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How can I speak English Like A Native Speaker?
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I hear that question very often. What I would like to ask you though is, what are you are prepared to do about it? How far are you willing to go? I mean how badly do you want it? How badly do you need it? The truth is most English learners don’t. But first,…
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Katakana For Better English Pronunciation
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Yes Yes I know, you think it’s impossible right? We all know, for many Japanese English learners, Katakana is the source of a lot of misery in learning English but sometimes, just sometimes, you can use it for your advantage. Let’s look at a simple example: What are you doing on the weekend? Okay,…
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6 Tips to Take Your English to the Next Level
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Achieving fluency and clarity in English requires plenty of time and hard work. Learners often need at least a year and sometimes years to achieve mastery in English speaking and listening. The problem is that most of them call it quits out of anger and frustration after they come to the realization that making…
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Common Adjectives and Slang
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That is a small but useful list of common English adjectives and some slang expressions with similar meanings to them. Naturally, you would have to find out first how to use them, otherwise, you might wake up one morning with a black eye. Feel free to ask me if you have any questions and…
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How Can I Speak English Like A native-speaker?
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Right! I hear that question often. What I would like to ask you though is, what are YOU are prepared to DO about it? How far are you willing to go? But first, what is native-like English? Is it just good pronunciation? Is it accent? Is it fluency? What is it exactly? Well, let…
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How To Pronounce America
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It is a common mistake when English learners pronounce America as AA-MEE-RII-KAA. It is too long and very unnatural. Let’s break it down, shall we? A-ME-RI-CA so that’s 4 sounds (syllables) and the stress is on the second syllable oOoo. Now, the 1st syllable [A] is a schwa sound /ə/. What does that mean?…
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How To Pronounce The Final s in English
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Before I answer this question, you need to know about voiced and voiceless consonants, if you don’t know what these are, go to the Consonant page and study it, and then come back to this question. If you already have, there it is: There are basically 3 types of s pronunciation in English as…
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How To Pronounce -ed in English
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Before I answer this question, you need to know about voiced and voiceless consonants, if you don’t know what these are, go to the Consonant page and study it, and then come back to this question. If you already have, there it is: There are basically 3 types of -ed pronunciation as follows: 1-/t/…
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How To Pronounce “available”?
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Most English learners pronounce the word “available” the wrong way. There are 3 reasons that learners mispronounce it. Reason 1: The schwa sounds The word “available” contains 3 schwa sounds. 2 of them are visible and 1 is not. The schwa sound is a weak sound. When I say weak, it means that we…
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How to Pronounce “Really”?
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The word “really” is particularly difficult for Asian learners as it contains /r/ & /l/, two of the toughest consonants in the English language especially for Japanese, Koreans, Thai and Vietnamese. The word “really” has to be pronounced in 3 steps: Step 1: The lips have to be tightly rounded for /r/ and the…
