Hi, Should we always take care for pronunciation of the that whether it being followed by consonant or vowel? How will we pronounce the in ''the university''? I think it will sound like duh . Sincerely, vijay

In my opinion, foreign students are taught the pronunciation of words according to the their first entry in the Pronunciation Dictionary (John Wells' Pronunciation Dictionary or Daniel Johns' English Pronouncing Dictionary - these two hold a good

Hi, I need some advice regarding ESL instruction. I don't have any formal ESL training or certification, but I do tutor some foreign students in English - mainly written English. I've been approached by a Russian student who wants to

To continue..... I think the sound quality is an important difference between the two languages besides the pronunciation. The Americans tend to drone in the middle tone, wheras the English have a more lilting quality and the Welsh more so; but

Hi cball007, I found my notes which I jotted down in my ESL course. The difference between a and an is one of pronunciation, and so we also use an in front of a silent h because judging only by sound, the word begins with the vowel that

wow, it was an excellent summary of the history of the English language, guest. You've summed up almost one year of what I studied at university, but you've explained it better that some of my teachers I can only add one of my favourite major

There are an estimated 90000 gangsters in the country. If your question pertains to the use of 'a' and 'an', I think the following might help you out. Use 'an' before all words beginning with the vowels: a, e, i, o u. This is done to

On 28 Aug 2004 08:35:31 -0700, R H Draney Jon Miller filted: * I assume Sara meant to write "pooberty" there. I've never had much occasion to use the word, but it would not have occurred to me to pronounce it any other way than

(wrt "um") 'erm' Not the same sound at all for me: it's "perm" without the p. I even say both (although 'um' is more likely). Weird. It depends so much on how one learned one's accent. My mother's

When people write to me addressing me as "Graham", I usually reply with "who?" That might work for the spoken name, too. Have you tried that on US speakers that call you "Gram"? Or is that pronunciation only used when