Ttate: Welcome to the forums. This is a very interesting subject! Languages do have a formal grammar, but also there are many times when the rules are broken by native speakers in actual practice. Sometimes "formal speech," although

Language teachers, could you tell us about some ways in which you are providing "learners with the tools to cope with 'real-life' communication ..."? Here in my country, they don't. And I heard it's so in most other

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

So, for example, "She is talking about me" becomes "she is talki n about me" Yes. It is not the most careful form of speech, but some people do use that pronunciation of the -ing forms. Personally, I would not recommend

Hi there, Here's a sentence from a book " The Articulate Mammal: An Introduction to Psycholinguistics" In speech, three processes, at the very least, are taking (1) place simultaneously: first, sounds are actually being (2) uttered;

That's not true, but not for the reasons others have ... letters didn't all sound alike, as you said they would. BTW, I wwasn't talking about silent letters. When I try to say the alphabet without moving my lips or tongue, there are no

There is "talk" about my doing an adaptation from a book. Apart from the obvious issues about moving from one ... so I can't pass the buck in that direction. Or do I just say, "I dunno, ask the director"? M Well you

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...

misc.education.language.english : 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

DC, As for Arnold, I am guessing that about him because he still has a relatively heavy accent but I have never have any trouble understanding anything he says. It seems unlikely to me that this is coincidence. There are two ways we could know for