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Re: :::::: HOW TO SPEAK AND LEARN EGNLISH ::::

Anonymous — Sat, 20 Jan 2007 08:44:30 GMT

How to learn English

Motivation: Become a person who likes to learn English. Independence: Be your own teacher. English classes are not enough. don't rely on your english classes, organize your own learning time solve grammar dilemmas on your own, you don't need your teacher to feel correct, question your teacher's authority,

--> a href="ddd"Learn English in English: Use learning materials written in English. English-English dictionaries, grammar books, translations Be wary of "equivalents" and definitions list of English materials that we've used -->

Dictionary: Get a good English dictionary.
No mistakes: Avoid mistakes. Try to use correct English from the beginning.
Pronunciation: Learn to pronounce English sounds. Learn to understand phonetic transcription and the phonetic alphabet.
Input: Get English into your head by reading and listening to lots of English sentences.
- Reading Listening
- Movies
- Adventure games

Re: Can you hear your accent?

FRANKLY SPEAKING — Wed, 01 Nov 2006 14:07:19 GMT

Cool Breeze wrote:
I'm not that interested in terms

But dude, i don't think it's a matter of being you interested in your accent or not, On the contrary the accent should be acceptable, I mean: when you learn English, you should speak it as it is, not your own way .

There are rules and points should be followed and taken into consideration by the learners of English , that's why there are phonetics and phonology (linguistics).

As for me , i work hard to get the standard accent , as Englishuser said "mixed accent" , and fortunately i am well experienced in those stuff , cause i don't find problems in speaking the words as Americans or British do .

With Regards

Re: How to get rid of accent?

Englishuser — Mon, 30 Oct 2006 20:14:58 GMT

Hi kam,

i gotta say i've lost any hope to learn english...reading or hearing how others talk kinda depresses me cos i realize that i'm very bad at it, that i can't speak at all.

Your English is not as bad as you may think; judging by your written English you seem to know the language pretty well.

people make fun of me when i speak- my pronunciation is ridiculous

Who are these people?

i'm a self-study so it's much more difficult...because lots of times i have no clue whether i pronounce a word correctly or not.

It would be good for you to buy a good pronouncing dictionary or a good learner's dictionary where you could look up the pronunciation of unfamiliar words. Make sure you know the phonetics or the respelling system used in your dictionary.

plus i love english!

That's excellent! I hope you will never lose your interest in English!

talk with a friend from the states on yahoo every now and then...but i'm always scared to talk on the mic...so we type.

It would be very good for you to talk to this friend of yours. However, I do understand how you feel, and if I were you, I might start off listening to Americans talking in films, on the radio, and so on, and then imitate them. Later on, when you gain more confidence, you would feel at ease talking to native speakers.

wish me luck in my self-studying!

I wish you the best of luck! Remember: learning a language is never impossible - all you have to do is to study eagerly enough!

Englishuser

International Phonetic Alphabet

Little Cloud — Thu, 06 Apr 2006 22:24:24 GMT

Hi everybody. I'd like to know if anybody know how to learn english pronunciation by international phonetic alphabet. The thing is that I have an exam and I'll be asked to write any possible word with phonetic symbols.

I thank u in advance if u can help me.

Re: Free software for spoken english

Anonymous — Mon, 22 Aug 2005 07:32:17 GMT

hi this is shekar

from hyderabad

india

i want also spoken english materials

if anybody have plz send to me

Webster's on-line dictionary. Has audio facility. Hear words spoken in AmE

http://www.m-w.com/

BBC learn English site. Has audio in BrE
http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/learningenglish/index.shtml

Randall's basic self-study guide. useful words and phrases in AmE accent
http://www.esl-lab.com/guide.htm

AmE pronunciation (you need Real player for this one)
http://evaeaston.com/pr/a-pattern.html

This site says they offer free software
http://www.free-english.com/english/Home.aspx

Users should note that http://www.free-english.com/english/Home.aspx is not, strictly speaking, free. You will be required to register and to give personal details such as your address, telephone number, date of birth etc. etc. You will also be required to pay 'shipping fees' on any items you add to your 'shopping cart'. (Thanks to Mike in Japan for this info)

