
Words That Start With R
If your first language makes a tongue flick or tap on the roof of your mouth for the R sound, then you are going to be working on the sound of R in English. If you already follow my lessons, Read More …
Specializing in American English Pronunciation, Accent Reduction and Fluent Speaking
If your first language makes a tongue flick or tap on the roof of your mouth for the R sound, then you are going to be working on the sound of R in English. If you already follow my lessons, Read More …
Is it possible to learn phonetics without having learned phonics first? My son has problem with pronouncing English words. I wanna teach him English pronunciation from scratch. Is teaching him phonetics useful? Answer: Yes, it is possible to learn phonetics Read More …
These two sounds, D and TH, differ in location—where they’re made, and in manner—how they’re made. /d/ is created by pressing the blade (front top part) of the tongue up firmly against the roof of your mouth, behind your upper teeth where the alveolar bumps are. Read More …
How much English vocabulary is still Germanic? Answer by Peggy Tharpe: Found this on the internet…so it must be true. The study, published in 1973, offered this breakdown of sources: Latin, 28.34 percent; French, 28.3 percent; Old and Middle English, Read More …
Here are the ways stressed and unstressed syllables differ in American speech. Duration: stressed syllables are longer; unstressed are shorter. This forms a contrast in duration that is fundamental to native speaking Energy: stressed syllables have more energy or power Read More …
Occasions when I incorporated home language into ESL teaching: I was teaching elementary school children and used English solely in class. My educational assistant spoke Thai, Lao, and English. I often asked her to use Lao if the Laotian kindergarten Read More …
English pronunciation is governed by patterns, not rules. I’ll start with the smallest pieces of sound and work up to larger ones. Vowels and consonants: you can find resources to hear the way they sound and learn symbols to represent Read More …
I taught English as a Second Language to children for many years…decades, in fact. Children’s brains are programmed to learn language. Begin exposing them to a second language as early as possible in childhood, during those years when language learning Read More …
Use your whole body to speak, not just your mouth. Put your reading material on a shelf at eye level so you can read it while you are standing. Pull air into your lungs, and then push it out using Read More …