Posts Tagged ‘pronunciation’
People wish to learn English for several reasons. Some people use to learn English because of their interest. Others use to learn English because of their necessity while dealing with business clients who belong to English speaking countries. What might be the reason, but the person will be benefited if he/she is having a fair knowledge in English.
In this technology driven world, where everything is being carried out over the Internet, people are willing to learn English because English is the only opted language over the Internet. English is the medium of communication over the Internet. So if one wants to use Internet, then he/she should have knowledge in English. Some people use to learn English, as they want to understand the good Hollywood movies and songs. Some people have to work abroad in English speaking countries, so as a result they need to have full knowledge of English. One of the best options of learning English is to join some English coaching classes, which will teach you to have better knowledge of English.
When it comes to English learning, developing English listening skills play an important role. ... Read more...
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Posted in English Tips, Learn English |
Nowadays we have two styles of English language in use; they are the British English and the American English. Many people think that there is no difference between the two styles of English, but there is a lot of difference in the use of these two styles of English language. As a beginner one cannot find the difference between the two styles. But a well-experienced person in any of these styles of language can easily identify the difference between them.
The differences between these two styles of English language are, the first thing is the vocabulary used in these styles of languages. The vocabulary used in the British language is different from the vocabulary used in the American English style. In the British English style they use the word petrol where as in the American style of English they use gasoline. The British people use to say that they drive lorry whereas the American people use to say that they drive truck. This makes the wide difference in the vocabulary used in the British and American style of English. The beginner who would like to learn English gets a lot of confusion with this vocabulary. He may misunder... Read more...
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Posted in American English |
English is a one of the members of the indo-European language. This broad family includes a number of European languages spoken nowadays. The indo-European family consists of many languages such as the Germanic language, Latin and French, the indo-Iranian languages, the salvic languages, the Baltic languages, the Celtic languages, Greek, etc. It was brought to Britain by the German invaders. Later on through the courts and government the Norman influence entered English. Thus, English was developed to be of great flexibility. There are a number of versions of English like old English, Middle English, early modern English and modern English. The main history behind the English language was that the language of German tribes has given rise to the English. In present day scenario English has become a famous language with the number of people speaking this language increasing day by day.
Old English is totally different from today’s modern English. There is a lot of difference between old English and modern English of today. People who know modern English use to face problem while trying to understand old English. The introduct... Read more...
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Posted in English History |
English is a fantastic language that many of us have a great desire to learn and to speak in English. But many of us find it hard to speak English correctly because of pronunciation of the words. Many words in English are pronounced alike with different spelling. This mispronunciation of words makes it hard to identify the words when someone speaks. This also makes us to misspell the words.
In English some sounds like “t” are silent which comes at the end of word. This makes the chance of misspell the word. For example, let us consider the word “start”, many of us does not spell the “t” sound, which is at the end of the word, this makes the listener hard to identify the spoken word, he might understand the word as “star” which is also a valid word. This affects the meaning of the sentence.
Let us see another example “read”, we can use this word in past tense, present tense as well as future tense. While we use this word in past tense we pronounce it as “red” and when we use the same word in present or future tense we pronounce it as “read”. Hence, based on the sentence we have to pronounce t... Read more...
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Posted in Spelling |
Have you any urge to assimilate English language quite effectively? If the answer is yes, you may follow some measures to learn English, the richest language in the world, quite well with a bit earnest zeal. If your learning zeal gets the better of you be sure to learn English within a short span. All that is needed is your earnest desire to learn the language and dip delve into the subject to connoisseur the essence of it.
The crucial thing to assimilate English language is to be sure if you actually desire to learn the language. If you never subject a language, you can never master it whether you go through any system that is regarded the best medium to offer the best coaching. Your mind has to accept the language first, other wise no power in the world can teach you any language. It is the earnest desire to lean a language that makes one a master of it.
The next step is to ask the mind what goads you to learn English that is nothing but a foreign language. Does your inner mind boost your earnestness? Do you ever brood over the matter that you are not the master of English language but you try your level best to tast... Read more...
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Posted in English Basics, English Tips |
As we all know, English is becoming the most powerful language nowadays. It is because of the importance of good spoken English skills, many people all over the world try different ways to learn the language.
Most of us complain that we do not have a good environment to learn English even though we would like to speak English like a native English speaker. Here are some of the tips to speak English like an American:
- Learn English: Before trying to become an expert in the pronunciation, it is better to learn the language thoroughly. Any language other than our mother tongue will be difficult to understand initially, but it will become easier over the period of time. You can join a formal class, which will be of great use to you in understanding the basic concepts in English. You can also watch some English television programs and movies. Once you start listening more and more, you will be able to learn the language.
- Relax: When you are in the process of practicing spoken English, it is better to relax yourself and talk slowly... Read more...
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Posted in English Tips, Speaking English |
When it comes to Basic English grammar, article plays an important role. Here, we will see all about articles on English grammar.
Meaning of Article:
An article is nothing but the word used before a noun and which states whether the noun is an indefinite or a definite noun. An article establishes the noun and indicates how specific the noun is.
Types of Articles:
Article is classified into two types; they are definite article and indefinite article. The basic English grammar also teaches when an article should not be used and this is called no article.
Definite article:
The word ‘The’ is the definite article and it indicates that the noun that follows has already been defined in some way. The word ‘the’ should be used in the following types of sentences:
- When you know that the person to whom you are talking knows what particular thing / person you are talking about. For example: The banana you ate was rotten. Here, the listener knows that you are talking about banana, so you should use ‘the’ in th... Read more...
Tags: basic english grammar, indefinite article, indefinite articles, pronunciation, sentences, Spelling, types of sentences
Posted in English Tips, Writing |
