without pauses Ordinal Numbers without pauses 7. COMPARISONS - Minus, Zero, Or, Not, About, Smaller, Bigger, Percent, Most, Majority, Divided, Multiplied without pauses 8. GEOGRAPHY AND COLORS - Oceans, Seas, Rivers, Mountains, Deserts, Religions, Colors without pauses 9. METRIC AND TIME UNITS Metric System without pauses Time Units Male+pauses, or without pauses RETAIL SALES Contacts, Driving Male+pauses, or without pauses Sales Male+pauses, or without pauses Text in 12 languages HOTELS Hello Female+pauses, or Slow Male+pauses Text in 12 languages Room Contents Male+pauses, or without pauses When Is? Male+pauses, or without pauses Where Is? Male+pauses, or without pauses Directions Female+pauses, or without pauses Male without pauses HOTEL GUESTS At Front Desk Male+pauses, or without pauses HOTELS (ADVANCED) Reception Male+pauses, or without pauses Room Requests Male+pauses, or without pauses Wants Male+pauses, or without pauses Other Aspects of the Room Male+pauses, or without pauses Equipment Male+pauses, or without pauses Getting Around Male+pauses, or without pauses Where Is? (advanced) Male+pauses, or without pauses TELEPHONE Hello Female+pauses, or Slow Male+pauses Text in 12 languages Telephone Male+pause, or without pauses RESTAURANTS Hello Female+pauses, or Slow Male+pauses Text in 12 languages Waiters Male+pauses, or without pausesRestaurant Male+pauses, or without pauses Other Foods Male+pauses, or without pauses Wants Male+pauses, or without pauses | Direct URL: aaa.Lang1234.com People can start learning English from native speakers, for free, by studying lessons 1-9. Lessons are self-explanatory. Short beeps teach numbers, then numbers are used to teach comparisons and time. Choose MP3 files with pauses for you to repeat the words, or without pauses. Try both. A teacher who knows many languages prefers recordings without pauses. He says to speak along with the native speaker, at about the same volume, so you can compare your voice to the native speaker. People learn songs this way, so try it for languages. After Lesson 9, the other Lessons need translation into the learner's language. Use the Translate button in the upper right of each page. Click here to practice with native speakers on Skype, Kakao, etc. Also record one of the same lessons in your native language and send it so others can learn your language. Click to download:
17Ap'14 Advanced Hotel lessons 18Ap'14 Pauses in Hotels, Sales and Telephone 22Ap'14 Numbers song; various re-wordings; added pauses to Sales 25Ap'14 Added ordinal numbers with months; dates with days 28Ap'14 Teach each word in Retail Sales 5My'14 Slower Hello+Wants 6My'14 Restaurants 8My'14 Broadened license to ShareAlike 9My'14 Corrected Hotel lessons 13My'14 Added other foods, Put Tanzania in alphabet 14My'14 Beeps for numbered sections in Hotel Lessons |
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 Direct URL for this page: hhh.Lang1234.com Click for comparison of 35 courses in hotel English Workers and Guests Have Different Language Needs in a Hotel: 1. Workers who say little to guests: housekeepers, gardeners, maintenance, shuttle drivers Click for Hotel Lesson 1.
2. Guests who stay in a hotel which does not know the guest's language: for example Brazilians in Russia, India or China
3. Workers who have detailed conversations with guests: front desk, telephone, concierge Click for Hotel Lesson 2.
4. Restaurant Waiters Click for Restaurant Lesson
5. Foreign managers who supervise local workers
Groups 1-4 need to speak in very simple words, because many people they talk to have limited foreign vocabulary (think of desk clerks in Russia or China). . Most websites and books which teach English for hotels cover a difficult mixture of the topics above. So it is hard for each group to learn what they need. Websites and books often start with making a reservation or booking by phone, one of the most advanced tasks because of poor phone connections, and rarely needed when people use translation sites on the internet. Hotels and Travelers: Top 16 Countries Travelers come from everywhere and go everywhere. They need people who speak their language. 
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The next lesson, for receptionists, is Hotel 2. There are also courses for Restaurant workers and small stores. Click any course in the upper right corner.
NOTES The lessons do not explain local public transport, city buses or underground. These are hard the first time, even for visitors who know the local language, and are dangerous if guests miss their stop and are lost. I do not want to encourage beginners in English to describe them. If foreign-language guests are not happy with taxis, tourist buses, or private cars, they need detailed instructions in their own language in a good guidebook or website. The best hotels may send a guide when foreigners use local public transport the first time, and be sure they know how to call for help. Long distance buses and trains are easier, and hotels can send travelers to the station or an agency, or get tickets for them. In many countries travelers will need to negotiate prices and classes, so a guide or translator will help. The front desk and concierge need a translator app on a tablet (Apple, Android or Windows). They will use it when a guest goes beyond the worker's language abilities. The app needs to display alternate keyboards to let the guest type in the guest's own language and alphabet, which the app will translate to the hotel worker, and it will translate the worker's answers. Voice translation is a good feature, but typing will be needed when the app misunderstands a voice. Doctors and dentists who speak English can be found through IAMAT and Dental Departures.
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