1. Have you ever thought about retaining some aspects of your first language Generally speaking, no, because English is a separate language. Of course it's easy to make mistakes because of the influence of my native language, but as I said, I

Hi, In short: 1) Learn the basic grammar and learn how to build your sentences. Get a grammar book. 2) Learn the basic vocabulary to express yourself. 3) Try to avoid mistakes, that is, use the simple English you are comfortable with. 4) Use

I want to improve my e nglish accent and reduce gram m atical mistakes in my e nglish. How can I improve my accent? Before working on improving your accent and grammatical errors, there are few suggestions you may want to consider.

Hey, It's not only foreigners who mispronounce words in English. Even here in Canada we hear people mispronouncing words. Of course, it's not often but it happens. A word that people here misuses all the time is the verb To lie, they mix

About american movies. You said: They are naturally uttered, but they are usually scripted (written beforehand) and unnaturally glib. I understood it that: films give good word's pronunciation, but there is grammar mistakes in dialogs. Is it

I speak English, Swedish and Finnish. The last one is the most difficult for me without any doubt. But it depends on what makes the language in question difficult to different people. For me, Finnish is tough because of its vocabulary that doesn´t

zhengquan schrieb: The Collins Cobuild English Dictionary pronounces the new way, and ... resource. Can the s-z evolution be attributed to Americanism invasion? My Longman's Dictionary of Contemporary English gives both pronunciations, but

The main reason it that many of the HK ppl are employed by the branchoffice of european company ,and these ppl who can speak both English and Chinese often make mistakes on our Chinese name and they often write the wrongemail address too. Be proud

TO JL Although I have work as sales assistant in an imp&exp company for years,I didn't use the English name until I was told to update my email account. The main reason it that many of the HK ppl are employed by the branch office of

Unfortunately students who take IELTS exhibit the same poor speech skills, and that already includes a speaking test (for which I'm an examiner). I gather that pronunciation is one of the criteria for marking and assessment...