instruction. >>I don't have any >> formal ESL training or certification, but >>I do tutor some >>foreign >> students in ... on. to >>> ESL lessons run by competent teachers (and that's a big

I don't have any >> formal ESL training or certification, ... which pronunciation features have greater or lesser effects on comprehension? OK, a start would be http://www.teachingenglish.org.uk/think/pron/global english.shtml#two

I don't have any >> formal ESL training or certification, but I do tutor some >>foreign >> students in English ... >>> my speech. I'm not in the business of telling them I'm right and >>> they're

Okay, now what about this issue of the pronunciation? Ross ... do use a 'sheer' pronunciation for certain -shire place names. It's not really a mispronunciation both "shyre" and "sheer" are heard in different

Rubbish (meant nicely, but). Shades of my old Eng Lit ... gem, but doesn't fit the scansion. Nothing more, nothing less. Okay, now what about this issue of the pronunciation? Ross implied that the "Lancasheer" pronunciation which

Default User wibbled It doesn't start with a vowel sound, and that's what drives the choice of article. Unless you think Euro is pronounce ee-oo-ro or something. It doesn't have a capital E. It's just 'euro'. (Nor does it

Once upon a 2/26/04 12:14 AM, in the land of (Email Removed), the good witch "Al Treacher" from (Email Removed) told the whole world all about how: Mentally wrestling with the correct usage of 'an' or 'a' before a word

that's Because it's a matter of the written language, I have always assumed that the captioners are following an explicit rule. In fact, in a post to alt.english.usage a couple of years ago, I reported having read just such a rule: See

While it was 23/11/03 10:39 pm throughout the UK, Pat Durkin sprinkled little black dots on a white screen, and they fell thus: My practice: Standalone "A", if it is an adjective or ... converts to "an": An historical, an