What Are the Most Important Words for ESL Students to Learn? How to Choose and Teach Vocabulary Step-by-Step Imagine that you are looking at the text for your next ESL…
This is the final in a series of three posts about how words are linked together in spoken English.In the first post, we talked about linking vowel sounds together. You…
Linking words together is an important part of any language. It is the same with American English. Linking words together helps us speak more smoothly and easily.In a different post,…
Linking Words Together - Vowel to Vowel "Please speak more slowly!" That's a very common sentence to hear from language learners! And I say it too, when I am listening…
How English Words Are "Reduced" We’ve talked about how English speakers stress some words in a sentence. Nouns, verbs, adjectives and adverbs are called “content words.” Content words tell you…
More About Stress-Timing in English In the last post, we discovered that English is a stress-timed language. That means that speakers will stress certain words, and minimize, or reduce, others.…
The Secret to Sounding Natural When You Speak English Here’s the secret to sounding natural when you speak English – understand that English is a stress-timed language!Most Languages are Syllable-TimedMost…
