Laurianne Sumerset  |  Pronunciation/Phonics  |  0 comments  |  539 views  |  Read Full

 

With English as second language, proper pronunciation in the vernacular can be more difficult than usual. These few tips should help you get a good grasp on it.

Andrea Phillips  |  Pronunciation/Phonics  |  0 comments  |  1700 views  |  Read Full

 

The answer to this question is plain and simple: very, if not the most important thing. You see, English is a stressed language as opposed to others that are considered syllabic languages. It means that stress is what carries most of the meaning in spoken language, rather than syllables. There is a very practical way of getting to understand this.

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English is not an easy language to learn. Even ESL students who have a background of two or more languages often find English to be rather confusing and difficult to learn. However, it is the pronunciation that trips most students up.

Simeon Hein, Ph.D.  |  Pronunciation/Phonics  |  0 comments  |  540 views  |  Read Full

 

According to recent research, 60 percent of English speakers now speak another language as their native tongue. This group of people learn English as a second, or even third, language. As a result, the way people use and speak English is changing. More and more English speakers use it in a way that is particular to their region.

Dr. M. Maniruzzaman  |  Pronunciation/Phonics  |  0 comments  |  924 views  |  Read Full

 

Pronunciation is an integrated and integral part of second/foreign language learning since it directly affects learners’ communicative competence as well as performance to a substantial extent.

Michael Levy  |  Pronunciation/Phonics  |  0 comments  |  462 views  |  Read Full

 

Phonics is a method of teaching a child to read by learning the sounds of each letter and sounding them out to form words. The method has been widely adopted in the United States for decades to teach beginning readers.

Bruce D. Price  |  Pronunciation/Phonics  |  0 comments  |  549 views  |  Read Full

 

I recently got a long, anguished letter from a couple with a five-year-old in kindergarten. The school’s curriculum was built around learning 76 Sight Words. The child was not making progress; the parents were miserable. They had decided they must homeschool their child.

The couple said ...

Veronica Makarova  |  Pronunciation/Phonics  |  0 comments  |  1531 views  |  Read Full

 

a detailed look at the methods of Phonetic teaching and learning.

Lynn Bo  |  Pronunciation/Phonics  |  0 comments  |  696 views  |  Read Full

 

What is an accent? An accent is the carryover of sounds from the speaker’s original language to the second language. When we are infants we literally have the ability to speak any language in the world. We are all born with the necessary speech mechanisms and the capability to learn any language. We end up speaking the language that we do solely by reinforcement.

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A useful way for EFL teachers in Japan to help rid their students of that "katakana" pronunciation.