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Train Your Accent: ESL Accent Reduction Training and Conversational English

Train Your Accent: ESL Accent Reduction Training and Conversational English

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Helping students with connected speech There is a huge difference between what our students see printed on a page and what we actually say in everyday speech. In a recording of a TESOL Spain Presentation on Youtube (well worth watching), Mark Hancock makes the following joke: Patient: Doctor, Doctor, I’ve got two theik, a near rake, sore rise, bruise darms a stummer cake and I far tall the time. Doctor: I see, perhaps you’d like to way tin the corridor? (Try reading it aloud) Voyelles et diphtongues anglaises Accueil > Prononciation > Sons > Voyelles & Diphtongues Les voyelles anglaises sont très différentes des voyelles françaises, ce qui est une source principale de difficulté pour la prononciation. S'ajoute à cela les diphtongues qui enrichissent et complexifient le système vocalique anglais. Celui-ci s'organise selon le tableau suivant. Chaque son est représenté par son symbole phonétique et correspond aux lettres en gras dans les exemples.

South Korea: disturbing new 'Smile Lift' surgery creates Joker-style perma-smiles for women New plastic surgery offered in South Korea to curl lips upwardsThe AONE clinic performs the 'Smile Lipt' to correct 'drooping' lipsInvolves manipulating the muscles that support the mouth Picture on Reddit shows girl who allegedly has had the operation By Katy Winter Published: 14:13 GMT, 22 August 2013 | Updated: 18:40 GMT, 23 August 2013 Women in South Korea are resorting to dangerous and painful surgery in their quest for a more western face. Demand for double jaw surgery, a bone-cutting procedure that involves realigning the upper and lower jaws to achieve a softer silhouette, has soared in the last few months And now a photograph has appeared on a social networking site seeming to show a woman who has undergone surgery to lift the corners of her mouth into a permanent smile.

Learning Tools - Language Pronunciation Tool The authored component is a digitally recorded question-and-answer set. The aim of this advanced tool is to ask students particular context questions such as "What time did James arrive home from the airport" for which students will have to answer orally into a microphone i.e. "James arrived home from the airport at 6:30."

Secret Court Rebuked N.S.A. on Surveillance WASHINGTON — A federal judge sharply rebuked the National Security Agency in 2011 for repeatedly misleading the court that oversees its surveillance on domestic soil, including a program that is collecting tens of thousands of domestic e-mails and other Internet communications of Americans each year, according to a secret ruling made public on Wednesday. The 85-page ruling by Judge John D. Bates, then serving as chief judge on the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court, involved an N.S.A. program that systematically searches the contents of Americans’ international Internet communications, without a warrant, in a hunt for discussions about foreigners who have been targeted for surveillance.

Alpozo's Phonetic Blog: PURE AND SIMPLE Listen to Pure by Liverpool band, The Lightning Seeds, to help you identify some vowel and diphthong sounds /ɑː/ /e/ /ɪː/ /ɪ/ /əʊ/ /aɪ/ and /uː/ and also to celebrate the birth of a new pure and growing webpage Habla Idiomas EOI intended to gather and share information and material for teachers and students at the State School of Languages in Spain, EOIs (Escuelas Oficiales de Idiomas). As you listen to the song, fill in the gaps by clicking on the clue buttons which help you identify the vowel or diphthong sounds the missing words contain. Forms of Nature: Organic Chandelier Casts Forests on Walls As much art as lighting, this suspended sculpture uses shadow and scale to mimic roots and trees inside spaces, recreating a forest effect for home interiors. Designed by Hilden & Diaz, it was “partly inspired by [Darwinist] Ernst Haeckel’s (1834-1919) detailed plots from nature” and “is mirrored around it’s horizontal central axis and forms a circle 360 degrees around the light source.” When not illuminated, the object at the center of the projection is attractive yet relatively small and unremarkable, making it a source of not just light but also surprise when it is turned on. Though originally developed as a one-off, thanks to overwhelming positive feedback, the designers are now also planning to put the project up on Kickstarter to fund further development and deployment.

Eleanor Roosevelt’s Top 7 Fundamentals for Making Life an Exciting and Wonderful Adventure “The purpose of life is to live it, to taste experience to the utmost, to reach out eagerly and without fear for newer and richer experience.” “A mature person is one who does not think only in absolutes, who is able to be objective even when deeply stirred emotionally, who has learned that there is both good and bad in all people and in all things, and who walks humbly and deals charitably with the circumstances of life, knowing that in this world no one is all knowing and therefore all of us need both love and charity.” Eleanor Roosevelt was not only the First Lady and wife of U.S president Franklin D. Roosevelt. In many ways she was a pioneer. She was the first woman to speak in front of a national convention.

Lite Connected. This pad seems to be opened in more than one browser window on this computer. Reconnect to use this window instead. English Glossary of Grammar Terms A fully cross-referenced English glossary of linguistic and grammatical terms. Each grammar definition contains an explanation and cross-references to other relevant grammar terms. Usable for both native speakers interested in language and linguistics, and students of English as a second language (ESL, EFL, ESOL, and EAP)English grammar terms of all levels from beginner to advanced. Index to American Heroes and Patriots John Adams (1735-1826) - Vice President to George Washington, 2nd U.S. President, and Founding Father of the United States. John Quincy Adams (1767-1848) - The son of Founding Father, John Adams, he was a politician, diplomat, and served as the 6th President of the United States. Samuel Adams (1722-1803) - One of Founding Fathers of the United States, Adams was a statesman, political philosopher, and leader of the movement that became the American Revolution. Susan "Doc Susie" Anderson (1870-1960) - One of the first female pioneer physician in the West. Nathaniel Bacon (1640s-1676) - A wealthy colonist of the Virginia Colony who instigated Bacon's Rebellion of 1676.

National Women's Hall of Fame Interior of the Hall of Fame The National Women's Hall of Fame inducts distinguished American women through a rigorous national honors selection process involving representatives of the nation's important organizations and areas of expertise. Nominees are selected on the basis of the changes they created that affect the social, economic or cultural aspects of society; the significant national or global impact and results of change due to their achievement; and the enduring value of their achievements or changes. The most famous men and women in American history He who criticizes should have constructive ideas of his own. In an earlier post, I scoffed at the results of a survey of school-age kids conducted by Sam Wineburg, which yielded a list of Americans that had as much to do with misplaced political correctness as actual fame. (To see that dubious list, see my post.)

Gallery of American Heroes From Conservapedia For sports heroes, see Gallery of Sports IdolsGallery of American Heroes Abraham Lincoln's First Inauguration I am loth (sic) to close.

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