A good example is a multi-syllable word where the American English pronunciation has a different stress pattern than British English. If you click on the sound icons, you will hear the differences. LINK Mr M is correct that primary / secondary

Hi Kooyeen I have never concentrated on learning any particular variety of English because it has always been my objective to acquire as good a command of the languagae as possible. Limiting my efforts to just one variety would constitute a

You are also right on me not being a native speaker. If I may ask, how did you find out? I cheated. I didn't hear it, I read it. Anyway, as I said, if I hadn't known that, I would not have thought you were a non-native speaker of English,

According to me Voice chat is more important.. to practice English speaking... so i have created a voice chat room.. with the help of skype... and i feel happy to tell u that within period of 20 days there are around 81 members ( 37 as a chatting

Hi everyone! I've read people can omit /t/ sounds when speaking in informal situations. Could you help me? What do you know about this? Is this true? There's even a rule saying " In informal speech we sometimes omit the /t/ when the

You should have learned about pronunciation since the beginning! It's important! Anyway, it's not too late, don't worry. If you think you're going to hear more American English than British English, or if you plan to go to the US,

I am looking for the right pronunciation of fractions in British English. Every style guide I find is very clear ... stop. How do you pronounce fractions like "4000 / 563" in English? Is it "Four thousand five hundred sixty

Hi. I'm a international student(graduate). Due to my advisor's strong recommedation, I'm looking for a private tutor for english. Works are very simple. Just talking me for a hour. The subject of conversation is also simple. It will be

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Enrico C wrote on 21 Nov 2004: If you can't hear the pronunciation, then you need better ears, not a teacher. I would like better ears. Funnily enough, I reckon most people need them. I noticed most English people trying to learn Italian, for