BBC Learning English | Pronunciation Tips Listen to English - learn English! Learn More Vocabulary Learning a language is a vocabulary building project. Native speakers typically have an active vocabulary of around 20,000 words and then another 40,000 words that they can recognize. LanguageGuide.org is geared toward helping language learners acquire the vocabulary of the physical world using an image based guide which contains up to 2,435 words (Examples: Reptiles & Amphibians, Winter Clothing). By default the difficulty level of the vocabulary guide is set to 'challenging' but you can change the difficulty to 'Beginner' or 'Super Challenging' by clicking on the settings icon. If you aren't quite sure what an image refers to, click on it and you should see the translation in the language the interface is set to. Challenges & The Game Learning a language isn't a passive affair. Share a Language Most of the words and translations on this site have been contributed by volunteers, and many of the voices you hear on the site are that of volunteers. About
Phonetics: Beats and Rhythm –[Multimedia-English] One of the things that makes English difficult to understand for foreign students is its particular rhythm. Many languages are syllabic, that means that every syllable takes the same amount of time to pronounce. In some languages stressed syllables take longer than unstressed syllables, but still, the pronunciation unit is the syllable. English is different, we don't care about syllables, we don't even care about words, it's all about beats (sound units). Every beat takes the same amount of time to pronounce. A beat may have one syllable, ten syllables, one word or five words, but it still takes the same amount of time (more or less). But not all words are affected in the same way. 1- Content words the words with meaning (nouns, verbs, adjectives, adverbs) 2- Grammatical words words with no meaning, but they build the grammatical structure of the sentence (prepositions, articles, verb particles, pronouns, etc.) Here's an example: Hi, What were you doing when I rang an hour ago? Content words
Verb Tense Tutorial Verb tenses are verb forms (went, go, will go) which English speakers use to talk about the past, present, and future in their language. There are twelve verb tense forms in English as well as other time expressions such as used to. For English learners, knowing how to use English tenses can be quite a challenge. Never fear. Englishpage.com's verb tense tutorial will teach you to think like a native speaker. Let's get started! How to use this tutorial: 1. 2. 3. Verb Tense Exercises About the Verb Tense Chart Look at the verb tense chart above. There are also three simple tenses, three continuous tenses, three perfect tenses and three perfect continuous tenses. For example, all simple tenses have similar uses. Did you also notice that present tenses and past tenses only have one form whereas future tenses have two forms? Common Questions about Verb Tenses How can I learn verb tenses? Our native language changes the way we think about time. Make sure you understand the details.
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The Best Websites For Learning English Pronunciation I had to make a lot of difficult choices to come up with this latest “The Best…” list. One decision I made was to focus this list more on Beginning and Early Intermediate English Language Learners, or for more advanced ELL’s who primarily would use these sites more to “brush-up” or review some basic pronunciation skills. I am developing another list that I’ll call The Best Sites For Developing English Conversational Skills. That one will probably be geared more towards Intermediate and Advanced English Language Learners, and will include more of the sites I received from readers in my call for recommendations. Several readers recommended sites using the phonetic alphabet. In addition, I had a very difficult time ranking this particular list. As with all my “The Best…” lists, links to these sites can also be found on my website. This list is also linked to the The Best Sites To Practice Speaking English. Susana Canelo and Crystal both recommended Ship or Sheep, and I agree with them.
Samoan slang enters Australian mainstream, fuels interest in Polynesian culture, language When I sat down to watch the Australian drama Bump on the day of its release, I was excited to hear the term "uce" peppering the dialogue between two teenage characters. Key points: Australian series Bump mirrors contemporary youth culture and the Samoan slang term "uce" is centre stageThe term "uce", coined by the Samoan diaspora in New Zealand and the US, is growing in Australian usage"Uce" comes from the Samoan word uso, and is used when a man addresses another man as his brother, or a woman addresses another woman as her sister This slang term of endearment, coined by the Samoan diaspora in the US and New Zealand a couple of decades ago, has made its way across the Tasman and into mainstream conversation. Anything that positively reflects my family on the small screen is a cause for celebration. Bump may be set in inner-city Sydney, but it mirrors contemporary youth culture found across the country. Karvan, who created the program with writer Kelsey Munro, agreed. How slang terms spread
Nationwide language program, born on the NSW-Victoria border, celebrates 75 years A nationwide language program has helped refugees and migrants navigate life down under for more than 75 years. It was born in the border town of Bonegilla, about 12 kilometres east of Wodonga. Thousands of migrants passed through the Bonegilla Migrant Camp between 1947 and 1971 – many of whom enrolled in language classes that would eventually become what today is known as the Adult English Migrant Program (AMEP). Leaving home At first glance, Pasco Gasperov, Thu Nguyen, and Leah Wivine have little in common. They came to Australia from three different countries: Pasco from the former Yugoslavia in 1968, Thu from Vietnam in 2017, and Leah from the Democratic Republic of Congo just six months ago. But all three arrived in the border city of Albury-Wodonga without knowing any English. Pasco was born in the little village of Primošten on Croatia's southern coast in 1941. He migrated to Australia more than five decades ago but still remembers it like it was yesterday. Learning the lingo