What could be the most used word in the English language? It appears fifteen times in this blog post alone. It is used about 5% of the time. One scholar says its usage is ‘miles above [...]

During this crisis there has been a lot of misleading and bad information about COVID-19. It is so important that you get your information from official sources and sites, like the WHO or your [...]

They say that teaching is the greatest act of optimism. As we have collectively faced the challenges of COVID-19, we here at TALK have been given a glimpse of that optimism. Our teachers, are now [...]

Technology has made it easier for students from all backgrounds to engage in different online learning opportunities. Across the US and the world, online course enrollments have increased. During [...]

The way sounds are organized in Korean is very different from that of English, technically this is called the “phonology” of a language.  These phonological differences affect Korean ESL [...]

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 [...]