Actionable Information- 70% Slow American English Sounds
Actionable information : 70% of American English sounds have lengthened duration; the others are quick. In contrast, many languages including Indian English produce predominantly quick speech sounds. Information alert: Spanish and Japanese are reported to be the most quickly spoken languages in the world because all their consonants and vowels are quick. For clear understandable […]
Accent reduction: Key Skill- Get the Vowels
Accent reduction: Key Skill – Get the Vowels Have you noticed that people are most likely to say to you “What?” “What did you say?” after you have said a multiple syllable word? Critical information for multiple syllable words– each syllable has a meaning and there are 14 vowel sounds (some people say 17) for […]
English Speaking Skills- Make a Goal – Use a Visual Cue
English Speaking Skills- Keep Your Vision In Front of You Do you have a dream? A dream is bigger than a goal. Here’s a tip- put your dream vision in front of you. Simple idea- place a visual symbol of your dream in front of you. We move psychologically toward what we constantly see. What […]
Build Your Career- Do This (Asking Questions–#1 Skill for English Communication)
Right away–Do This to Boost Your Career and Influence——Ask Questions- Experts report that increasing skills in asking questions and voice inflection are the two skills which fastest boost the careers of native-born speakers of English. If that is true for native-born speakers, it is true for nonnative-born speakers. Asking questions builds relationship and rapport. Asking […]
English Communication Skill: How to Ask for Clarification for Vague Words
English Communication Skill: How to ask for Clarification for Vague Words. Experts say that one of the two most important skills to advance your career is asking questions. Asking questions takes a little bit of courage. The benefit can be clear communication, getting specific answers which help you or your organization … or your personal […]
“N” Most Frequent Consonant- Do Vocal Strength Exercise
The consonant “n” is the most frequent consonant in English. Recall all those prefixes and especially suffixes— en, an, in, ment, tion, sion, cian, etc. American positioning of the tongue for “n” requires muscle stiffness of the tip of the tongue, and extending the voicing at the vocal folds and speech volume are all critical. […]
Accent Reduction: Top–BESTt–Strategies for How to Learn Accurate Clear English
Accent Reduction: Top–BEST– Strategies for HOW to Learn Accurate, Clear English These are strategies that work for both efficient and quick and also long lasting change: It takes 70 days of practice every day to change habits– in this case, from accented English to clear easy to understand American English. That is 10 weeks of […]
/d/- Vocal Strength Exercise
Most common pronunciation error for grammar is the consonant [d] for past tense verbs. (Today I play; yesterday I played.) Here’s a vocal strengthening exercise to get that /d/ right. —Take a deep breath and pronounce /d/ consecutively for as many times as you can. Do this exercise 3 times a day for at least […]
English Communication: Best Words and Phrases Seen Recently
Don’t you love words and phrases that express exactly what you want to say? Adapt them to your situation: !. And as always, thank you for being an Xfinity customer. 2. Pleasure in small doses 3.Give the gift of career help and personal growth this year. 4. Totally worth it. 5. Cherish the day. -Stephen […]
Impress Your Friends and Colleagues and the Best Reason to Master the “N”
Date: Feb. 4, 2021 Title: Impress Your Friends and Colleagues and the Best Reason to Master the “N” In the preceding blog in Dec. 2020, you learned “How to impress your friends and the best reason to master the “Th”. Now get this “Impress your friends and colleagues and the best reason to master the […]