Expert English Pronunciation, Accent Reduction & Fluency
In her 2011 TED talk, “The Linguistic Genius of Babies,” Doctor Kuhl discusses how babies under 8 months of age from different cultures can detect sounds in any language from around the world, but adults cannot do this. 6 So Read More …
What are “minimal pairs”? Two words that have only one sound different between them, but it’s a sound that changes the meaning. Here are some examples of important “minimal pairs” to conquer, for different language speakers who are working on their English pronunciation. Read More …
How L1 Rhetoric Influences Chinese ESL/EFL Writing in English Two events converged to bring this paper to my attention. I recently witnessed a Chinese friend’s struggles writing his TEFL Master’s project. It was arduous and exhausting, thinking in Mandarin and Read More …