By Ela Britchkow, Speech Therapist, American Accent Specialist American Idiomatic Expressions will help you to sound creative, interesting and fun when you’re using English. And of course, it will definitely help you to understand more of what native speakers
say. Using idioms correctly in your English speaking exams like IELTS or TOEFL will definitely impress your examiner – so it’s worth spending some time learning a few idioms that you can use to talk about holidays that you’ve had. By Ela Britchkow, Speech Therapist, American Accent Specialist At the end of the day, you are responsible for your own language growth.
Read on to learn how to grow to become a highly proficient English speaker. By Ela Britchkow, Speech Therapist, American Accent Specialist I just wish my mouth had a backspace key. Thinking before acting is wisdom, but acting before thinking is regret. Have you ever felt frozen when you couldn’t think of the right word to say? What happened? Were you able to continue the conversation?
By Ela Britchkow, Speech Therapist, American Accent Specialist Definition of Statistics: The science of producing unreliable facts from reliable figures. Tagalog and English idiomatic expressions are fascinating to compare. Below are some of my favorites.
By Ela Britchkow, Speech Therapist, American Accent Specialist Try, try, try, and keep on trying is the rule that must be followed to become an expert in anything. To be a great communicator in English do the following:
By Ela Britchkow, Speech Therapist, American Accent Specialist It may not seem fair, but getting high grades in English second language classes, even from top rated schools, does not guarantee you will speak English understandably. Few English as a Second Language (ESL) programs provide the necessary help and training required to establish truly functional English pronunciation skills.This often surprises many students who fail
By Ela Britchkow, Speech Therapist, American Accent Specialist
One time, I was working with a husband and wife team who were originally from India. Soon during our first lesson it became evident that the husband had a frontal lisp...
By Ela Britchkow, Speech Therapist, American Accent Specialist
"Time is the scarcest resource and unless it is managed nothing else can be managed."
-Demakis, Joseph
Speech rate is the term given to the speech at which you speak. Slow speech is usually regarded as less than 110 words per minute. Conversational speech generally falls between 120 wpm at the slow end to 160-200 wpm in the fast range. People who read books for radio podcasts are often asked to speak at 150-160 wpm. The best way to determine your speaking rate is to.....
By Ela Britchkow, Speech Therapist, American Accent Specialist
My American accent clients often tell me that they have a hard time with writing emails or that people complain or correct their emails. So here are some general tips to improve your email writing:
Author: Ela Britchkow, Speech Therapist, Accent Reduction Specialist
"Act as if what you do makes a difference. It does."
-William James
Recently, I have been listening to the news about the government's tribulations as well as events happening on the Super Bowl. I realized how many idiomatic expressions the newscasters used to make what they’re saying more interesting. Have any of you had the same experience? One expression, especially, has been coming up rather frequently –
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