Expert English Pronunciation, Accent Reduction & Fluency
This is a link to the page where you’ll find a pdf of Judy B. Gilbert’s contribution to Speak Out! the SIG (special interest group) at the IATEFL (International Association of Teachers of English as a Foreign Language) conference of Read More …
A recent post on website Science Codex, 2 sides of the same coin: Speech and gesture mutually interact to enhance comprehension, discusses the connection between speech and gesture, indicating that the two form an integrated system that helps us in Read More …
5 Ways to Speak Like Obama, at www.bnet.com We all look for authentic text to use with advanced ESL/EFL students. President Obama’s rhetorical speaking style is of great interest to adult English learners, especially those in diplomatic or political fields. Read More …
Want to hear English spoken in every possible regional accent from around the world? This amazing website/database, www.soundcomparisons.com, sponsored by the University of Edinburgh and the Arts and Humanities Research Council, and created by Paul Haggerty, charts out and models Read More …
Understanding the American English accent: conversational English practice. Here’s a simple, useful website, http://trainyouraccent.com, that has speaking samples spoken by a young American man, with accompanying text. You can hear him speak while you read the text of his words. Read More …
ESL and EFL. There are quizzes, word games, word puzzles, proverbs, slang expressions, anagrams, a random-sentence generator and other computer assisted language learning activities. Even though the primary focus is ESL, native English speakers may also find some interesting things Read More …