foreign accent

  • You’re done memorizing the dictionary, now what?

    Isn’t that what many learners do? Literally study and memorize the dictionary from cover to cover? And how many learners study every grammar rule in the textbook? Some learners seriously know about the structure of the language more than many teachers. I have also met so many of them who are extremely fluent, and…

  • Putin’ up with Putin!

    Not that my website has anything to do with politics but when Mr. Putin decides to get himself into the kind of mess he’s gotten himself into, one’s got to pause and try to figure out why this man’s just lost all his marbles, invaded a country with thousands of troops and hundreds of…

  • Get Your pronunciation corrected for FREE with FAFA.

    ATTENTION ENGLISH LEARNERS AND TEACHERS. Do you LEARNERS want to get some FREE PERSONAL feedback on your pronunciation and some FREE tips on how to correct them? Do you TEACHERS want your learners to find out what their INDIVIDUAL pronunciation problems are get some FREE advice on how to correct them? Well… FAFA IS…

  • Error correction in pronunciation teaching

    Why we don’t do it much… Some say “don’t do it”, others say “do it in moderation”, and I say, do it as often as the learners need it. Note that I’m not talking about error correction in a General English class, I’m only talking about error correction in pronunciation courses where learners do…