My name is Simone. I am a 39 years old woman who was born in Brazil and now live in the United States. I enjoy spending my time with my family and friends, writing, reading, watching old movies, walking, dancing, travelling, and learning about

AJ Hoge's "effortless english" is a waste of money. I made the mistake of buying it for a friend who doesn't speak much English and she doesn't even use it. I don't blame her because it takes a lot of effort to learn with

Are you a non-native English speaker, living in the US, and engaged in US business? If you have an accent, you might want to consider taking an accent reduction class from an ESL program. Why? There are many reasons why reducing your audible

AJ Hoge's "effortless english" is a waste of money. I made the mistake of buying it for a friend who doesn't speak much English and she doesn't even use it. I don't blame her because it takes a lot of effort to learn with

I bet your problem is really anxiety rather than your English. If you came to England at 18 it's very unlikely you will totally get rid of your accent. You may feel more confident if you just accept that. It really isn't a problem

I have been living in uk for almost 7 years but still cant speak fluent english nor the britsh accent and my english i pretty much the same as it was 7 yrs ago.Btw i was only 18 yrs old when i came and i could speak,read,write but over the years i

Thefreedictionary.com says the word "hurried" and "married" for USA and UK accents. For USA they are HER-eed and MARE-eed, but for UK they are Huh-rid and MARE-id. Given that there are 4 times as many native English speakers in

That is really interesting what you're saying because it's in complete opposition to what the linguists say in this matter. In their view due to the fact that there are strong links between one's mother tongue and his or her identity

I would have agreed with your points say even up to a couple of years ago but from how I'm seeing things people are wanting to take elocution lessons. Take my father-in-law for instance who wanted elocution lessons.He was brought up in

Perhaps to a certain extent, but accent is much more a pointer to geographic region. Very well educated (upper class) people will usually speak standard (or 'Oxford' English), but some people are proud of their origins and will keep the