English Speech Skill: Subscription
English Speech Skill: Subscription The great pleasure of what we do is to help people. We love to discover and develop new ways of teaching to help more and more people improve their English speaking. Through this, people leap to better jobs and careers, better social communication. More fulfilling lives. Now I am delighted […]
English Pronunciation: More on Why So Many “r”s in English
English Pronunciation: More on Why So Many “r”s in English Recall from the last blog that we discussed why there are so many “r”s in English. That leads to the next question: Is there a logical reason or a physiological reason why the English language would use the “r” physiological movement in so many words? (Speech is […]
English pronunciation: Why is the “r” in so many words in English?
English pronunciation: Why is the “r” in so many words in English? Did you know that the “r” sound in English is the most difficult sound to say? It is so difficult that native-born north American children don’t master the “r” until they are about four years old or seven years old. There are some […]
English Speaking – Grammar, Pronunciation, And Magical Changes in Words
English Speaking – Grammar, Pronunciation, And Magical Changes in Words Once my genius linguist and priest pointed out that “grammar is in the pronunciation,” I starting seeing so, so many instances of this. Some of my favorites are suffixes and prefixes. Those are the little syllables that we put on the end of the […]
English Speaking Training: Understand that Strange Spelling
English Speaking Training: Understand that Strange Spelling Did you ever wonder why some words in English have such strange spelling? For accurate pronunciation of many words, you say the consonants loud and clear using the positioning for English, not for other languages. And for most words, using the English spelling rules for vowels, you can […]
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 […]
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 […]
Three of the Most Commonly Mispronounced English Sounds for Chinese Speakers
Three of the Most Commonly Mispronounced English Sounds for Chinese Speakers In Asia, the number of English-users has surpassed 350 million, equal to the number of people who live in countries where English is the dominant language: the United States, Britain and Canada. More Chinese children now study English — about 100 million — than there are Britons. […]
From Weakness to Excellence for You: A Lesson for English Pronunciation
From Weakness to Excellence for You: A Lesson for English Pronunciation I love reading the sports news. It tells stories of heroes. People say Michael Jordan is one of the greatest sportsmen in history. His extraordinary success can be linked to a single quality. His story can be a guiding light for you. Let me […]