Most English pronunciation apps go horizontal. Go vertical!

Someone recently showed me an app where you can play a scene from a movie. A character says one or two lines and you can then click the record button and copy what the character said, to then hear what you recorded. The one problem with this app—and others I’ve seen...
10 Spoken-English Speech Features I Hope You Pay Attention to Daily

10 Spoken-English Speech Features I Hope You Pay Attention to Daily

It’s true. Paying regular active attention to how you’re speaking in English will help you to get in the habit of adjusting your spoken English a bit when someone asks you to repeat or clarify. You might be asking: Which spoken-English speech features...
Let me sell you a stereo sound system

Let me sell you a stereo sound system

Voice. It’s important and very personal. How you voice or articulate what you have to offer (your product, service, personality, information) is incredibly important. It needs to be received in the workplace for things to get done efficiently. The less effort...

Start with a solid English pronunciation skills foundation

Have you ever tried using a book and CD/MP3 recording program to learn about the English pronunciation sound system? Did you find that this self study program was good in that it offered thorough explanations and plenty of examples to work with; it also offered a sort...
Practice techniques to steadily improve your English pronunciation

Practice techniques to steadily improve your English pronunciation

A few tools for your English pronunciation workout or routine: a computer with Internet access, a gadget to record, a notebook to help you keep on track. How many times have you gone to a book (Targeting Pronunciation,  American Accent Training, Focus on...