Another talking dictionary
http://www.answers.com/main/ntquery?s=dictionary#Dictionary

Have any text read in English/American

http://www.elllo.org

This is a great site for phonectics: animated diagrams to show production of sound, video and audio of certain words.

http://www.uiowa.edu/~acadtech/phonetics/about.html

Hope that helps. Abbie

FREE audio sites and software

abbie1948 — Mon, 23 May 2005 18:17:59 GMT

Webster's on-line dictionary. Has audio facility. Hear words spoken in AmE

http://www.m-w.com/

BBC learn English site. Has audio in BrE
http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/learningenglish/index.shtml

Randall's basic self-study guide. useful words and phrases in AmE accent
http://www.esl-lab.com/guide.htm

AmE pronunciation (you need Real player for this one)
http://evaeaston.com/pr/a-pattern.html

This site says they offer free software
http://www.free-english.com/english/Home.aspx

Users should note that http://www.free-english.com/english/Home.aspx is not, strictly speaking, free. You will be required to register and to give personal details such as your address, telephone number, date of birth etc. etc. You will also be required to pay 'shipping fees' on any items you add to your 'shopping cart'. (Thanks to Mike in Japan for this info)

Another talking dictionary
http://www.answers.com/main/ntquery?s=dictionary#Dictionary

This is a great site for phonectics: animated diagrams to show production of sound, video and audio of certain words.
http://www.uiowa.edu/~acadtech/phonetics/about.html

http://librivox.org/ offers free audio books, and you can be a volunteer to record and add new tiltles to the database.

Re: Just Little in Size

LanguageLover — Thu, 14 Apr 2005 08:49:07 GMT

Thanks Ali for your note, and being patient with my questions!
You mean they speak English without an Arabic accent? I can't believe it! As you know, the phonetic features are very different, so it really makes it difficult to neutralize! I rarely have heard an Arab on TV, except for the anchors and interviewrs, speaking English without his/her Arabic accent. The funny mistake that always makes me laugh is the use of TASHDID in for example "connection". But believe me, it's way far from the worst that I've heard. My En glish wasn't so bad when I first moved here, but I couldn't recognize even a word spoken by Indians! Now, I got used to it, though sometimes I have to say "What?/sorry,..."!
I think the government should have done a lot to make it possible even for the residents of a small town to have the opportunity to learn English! Or, may be the government has nothing to do with it, and its the youngesters' desire to be able to communicate with the global language. Either way, it's great.
We can continue our discussion in a new thread related to culture, so that other people who are interested can participate, or read our debate, shall we?
If I am asking too many questions, just say it! You know, you are the first person from that part of the world, and there are a lot that I like to know about your country and people! But it's ok if you are not interested, or if they bother you- I have to apologize in this case!
I also agree with you about the way we get rid of the unwanted animals! We'll continue later, ok?
BTW. I am from Iran, and I am sure you have too many questions about my country and people as well, it's also one of the controversial places on the earth!
Cheers,

Re: Hullo

Novalee — Tue, 06 Jul 2004 18:34:07 GMT

'Nerd' is sometimes translated into Spanish as 'empollÃ³n' but this depends on the context. It has some other meanings, as I told you, and they can't be conveyed by this word into Spanish, though. Perhaps you have to choose any other word to translate it.
Hey, I'm Spanish too and I've become a teacher just like my father, who chose to learn English many years ago by means of living in England. He has taught me almost everything I know and I think I've inherited his love for languages . My students are, obviously, spanish too. Some of them even think I'm English, he he. It's funny when their mothers come to ask me if I'm a native teacher
Wow! It's amazing how sometimes we must make important choices in our lives. But if I were asked to travel away under your circumstances, I would do the same. I agree with you: I don't like regretting either. I'd have liked to do a doctorate course myself. About linguistics or phonetics on the English language. But I had to start working. Who knows? Maybe I can do it in the future.
I'm glad you can at least show your best left side

Well, see you around