By Learn English, American English

Hello. I'm a student from Korea (South) trying to learn English based on received pronunciation. And it's kind of hard because everyone here tries to learn American English.Here goes the questions:1. I reckon Americans often use 'flapped d', but it seems that British people...

Hello, another English teacher here. I have been teaching English in China for about 2 and a half years now and also speak fluent French, decent Spanish and am learning Chinese (not as hard as you may think once you get the hang of those tones, easy grammar). Now I'll start off by saying that...

Amy, you're trying to confuse me, don't you? Well, I think I heard it a lot of times! Are you saying that "want to" is always pronounced "wanna"?So you want to learn English... and what makes you think I'm going to teach it to you? So you wanna learn English... and what makes you think I'm gonna...

Quangtrungvtv wrote:if i have 12 hours a day to study englishGood, that's the only real way to learn English. Using it a lot (= most of the time).Tips:0) You should decide what variety you want to focus on (usually either British or American English), because there are some...

I can help you. I am an American English Native Speaker and I studied at some of the best U.S. and European schools. Chris

Ville_maddengurl wrote:i want to give American accent up and learn English accent to talk more intelligible...is it OK now, MrP ..? I'm sorry, VM, you're going to have to speak much more slowly. In fragments. Without verbs. And say "er" and "um" and "right?" a lot. And add quite a few...

i want to give American accent up and learn English accent to talk more intelligible...is it OK now, MrP ..?

<I think the difference, is that English originated in England, and some of the native speakers were exported to the US, Canada, Australia, and New Zealand.> When were native speakers exported to the US? The US became the US at what date? <The situation in India is about the same as...

Sorry to contradict you, but that is exactly what is happening in the USA today. Speakers of other Standard variants and indeed taking classes in using Standard American English. The question is, why don't Standard American English speakers, want to do the same when they plan to have long-term...

J Lewis wrote:Considering how little effort the British and the Americans generally make to learn foreign languages, I always appreciate whatever attempts my students make to learn English, however imperfect. My hair doesn't stand on end because of mistakes connected with their own language.The...