How To Practise English with The World Cup
Football is the world's sport and we generally come to a stand still when it's the World Cup. Learn about some ways to integrate English learning to y…
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Small Talk in English Class
Avoid awkward small talk at the beginning of your classes with these key questions and answers to help keep the conversation going.
Perfect English Pronunciation
Pronunciation is one the most difficult skills in English speaking. In this blog, we review the pronunciation techniques to help you speak more fluent…
What is it that makes pronunciation so hard in English? It’s difficult to answer this question on a global scale because each country has its own difficulties in English. It could be because a certain sound doesn’t exist in your native language or it could be because your mother tongue doesn’t use stress and emphasis.
Let’s take a look at the key to English pronunciation….
First let’s start with the sounds that exist in English. There are 44 sounds that are shown on the phonetic chart. If you can say each one correctly, you’re on the way to speaking good English.
https://youtu.be/09mGGrbgYOY
Next, there’s stress. English is what we call a stress-timed language, which means there is a certain rhythm to the way we speak. If you understand this theory and can apply it, you’ll start to sound fluent.
https://youtu.be/tnZtDSGsfVM
Stress isn’t just in sentences but also in individual words. If you apply the word stress rules to your speech, you’re starting to sound fluent!
https://youtu.be/PODs-dJOWP0
Last but not least is connected speech- the key to sounding like a native speaker. This is the way we connect words and phrases together in conversation. If you can achieve connected speech, you’ve got a great chance of sounding native.
https://youtu.be/rAnJYNbWqSo
Most teachers ignore pronunciation and communication skills when teaching English, instead focusing on building vocabulary and understanding grammatical structure.