English pronunciation for the ESL learner 7 Articles

by Guinevere Shepherd

Many people coming to English as their second language can find the process difficult. You have to learn not only grammar and vocabulary, but you're faced with a whole series of pronunciations that are foreign and unfamil...read more

by Les Zsoldos

English pronunciation can present a number of problems for ESL learners. Unlike some languages such as Spanish and Tagalog, English has a high number of vowels. It also has an unstressed vowel in words such as "ago" and ...read more

by Bob Schmidt

ESL learners have difficulty with English pronunciation for several reasons. Regional accents are a contributor, but the bigger problem lies in having never learned to make the sounds used in the English language. ...read more

by Soledad Galazzo

English pronunciation is made much more difficult than it really is. When I arrived in the U.S I did not know a single word of English. In California they have many many ESL programs. One of the programs offers classes tau...read more

by Tshwarelo Mogakane

To The Reader at Large Anywhere in the World Anytime, Anyhow Dear Sir/Madam Is your life worth saving? There was a young boy in hospital, dying of leukemia. The paeditrician looked him in the eyes, realising his...read more

by Jerry Curtis

American English as spoken in the USA has many regional variations. From northern Maine to southern Mississippi, natives speak differently. This article is a handy guide for visitors, American English students, and for us ...read more

by Mary Red

What is an accent? An accent is the carryover of sounds from the speaker's original language to the second language. When we are infants we literally have the ability to speak any language in the world. We are all born wit...read more