. I suppose that you know there are texts available for this sort of work. Here in Japan, I use English Pronunciation Exercises for Japanese Students , by Harriette Grate. You can also have fun making up dialogues containing the clusters under

As per phonetics theory, I've been told one should use ... "an university" ? Are these instances of incorrect usage? Paul. A lot of people write 'an hotel', which always surprises me. Do they say it without the 'h'? I

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

If a word has one or two syllables it's usually spelled with "s" in both I've never heard any such rule. The only one I know is "did it originally, or through derivation via Latin ... in -izein". You are the first

Hi All, So many students in my groups have an American pronunciation of lots of words, like basket = (baeskit). ... this American pronunciation? - correct it? - or: point out that the British pronounce a word differently + tell how? Since

it, >> for example, in the word "report", which I ... t, d and id, the last with i not /@/. Hmm. I'm going to have to watch out for this, I can see. I don't as yet recall seeing an ... all go for /i/, I may have to consider

it, >> for example, in the word "report", which I would render /ri'pO:t/ >> in ASCII IPA. I hadn't before ... For me, this is a schwa. >> you're >> rhotic, but how would you characterise your

"Languages divide people, knowlegde joins them." Knowledge Is Above Language ... text and translate to their native languages. I mean: - Hi Danny, I have got the program White Smoke, it is good. I would use the latter to learn how to

I don't hate America, Charles, and I certainly don't hate Americans. What I hate is being forced to do things in a certain way here. There's a big difference. I find this thread fascinating and I can see Chris's points. I think

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