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English Speak Like Native is Back!

Did you guys miss me? I bet you did. Thank you so much for all your loyalty. It’s incredible how many emails I got from loyal followers just asking me when the website is going to be back up. Well, there it is.

The website has been re-designed and now looks completely different. Parts of it have not been changed but unfortunately, I lost some of the media content in the process. I will gradually…

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More opportunities in the land of opportunity for better speakers of English

I realize that may sound arrogant as it assumes that the land of opportunity has to be where English happens to be the first language but no one can argue that countries like the United States, Canada and Australia (and certainly some European countries) have been a common destination for the world’s immigrants over the past few centuries. People searching for a better life pack their bags and…

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Street slang and American accent

I have written a dialogue that basically rhymes focusing a number of vowels but mainly 2 vowels /æː/ /ʌ/. Now the /æː/ vowel is commonly known as a short vowel but in some parts of the US, it’s pronounced long, which is why I put those two arrows next to it indicating that it’s now longer than usual. The /ʌ/ vowel is short. When you pronounce the /ʌ/, make sure you relax your jaw and lips and…

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3 insane tips to practice speaking English! Just in case you still haven't noticed, I'm not really a "sane" English teacher and my interest in teaching the language, specifically speaking, listening and pronunciation is nothing short of...well "insane".

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Mary crease moss and a hoppy new ear!

Since we’re just a few days away from Christmas Eve, I thought I should tell you how to say it without sounding funny (in the negative way). It’s very unlikely that people won’t understand you when you greet them with “Merry Christmas” or “Happy New Year” because they are expecting it right? Let me show you first how you can go wrong:

1-Merry:

Your toughest challenge here is /r/. Don’t make the…

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What is the best way to learn English...fast?

It’s been almost a decade since I decided to become an English teacher and not a single day goes by that I don’t get this question “What is the best way to learn English?”. Most adult learners seem in a hurry too, so they don’t just want to know what the “best way” is, they also want to know what the “fastest way” is to learn English. It goes without saying that for many, the “best way” IS the…

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How intensive training in listening works like magic

Why good listening skills matter in English learning?

Well, not just in English learning, but in any language learning…period! And not only for adults, but also for babies. It’s just how our brains function. The brain is not capable of producing words without hearing them first, and not just once or twice, but tens and tens of times, and not just in one context, but in so many different ones…

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7 spelling-pronunciation rules for vowels

If you ever studied or have been studying English for a while, you must know how irritating and exasperating English spelling (and therefore pronunciation) can be. It’s messy, chaotic and nightmarish for many English learners. “NO FRIGGIN’ RULES” most of you complain right? And you’re right. Well, almost right. There are some rules, but more exceptions. Now, how does that affect you, the learner?…

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How to improve your English grammar and reading skills

It’s certainly not by learning the rules of grammar as you would learn the rules of physics, but rather by….well…reading. Yes, it’s that simple, reading everything and anything you can get your hands on. It would help a great deal if you could find something you are really crazy or obsessed about. Now, don’t worry, I’m not just writing this article to tell you that, not that it’s not worth…

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How To Master English Pronunciation

I must have written tens of articles about this but I never run out of ideas or other angles to view this topic from. Pronunciation, for the majority of learners, is what they study when having problems being understood, and for some, it essentially has to do with sounding like a native speaker. Ask one of the majority “why are you studying pronunciation?”, the answer you’ll probably get is…

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Listen to speak, read to write

That is my advice to learners of English as a second or foreign language. That is also my advice to English schools and ESL teachers responsible for creating ESL programs, curricula and textbooks. Just as it says in the title, to improve your speaking, you’ve got to start with listening, and to improve your writing, you’ve got to start with reading. I’m not making this up. That’s how babies learn…

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Mr Putin and his Russian accent in English

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Improving English: None for you without review

The title of this article says it all. So why is review such an important part of the learning process? Well, just look at the first two letters of the word “review”, what have you got? That’s right. “Re”. “Re” also happens to be the first two letters of the word “repetition”. Now, when it comes to language learning, not only English, “repetition” rules. What does that mean? That means nothing is…

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How to master native English

Out of a hundred thousand people reading this article, there could only be one who, 1/has the mind power to master the spoken English, and 2/has the talent and skills to master it without the help of a good teacher or coach. I am aware that the notion of mastering the spoken English is debatable and controversial but as far as I am concerned, it simply means attaining native-like fluency and…

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Learning English or learning about English?

English works. Learning ABOUT English, by itself, doesn’t.

Unfortunately, most English learners spend 70% of their time learning about English, learning the grammar rules, new vocabulary, synonyms, antonyms, how to write an essay, how to pass an exam etc, but hardly learning the language as in fully immersing themselves in the language. Look, needless to say, learning about the language helps…

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The stubborn pronunciation problems of Japanese learners

No matter how advanced the speakers are, no matter how long the learners have been learning or speaking English for, some (phonetic) mistakes are real stubborn aren’t they? They keep happening over and over and Japanese students can’t even hear them. They’re not even aware of them and even if they were, they wouldn’t have the slightest idea how to fix them. And even if they DID know how to fix…

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