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Englishlink User’s Guide

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Welcome!

This User’s Guide directs you through your lessons. Each learner has different strengths and weaknesses in the

English language, so please do the lessons at your own pace. Sit down to study at a time when you feel motivated

and alert. We recommend 1 lesson every other day. What we teach in a 1-hour lesson equals 2-3 hours in a

traditional classroom. We want you to do the complete lesson at one time. However, if you stop a lesson in the

middle, the video clip will be “bookmarked”. When you login again, you continue from this video.

Getting Started

We recommend you use Firefox for our lessons.

( http://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/new/ )

To begin, go to www.englishlink.com. Click Student Login.

Use your email address and the password we emailed you, and click

Login.

The FIRST TIME you log in, you are asked to change your password.

Pick something easy to remember ☺

After you login, you will be on the Getting Started page. This is where

you find everything you need!

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My Learning History shows a record of your studying.

You see the last Lesson you completed, and the next Lesson to do.

You also see the Placement Test score, and your suggested Unit in

which to begin studying.

The Pick My Unit page is your main index for the Courses.

At the top of the page, you see the last Lesson you completed,

and the next Lesson to do.

Choose the Unit you would like to study and click Start.

If you have questions, please click on the Need Help? page.

Click on the topic you need help with.

Placement Test

You will see the link to the Placement Test on the Getting Started

page. We suggest you do the Placement Test before you begin

lessons, so you know the best Unit to for your level. However, you do

not have to do the test.

If you want to do the test, click on Placement Test.

Read the directions before you start! You need approximately 45

minutes to complete it. When you finish, you will receive an email with

your suggested level. You will NOT receive a mark/percent score, and

you cannot see the answers.

Click Start Placement Test to begin.

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Your computer might tell you that you need Java Script turned

on/enabled. To do this, go to the top left side of the page and click on

the link for written directions OR go to Help Desk

http://www.englishlink.com/en-us/help/need-help.aspx, select

Javascript, and watch the video for your browser.

Need Java? ( http://www.java.com/en/download/index.jsp )

S Starting a Lesson

After you click Start for the Unit you want to study on the Pick My

Unit page, you will land on the Unit overview page. This tells you

what you will study 10 Lessons + Review Lesson.

Click on the green Lesson 1 button to move to the next page.

Please note: the Unit Test (Test Center) is not available until you

complete the Review Lesson.

Now you will see the overview of the Lesson you will be studying.

Click Start your lesson to begin your training. This lesson will take

about 1 hour to complete once you begin.

Now you are in the lesson!

HOW TO PRINT WORKSHEETS

Click Print worksheets at the top right of the page.

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You will see a drop down menu for the Worksheets.

It is best if you print them, but you can also open

during the lesson when your teacher asks you to if

you do not have a printer.

IMPORTANT!

To see all the Worksheets – including the

Homework Answers – you might have to scroll

down (see arrow). Can’t open them? Download

ADOBE PDF READER http://get.adobe.com/reader/

When you are ready, click Clip 1. You will now see

your teacher.

Can’t see the video?

Download Flash http://get.adobe.com/flashplayer/

IMPORTANT! At the end of the Lesson you must click either the

grey Questions and Answer button or the blue

I have finished this lesson button so we can track

your progress. This also lets you move to the next

Lesson.

Next time you login, you will see the Lesson to do next in the

My Learning History section. For example: Intermediate Unit 2,

Review Lesson.

If you have any questions, please e-mail us at myteacher@englishlink.com Happy studies! Constance and Lesley – your teachers