I think the only reason you can't learn like babies do is because you don't have the time... I believe there's nothing more artificial than learning a language, no matter at what age. I'm also learning English as a second (or

Hi Yankee, I'm not a native English speaker and I just cannot distinguish any difference in pronunciation between "knot" and "naught". :(

hi folks, I'm a freshman student at teachers' college and want to improve my English as much as I can. here, i wrote something for you to read in order to check my writing, grammatical or spelling mistakes. I should be handing this to

Welcome to EF. You can ask grammatical questions on this forum. There are several other forums for discussions, problems in pronunciation etc. You could start by learning that all words which are names of languages are capitalized in E nglish:

David schrieb: David schrieb: I find the last sentence incomprehensible, if ... could interpret for those of us who don't come Yorkshire. Well, even the trolling "blue sow" managed to pick out that I'd made a transposition error

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

No you wouldn't. Pronunciation skills training is part of professional ... the 'Sounds of American' stress on that particular site. DC I would serously consider sending the student to a vocal coach who could help her to sing on the

Hi, I need some advice regarding ESL instruction. I don't have any formal ESL training or certification, but I do tutor some foreign students in English - mainly written English. I've been approached by a Russian student who wants to

Enrico C wrote on 21 Nov 2004: Should have been "provides either". That could be said for virtually anything: you can find the meaning of words on dictionaries and grammar rules on grammar books. If you want to be absurd and you are