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hi, I am now applying for a spanish scholarship for 1 month summer course. I need to write motivation letter explaining why i'm applying for this scholarship, why I want to attend a Spanish language course, why I want to go to Spain and why I choose that university. I need it in urgent.just...

Englishuser wrote: Hi MrPedantic, ... How did she acquire a 'leafy suburb BrE'-accent if she was brought up in North America? Englishuser It is a little mysterious. But I think she may have gone to Cambridge University. (Many folk leave Cambridge and Oxford speaking LfSbE.) ...

Hi Inchoateknowledge, Thanks for an intriguing post! The one I often hear being referred to as BBC English. I have spoken about it with some people who have been raised in an English-speaking country: South-Africa, USA, England, Scotland, Philippines, from the four corners of the...

I think English is probably the easiest language to learn. My native language is Mandarin Chinese, yet it only took me around 4 months to learn to speak English fluently. I don't have an accent, and no one has ever thought otherwise. Seriously, I live in North-East Florida and people don't...

Hi Cheesecake_08! I have a question for you and any Filipinas/Filipinos - or anyone with experience teaching or learning English in the Philippines - reading this... (I've already posted this elsewhere on the forum, but no answers yet.): I hope to move (back) to Manila in the future and offer...

That is exactly the reason why I am trying minimize my accent. I have two degrees from US universities and have lived there for 13 years legally and have been paying taxes, etc. - yet, the other day someone asked me if I was OK reading English... Last year someone asked my British husband in...

Grammar Geek wrote: Not that this is on topic, but I'm intrigued. A posting outside a building is called a label in BrE? What is a sign? Well, GG, it's in NnsE - Non-native speaker's English! In other words, using label is a sign that you're not a native speaker. Nice you consider my English...

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 reputation in the field). I believe that the first...

LOVE KOREAN TELENOVELAS! IT'S SOO FUNNY! ESP. MY GIRL! Im Christia from Philippines. Im just a simple girl and an ordinary type of girl. Presently,Im still studying Bachelor of Science in Nursing at North Davao College located in Davao City. I hate Nursing course but I can't do nothing coz...

Hi Nympha, I sent an email to Arvin and Eric a few days ago through this website --- but then I realized that their emails were dated a few months back so I dont know if they'll be reading our emails soon. Unfortunately, accent reduction trainng cannot be done by reading books alone -...