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Nothing strange about it, CP! Dutch and English are very closely related. Dutch would be more difficult for people from, say, the Far East. I have never studied Dutch. This sentence is from the post to which you replied:"Zowel de grammatica als de uitspraak van de woorden is totaal anders...

Strangely enough, I have found learning Dutch to be quite easy.The main problem is the word order, but by watching enough Dutch TV shows the correct way of saying things becomes second nature.It's the same with the pronunciation, you can learn the rules to be able to get a good idea of how to...

Frequently listen to English spoken by native speakers and repeat them. Watch English movies, listen to music, audio clips, BBC news and presentations. Control your rate of speech to get the correct intonation and rhythm of English. Use your dictionary.Familiarize yourself with the phonetic...

Hi, I'm interested in making friends and besides practicing my english through the msn or skype,etc. I teach english in my country and well I want to improve my fluency and pronunciation.In return I can help with spanish Lesson..Many thanksPls contact me to <email address removed by mod....

I am afraid you will need to check the pronunciation in the dictionary... Chic is pronounced with SH for example. But once you know enough words, you can usually recognize common roots and guess the pronunciation.

Well Angliholic, some things in English sound better to me in my way of doing them but they end up wrong. You will get used to this soon. As for the pronunciation, I know international transcription form so if you don't know it you can't understand. I mean those things written in...

Hi, It is the morning after the opening night of the Democratic Convention.I remember the 1960s and President Kennedy. I have always heardhis daughter Caroline's name pronounced "Care-oh-line" in accordancewith the spelling of the word.Now I am hearing young TV talking heads...

It is the morning after the opening night of the Democratic Convention.I remember the 1960s and President Kennedy. I have always heardhis daughter Caroline's name pronounced "Care-oh-line" in accordancewith the spelling of the word.Now I am hearing young TV talking heads pronounce...

I am glad we agree about the sound /w/.That leaves us with the letter <w>.Letters of the alphabet must not be confused with sounds. By convention and for convenience, letters that represent vowel sounds are called vowels and letters that represent consonant sounds are called consonants. (In...

Hi all!I've been giving English conversation lessons to a theology professor for about a year now. He's getting on in the years - a couple years from retirement - and his primary goal has been just to get his spoken English going a little stronger. His mother tongue is French but he's...