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Native Spanish speakers face several challenges when learning English as a second language, not the least of which is proper pronunciation. Meeting the pronunciation challenges of a language not [...]

Though many Turkish students study English beginning in primary school, the language teaching methods often rely on rote memorization; students are focused on drilling grammar rules at the [...]

Vietnamese ESL students share many of the same pronunciation errors that ESL students from elsewhere do—consonant clusters, long and short vowel sounds, and swapping one consonant sound for [...]

We all love rules.  Rules tell us how to do things.  When armed with rules we feel assured we won’t make mistakes. Spoken English is distinctive for its many exceptions to rules of pronunciation. [...]

Russian ESL students face many of the same obstacles to proper English pronunciation that students from other countries do, but there are some pronunciation mistakes more particular to Russian [...]

English in the Internet age is creating a constantly changing English language. The way languages used to evolve was through people speaking it.  English in the internet age has changed because [...]

As the internet has accelerated the pace of globalization, so has the relationship between the English language and the internet had an impact on our emerging digital culture.  The English [...]

E-mail or email?  With internet terms so new there can be a lot of variations is the way we spell these words.  For clarification about the correct spelling for e-mail or email, traditional [...]

Emoticons or emojis have become a new form of  the internet alphabet. Emojis and  emoticons have injected themselves in all forms of written speech – emails, social media platforms, chatrooms [...]

What explains word trends? Words, phrases and concepts that are suddenly all over the media and internet are termed  ‘trending.’  These trending words have been deemed trend-worthy based on how [...]