100 Common English Words

This is Jhonny. He's one of my very first students.  He is now a Bio-medical Technician after a two year program that he was able to attend because he spoke English!  

Everyone asks me what I feel is my most important lesson.  This is the most important lesson... the 100 most common used words in English.  If my students learn these 100 words, they will be able to communicate.  Once they BEGIN to communicate the doors open wide for speaking English. 

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The best student is me!

Here is the list... now see if you can make a sentence with these words. If you learn this list you will be well on your way to speaking English!

1. the
2. be
3. to
4. of
5. and
6. a
7. in
8. that
9. have
10. I
11. it
12. for
13. not
14. on
15. with
16. he
17. as
18. you
19. do
20. at
21. this
22. but
23. his
24. by
25. from
26. they
27. we
28. say
29. her
30. she
31. or
32. an
33. will
34. my
35. one
36. all
37. would
38. there
39. their
40. what
41. so
42. up
43. out
44. if
45. about
46. who
47. get
48. which
49. go
50. me
51. when
52. make
53. can
54. like
55. time
56. no
57. just
58. him
59. know
60. take
61. person
62. into
63. year
64. your
65. good
66. some
67. could
68. them
69. see
70. other
71. than
72. then
73. now
74. look
75. only
76. come
77. its
78. over
79. think
80. also
81. back
82. after
83. use
84. two
85. how
86. our
87. work
88. first
89. well
90. way
91. even
92. new
93. want
94. because
95. any
96. these
97. give
98. day
99. most
100. us

Making English happen in Cité Soleil

Tony!  The man who said, "Yes, I'll teach there."

Vicki's Vision English classes have been gathering in Cité Soleil for four months now.  There are between 50 and 60 students that attend classes three times a week to learn English.  

Wiki tells us: Cité Soleil (Haitian Creole: Site Solèy; English: Sun City) is an extremely impoverished and densely populated commune located in the Port-au-Prince metropolitan area in Haiti. Cité Soleil originally developed as a shanty town and grew to an estimated 200,000 to 400,000 residents, the majority of whom live in extreme poverty.^[1] The area is generally regarded as one of the poorest and most dangerous areas of the Western Hemisphere and it is one of the biggest slums in the Northern Hemisphere. 


I can tell you that the kids attending our English classes plan to change their future.

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English in Port Salut!

We are making it happen in Port Salut!  Vickisvision English classes started yesterday.  Today their task was to walk the streets of Port Salut and learn all the words of the things they saw on the street.  Good thing it was day two because on day one they had to take an entrance exam to see just how much they knew to begin with.  Guervens Vilmenay is the new teacher rockin' Port Salut.  Proof once again that English is a valuable skill!  I'm so very proud that the Future Leaders of Haiti are growing by leaps and bounds!  GO PORT SALUT!

Bio Medical Technicians of Haiti Graduate

Of course if you follow our blog, you know that the four bio-medical technicians are my students.  Proof that mentoring works!  Learning to speak English pays!  I'm so proud of my guys!