Latest update: 12/15/2015 This book is written mainly for students to learn (American) English as a second language (ESL). This book has collected many basic English topics to help students to build a good English foundation. This book has ten chapters and two appendixes: Chapter 1 presents how to write English alphabets and words. Chapter 2 discusses about pronunciation. Chapter 3 discusses English grammar: nine types of words (noun, pronoun, verb, adjective, adverb, preposition, conjunction, and interjection) and how to use them. Chapter 4 discusses phrase, clause, and sentence. Chapter 5 presents the commonly used vocabulary. Chapter 6 presents the common English conversation by different topics. Chapter 7 presents more detailed discussion of some commonly used words. Chapter 8 discusses how to make a declarative, interrogative, or imperative sentence. Chapter 9 presents the commonly used idioms. Chapter 10 discusses how to use punctuations. Appendix I is an irregular verb table. Appendix II has more examples of sentence.