To B or Not to V? That is our question.

(At least…its one of your questions if your first language is Arabic, Burmese, Cebuano, Greek, Indonesian, Japanese, Javanese, Korean, Marshallese, Navajo, Persian/Farsi, Spanish, or Tagalog Since B and V are the same in Spanish, but different in English, raising awareness Read More …

Use Guiding Principles Rather Than Publisher Exercises to Teach Pronunciation

After years (and years) of teaching ESL and EFL, I have distilled my knowledge, skills, and experiences into guiding “principles” in a few areas of teaching, and happily, no longer have to search for materials or buy something a publisher Read More …

Using SoundCloud for Pronunciation Feedback

I’ve been playing with different software, looking for good tools that help English learners and practitioners improve their pronunciation. Today’s post is about SoundCloud. I found the following clip on SoundCloud, put up there by someone else, and it’s the Read More …