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

First of all, you need some grammar too, because I noticed typical Asian mistakes, or non native constructions anyway. i'm live in PRC <-- I live in... Here's the best tips I can give you: 1 - Get a grammar book, and read it, learning

First, study a lot to improve your grammar and enrich your vocabulary. Second, do as many things as you can in English. This includes reading books and magazines, watching films and TV programmes, listening to music and radio etc. Third, improve

Hi, my English is not good at all, really, but I'm improving. If you want to know how I improved and how I'm improving, then... let's just say I used to read some stuff in Practical English Usage by Michael Swan and English Grammar in Use

Milky wrote: <Wouldn't that mean that the Indians then would have to learn Chinese and US English?> Depends on the competition. The Chinese and Americans now want to do business with India. Well then, you have your answer. That's

Wow, what a lot of nonesense. Is American English simply lazy English with disregard for the fundamentals of the language, or is it a valid simplification of an overly complex and irregular language? Huh? What are you talking about? I was

Hi Grammar Geek, What was there that made his 'redneck accent' so terrible? Unfortunately, my connection seems a bit slow at the moment, so I cannot watch his videos myself. Yet, I think you should explain why his attempt to sound 'redneck

Englishuser wrote: A non-native speaker who has immersed himself or herself with highbrow literature written in a foreign language could very well have a more vivid vocabulary and a better knowledge of the grammar of the language than the

Grammar Geek wrote: You know, there is no SINGLE American accent. I've heard people who sound like a squawking goose lodged in their throat who are born-and-bred American speakers, and many more people with lovely enunciation. The same with

Hey I am Sundar here. Let me tell you something it's not hard to speak with an accent. Infact I am similar to you. I work in a call center. iam crazy about accent. Infact the onething hard about American accent is the speech Music (Intonation).