Sử dụng từ điển khi gặp từ không biết cách phát âm, không đoán, không phát âm thầm, phát âm lướt
Sử dụng từ điển tiếng Anh, không sử dụng từ điển Anh - Việt
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Học phụ âm theo cặp đôi: voiced và voiceless (rung và không rung), theo khẩu hình phát âm: âm môi, âm mũi, âm bật, âm thở

Dining Out: business and informal lunches, banquets, receptions, restaurant reservations

Entertainment: cinema, theater, music, art, exhibitions, museums, media

Finance and Budgeting: banking, investments, taxes, accounting, billing

General Business: contracts, negotiations, mergers, marketing, sales, warranties, business planning, conferences, labor relations

Health: medical insurance, visiting doctors, dentists, clinics, hospitals

Housing/Corporate Property: construction, specifications, buying and renting, electric and gas services

Manufacturing: assembly lines, plant management, quality control

Offices: board meetings, committees, letters, memoranda, telephone, fax and e-mail messages, office equipment and furniture, office procedures

Personnel: recruiting, hiring, retiring, salaries, promotions, job applications, job advertisements, pensions, awards

Purchasing: shopping, ordering supplies, shipping, invoices

Technical Areas: electronics, technology, computers, laboratories and related equipment, technical specifications

Travel: trains, airplanes, taxis, buses, ships, ferries, tickets, schedules, station and airport, announcements, car rentals, hotels, reservations, delays, and cancellations