I think the only reason you can't learn like babies do is because you don't have the time... I believe there's nothing more artificial than learning a language, no matter at what age. I'm also learning English as a second (or

In phonics, people are brought to the attention that a set of words have the same vowel quality. In KK, this vowel quality is transcribed using IPA. If I am teaching kids, I dont want to burden them with IPA. Phonics consists of set of heuristics

I think the only reason you can't learn like babies do is because you don't have the time... I believe there's nothing more artificial than learning a language, no matter at what age. I'm also learning English as a second (or

Hmm, Listening does not help much since his native phonology interferes his listening capabilities. The best way to go about: learn phonetics and phonology of English, as well as those of your native language. Then you get to know where your

Yeah, some variation is allowed, as it is called free variation in phonology. For instance, M-W lists 'æk sənt (n) as a British variant. You can see such variation in the following examples as well: ɪˈkɑn əmi and ɛˈkɑn əmi ɪg 'zɑk li

From the Cambridge Dictionary: programme (PLAN) UK , US program Show phonetics noun a plan of activities to be done or things to be achieved: The school offers an exciting and varied programme of social events. The rail system is to put

hmmm actually sometimes this -ize or -ise confused me damn alot!! like a confusion Of apologISE or apologIZE !!!anybody got a tip ?? If I may add something to this disccusion. I have frequently read articles written by Britons who use -ize, just

Hi, I am doing the TEFL I TO I course online and I am stuck on Module 3 exersise 4 could you help me?

You need to check it in a dictionary if you know IPA (the phonetic alphabet). It's important to be able to read phonetic transcriptions in dictionaries. Anyway, I would say American commonly say skeh-jool . Brits might prefer to say