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There are 3 kinds of contests at high schools in Taiwan. I don't know how to say them in English. Please tell me if my trnaslation is correct. 1. Have students each make a speech. Speech contest? 2. Have students each read aloud an article to see which student's pronunciation is better....

Hi, I am having a debate with co-workers regarding which indefinite article to use preceding Hispanic. We agree the article a precedes words beginning with a consonant, the article an precedes words beginning with vowels. We also know an precedes words beginning with a silent h, and words with...

Sorry LeicesterLad, I hadn't go through the whole article myself! Just the names had caught my eyes. Sam Neill, I would pay more attention to his accent next time I see him in a movie. What do you think about American actors putting on British accent in their movie? Like Gwyneth Paltrow in...

Hmm, LanguageLover, I think the Wiki article suggests that the actors you listed actually promoted American dialect rather than speaking mid-Atlantic English - to a Brit like me they all sound especially American! I agree with the article that Christopher Plummer has a mid-Atlantic accent. As a...

Hi Shubhangi, I have found that listening to sentences on MP3 or cassette tape or CD, then repeating over and over again is one of the best ways to improve pronunciation. A second way is for your cousin to record his own voice and compare with a recording of a native speaker of English. Finally,...

http://mkgenie.yculblog.com/ On November 21, the winners of the Deutsche Welle International Weblog Awards (also known as the BOBs or Best of the Blogs) were unveiled, with both jury and audience awards for Best Podcasting Site going to the Chinese site Antiwave by Pingke and Flyfig. Massage...

Hi there MrP and Sextus, Well, honestly telling you I've not been this kind of big stuff yet because it demands some patience , determinations and time. But anyone can do it if one can find the person who has mastered the things. And the most authentic person in the world was Dr. Narayan Dutt...

I have some advices for those who want to improve their English: 1-Watch English Mavies and listen to them to learn how to say words. 2-When watching a movie or a show in english try to record it on a vedio, Take notes, watch the vedio, read your notes and listen to them on the vedio and...

Hi Davkett, Thank you for the interesting response. I've been thinking about it, and I have a few comments. I'm not familar with the site you quoted, and I don't know its credentials. I don't agree with what it baldly says about Singular Nouns (ending with -s) .... eg James' room or Chris...

HaffiezMike wrote: I recently wrote an article on Wikipedia about Malaysian English but I'm not sure if all are 100% grammatically correct can someone check for me? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Malaysian_English or here : Malaysian English From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Jump to:...