Dialects, like accents, have a role to play in English as a second language courses because they have to do with pronunciation in a tongue which is not native to the learner. A dialect is usually [...]

Phonetics are an important part of learning English  Many accent reduction course involve comprehensive software and training materials that help people reduce their accents and improve [...]

There are many courses for accent reduction.  They are both online and offered by colleges.  Accent reduction does not mean eliminating accents entirely.  What an accent reduction course will [...]

As an ESL speaker, you can have a strong accent and still be perfectly well understood.  It is not the accent that you need to address but rather you need to practice and try to perfect the [...]

Do accents matter?  How important is an accent when you are speaking a language which is not your native tongue? Should you change your accent? Everyone has an accent – it might be a [...]

With English pronunciation the ways to say ed can cause a lot of confusion for ESL learners.  The regular verbs in the simple past tense all end in ed.  However there are three different ways to [...]

The most daunting part of speaking a new language is having the correct pronunciation but you can go a long way with these pronunciation tips.  The thought of having to speak a new language [...]

There are some common ESL pronunciation mistakes which your teacher can anticipate, the reason for this being that your teacher has seen this many times before in ESL students of different [...]

If you are an English language learner, there are different  pronunciation mistakes that you will make to those made by a native speaker.  The reason for pronunciation mistakes that are made by [...]

American English pronunciation is most easily learned if you study English as a second language in the United States. Pronunciation is a very important part of learning to speak the English [...]