Speak without Fear The biggest problem most people face in learning a new language is their own fear. They worry that they won’t say things correctly or that they will look stupid so they don’t talk at all. Don’t do this. The fastest way to

Thank you very much CJ, Zerox, and Carson. You all have given me very valuable advices. After reading through all you said carefully, and then watching a couple of English TV programmes, I believe I can now tell the difference! The ending /z/ in

I don't know what you guys are all on about with devoiced /z/. It's not a devoiced /z/, it's just /s/. In the example that someone above used, "vases"... I don't know about up North or across the pond (either one), but American Standard has that

Hblaw wrote: Hi all, My native language is Chinese and I am learning English as a foreign language. I am wondering if you could name a few mistakes that are commonly seen in Chinese people who speak/write English as a second language, so

Hi all, My native language is Chinese and I am learning English as a foreign language. I am wondering if you could name a few mistakes that are commonly seen in Chinese people who speak/write English as a second language, so that I can be more

Thank you very much CB. I check the pronunciations from dictionaries quite often because as a learner of English as a second language, I can't really notice the subtle differences just by listening. For example, I always pronounce congress as

There are many advantages ____ being able to speak English as a second language. A) in B) of Please advise. LCChang

There are some very talented people on the team but I can't say whether any are into the analysis or comparison of historical source documents. My son is an Irish history buff but not a scholar. I'm afraid I, personally, have no recommendation for

Hello, no I am not recruting for a bosnian army I am doing a report on bosnian-american accents and dialects. If anyone who is bosnian and has learned english as a second language could talk to me and hopefully send an audio of a reading THAT

Well Anonymous (by the way, I like your name), I'm someboy who has met a quite large number of people who have acquired a very high level of English as a second language. Interestingly enough, there wasn't one single person who said they learned