There are many ways to use YES-Site.com / Impact-English.com to improve your English. Here are a few suggestions for Grammar, Vocabulary and Reading. You should also read the introduction to the Lessons and the Subjects.

Grammar

• Decide how many practice exercises you would like to do (per day, week, etc.). Be realistic and plan to make time to do them. You might want to actually schedule time for them.
• Print out the Grammar Practice Check List to help yourself keep track of your plans and progress. (Print out a new list every month.)
• Test yourself on one of the monthly grammar quizzes for an overview of what you should work on.
• If you have any problems, follow the suggestions in the feedback and review the grammar points in the Grammar Explanations area and then practice them. (Or write down on the check list when you plan to review and do them.)

* Keep in mind that training cards are available for some grammar points (E.g. irregular verbs)

* Most of the Grammar Practice Exercises can be done off-line if you would like to save time on the Internet. Simply save them to your Desktop as Web archives.

Vocabulary

. . . > Vocabulary Maps (Click here to go to the article about Vocabulary Maps)

• Choose an area of vocabulary or the subject you would like to learn.
• You could use the "Get Started with Vocabulary" Map to help you decide what you would llike to be able to talk about.
• Get the vocabulary via email.
• Look at the Map of the vocabulary to get an overview of the words.
• Print out the map and add your own words to it.
• Can't think of more words? Create the same map in your own language and then translate any new words.
• Print the vocabulary training cards and practice the vocabulary with them. (Find out how to use the training cards in the Topic: Vocabulary Cards.)
• Check your pronunciation with a trainer or by testing your new vocabulary on native English speakers and seeing how they react. Make a tape of the new vocabulary if possible.
• Try making a Map on your own to see how many words you remember
• Test yourself with the interactive exercises or crossword puzzles.
• Use your new vocabulary. If you are taking English lessons or participating in training, practice using the words in class. Start conversations with other people who speak English. Find other ways to practice speaking or using your English.

. . . > Small Talk Maps (Click here to go to the article)

• Use the Small Talk Maps to prepare yourself for general conversations.
• Look at the main Small Talk Map.
• Decide on a subject you would like to talk about.
• Learn the vocabulary for it by looking at a Vocabulary Map or creating your own Vocabulary Map.
• Prepare some opinion or fact statements, as well as some open questions.
• Practice saying the sentences and questions out loud.
• Think about where the conversation could go after the main subject. E.g. From weather to hobbies, weekend plans, family, etc.
• You might want to create your own Small Talk Map for your conversation.
• Practice. Find someone to talk to in English (a family member, colleague, friend, or even a stranger), participate in a conversation group or class, etc.

Articles / Reading Area of Subjects

• Decide what you would like to read about or what areas generally interest you.
• Choose something to read.
• Scan the article (read any headlines, the first sentence of every paragraph and the first and last sentences of the beginning and ending paragraphs) to make sure you are interested in it and can read it for understanding without too much difficulty.
• You might want to print the article or view it off-line to save time on the Internet.
• Read the article for understanding or gist. This means read it to get the general idea, but do not concern yourself with the few words you don't know.
• When you have finished reading, say what the article was about in a few sentences. (Yes it is better to say the sentences out loud - English is a spoken language.) If you would like to be able to talk about this Topic in a small talk or conversation situation, create some opinion statements (E.g. "I believe that ...", "In my opinion ..." or "I think that ...") or open questions (E.g. "What do you think about ...?", "What is your opinion about ...?" or "Have you heard about ...?") that you would be able to use. Practice saying them until you feel comfortable using them.
• Go through the article again and make training cards for any new vocabulary that you would like to learn. Add these new words to your vocabulary training system.
• Create a "Map" for the vocabulary or for a conversation based on the article.
• If you can, create an opportunity to talk with someone about the subject.
• Save the article and read it again a few weeks later to see how much you remember.