Expert English Pronunciation, Accent Reduction & Fluency
3-SYLLABLE WORD RHYTHMS Words Ending in -TION, -SION, -CIAN Sharing one of the graphics that will be in Part 2 of English Pronunciation Guide for Japanese Speakers, in the Chapter about Word Rhythms. Source: (1) American English Pronunciation Coach Read More …
Judy Thompson’s interesting Venn diagram showing the mismatch between English’ Latin-based script system, and English’ phonetic sound system. Our poor students! [bctt tweet=”Vennglish! The mismatch between orthography and spoken English.”]
Teach Pronunciation? Dump the IPA! Get Judy Tompson’s truly ingenious, highly practical, totally student friendly EPA for teaching the sounds of English, free on her website.Click to Download Source: EPA Vowel Color Chart | Thompson Language Center [bctt tweet=”Dump the IPA! Make Read More …
One of the reasons it sounds different when you hear someone speaking a different language is because the actual sounds they use are different; they have a sound code that’s specific to that language Source: How bilinguals switch between languages Read More …
When presented with English words containing either of these sounds, brain imaging studies show that only a single region of a Japanese speaker’s brain is activated, whereas in English speakers, two different areas of activation show up, one for each Read More …
[bctt tweet=”For Japanese, hearing, producing differences between English sounds require rewiring of brain circuitry.”] Read more here. What happens in the brain when you learn a language? | Education | The Guardian
Source: English Laboratory | Thinking and Dreaming in English [bctt tweet=”While you are drifting off to sleep, tell yourself ‘tonight I will dream in English.’ When you wake up in the morning, the first thing you should do is write Read More …
Click on the image to view the video and see how Peggy helps students master the pronunciation of initial and final R sounds in English. [bctt tweet=”Must-See Teacher Training Video for English Pronunciation Challenge.” via=”no”]