Accent Reduction- How do Chinese Youth Learn English and English Speech in School?
Accent Reduction- How do Chinese Youth Learn English and English Speech in School? An important question is: What does the current learning of English, especially learning to speak English, consist of in China? Knowing the answer to this question would help universities, graduate schools, and employers of native-born Chinese individuals know better about what to […]
English Communication: The Clarity is Simple
English Communication: The Clarity is Simple All of life is relationship. Love, compassion, helping, encouraging. Hope, faith. A year ago, April 2, on his birthday, my beloved passed. I, more than anyone, know which words were his. Which ideas sprang from his fertile mind. Where the science is that he was chief architect for. Our […]
Accent Reduction: Best Strategies for HOW To Learn Accurate, Clear English Speaking
Accent Reduction: Best Strategies for HOW To Learn Accurate, Clear English Speaking Before we get to the best strategies for HOW to learn accurate, clear English speaking, let’s ask the important WHY question. So why do you need to know how to learn the skills for reducing your accent and making your English easy to understand? The […]
English Pronunciation: Smart Learning Strategies for Accent Reduction
English Pronunciation: Smart Learning Strategies for Accent Reduction Here is more of the story about training and learning to speak clear English and get accurate English pronunciation. What’s the key to effective learning — whether learning to speak clear English or reduce one’s accent, or any kind of learning? One intriguing body of research […]
Accent Reduction: Why Your English Speech is Difficult to Understand Even Though You Live in an English Speaking Country
Accent Reduction: Why Your English Speech is Difficult to Understand Even Though You Live in an English Speaking Country What you are saying: “I have been trying my best to improve my English. I went to an ESL class and I had a private English tutor about four times. I couldn’t succeed. I think […]
English Language Communication- Did you know this about foreign-born people in the US?
Did you know this about foreign-born people in the US? For this last installment about interesting facts about people with English as a Second Language, here are data to satisfy your curiosity! A recent study by the Pew Research Center indicates that Asians have recently passed Latinos as the largest group of new immigrants […]
English language communication: What are most prevalent languages of the internet and publishing?
What are most prevalent languages of the internet and publishing? What are internet’s top languages by number of users? (Internetworldstats.com) English (27.3%) Chinese (22.6%) Spanish (7.8%) Japanese (5.3 %) Portuguese (4.3%) 4.0% and less are German, Arabic, French, Russian, Korean. Let’s look at a more informal way of measuring the languages of the internet […]
What are Facts About the World’s Most Spoken Language?
What are Facts About the World’s Most Spoken Language? Another snapshot of our wonderful talking world. What is the world’s most spoken language? Here, let’s focus on the most widely spoken languages by number of native speakers. Mandarin Chinese (1197 million) Spanish (406 million) English (335 million) Hindi-Urdu (260 million) Arabic (223 million) Portuguese […]
What are Five Important Numbers for Global Communication and English Speaking?
What are Five Important Numbers for Global Communication and English Speaking? In my previous blogs, we were talking about my favorite advice from pros and experts about preparing and delivering a presentation. Here in this post and the next couple we are going to look at wonderful numbers which give a snapshot of our […]
Three of the Most Commonly Mispronounced English Sounds for Indian Speakers
Three of the Most Commonly Mispronounced English Sounds for Indian Speakers In India, about 10 percent of the population are English speakers. Of these, 226,449 speak English as a first language, while 125,000,000 speak English as an additional language. About 4 percent of the population consider themselves fluent Our Indian students live in: Boulder […]