Accent English Language

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in XinjiAmu Sumu? Are you interested in teaching English in Xing'an Meng — Hinggan? Check out ITTT’s online and in-class courses, Become certified to Teach English as a Foreign Language and start teaching English ONLINE or abroad! ITTT offers a wide variety of Online TEFL Courses and a great number of opportunities for English Teachers and for Teachers of English as a Second Language. What I found interesting is the difference between American English and British English is written from the beginning. Noah Webster allegedly changed the British lexicon on purpose as he was part of the new generation of Americans who wanted to break away from British influence. As such, this is the reason why our words are spelled differently from the...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in SAntang Zhen? Are you interested in teaching English in Yueyang Shi? Check out ITTT’s online and in-class courses, Become certified to Teach English as a Foreign Language and start teaching English ONLINE or abroad! ITTT offers a wide variety of Online TEFL Courses and a great number of opportunities for English Teachers and for Teachers of English as a Second Language. When should we 'fix' our students' accent? As fluent English speakers we may be able to understand when a Russian speaker "tałks łike zyis" or when a Spanish speaker calls you "Hor hey" when your name is Jorge. But what happens when our students tell us "I went to the 'bitch' yesterday", How should we respond? What if our students drop the final consonant in all...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in QujiAng Zhen? Are you interested in teaching English in Yiyang Shi? Check out ITTT’s online and in-class courses, Become certified to Teach English as a Foreign Language and start teaching English ONLINE or abroad! ITTT offers a wide variety of Online TEFL Courses and a great number of opportunities for English Teachers and for Teachers of English as a Second Language. In this essay we are going to talk about two different versions of English which is American and British English. HISTORY The English was introduced to America through British colonization in early 17th century.It also spread to many other parts of the world due power of the British empire.Over many years American and British spoken English started diverging from...  [Read more]

The topic of teacher accents in the ESL classroom is much debated. I am sure most teachers can relate to a story or experience. In South Korea, like many Asian countries there is a strong focus on the 'American English'. All listening tapes, dialogues, transcripts and texts use American linguistics and accents. Even the international TOEIC and TEFL tests for a long time were using American accents. As a New Zealand citizen being strongly advised to develop an American accent can be hard to comprehend.Kachru 1986 writes 'what actually happens is that language and power go together. American English is accepted for the power and superiority which America as a nation has acquired in the areas of science, technology, commerce, military affairs and politics'. I tend to agree and further more...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in YaogangxiAn Zhen? Are you interested in teaching English in Chenzhou Shi? Check out ITTT’s online and in-class courses, Become certified to Teach English as a Foreign Language and start teaching English ONLINE or abroad! ITTT offers a wide variety of Online TEFL Courses and a great number of opportunities for English Teachers and for Teachers of English as a Second Language. Nowadays there is definitely an increasing tendency of hiring more and more native English speakers as ESL or EFL teachers. Being a native English speaker and belonging to a certain number of English speaking countries is a required qualification for teachers or graduates who want to work abroad, especially. Of course, nobody can contest that a person who is...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in Ejinaqisaihantaolai Sumu? Are you interested in teaching English in Alashan Meng — Alxa? Check out ITTT’s online and in-class courses, Become certified to Teach English as a Foreign Language and start teaching English ONLINE or abroad! ITTT offers a wide variety of Online TEFL Courses and a great number of opportunities for English Teachers and for Teachers of English as a Second Language. As an Egyptian teacher of the English language, I’ve dealt with learners from many different ages ranging from two years old to adult employees. Having taught EFL inside the Arab world and in the United States, I’ve noticed some learning problems specific to the Arabs mentality that are hindering learners from using and practicing the...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in ChuAncheng Zhen? Are you interested in teaching English in Suqian Shi? Check out ITTT’s online and in-class courses, Become certified to Teach English as a Foreign Language and start teaching English ONLINE or abroad! ITTT offers a wide variety of Online TEFL Courses and a great number of opportunities for English Teachers and for Teachers of English as a Second Language. Whilst entire countries will spend their day to day without much dispute in how to use common language, the question is raised when the English learner is asking how to properly pronounce a word that in Boston, London, New York, or Texas, would sound entirely different. Would it be correct to teach "buh-tuh" or "budder" to put on your pancakes or rather, your...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in Baima Zhen? Are you interested in teaching English in Taizhou Shi? Check out ITTT’s online and in-class courses, Become certified to Teach English as a Foreign Language and start teaching English ONLINE or abroad! ITTT offers a wide variety of Online TEFL Courses and a great number of opportunities for English Teachers and for Teachers of English as a Second Language. Spain is a vast country with a great and diverse population from all across the world. As such the mixture of cultures introduces many curious sounds, in many different languages and accents, across the land. Historically, the consensus regarding learning other languages in Spain, was that it is not essential. Even after the dictatorship ended, there was still a lack...  [Read more]

When it comes to accents we all have one no matter where in the world we were brought up. Most of us are familiar with the basic differences between British and American accents, but what about accents from Australia and New Zealand, Canada and South Africa? And within each of these countries there are dozens of regional accents, just to complicate things further. So, we all have an accent, but is it a problem when teaching English as a foreign language? The first thing to remember is that there is no right or wrong accent when it comes to teaching and learning English. When teaching it is fine to speak naturally, just be sure that you always speak clearly and that all your instructions are fully understood by the whole class. Whether there is one accent that is better to teach than others...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in Wudian Zhen? Are you interested in teaching English in Suizhou Shi? Check out ITTT’s online and in-class courses, Become certified to Teach English as a Foreign Language and start teaching English ONLINE or abroad! ITTT offers a wide variety of Online TEFL Courses and a great number of opportunities for English Teachers and for Teachers of English as a Second Language. In my experience tutoring students in English as a foreign language, the most overlooked learning points were undoubtedly phonetics, phonology, and their connection to pronunciation. Occasionally, there would be a few students who specifically asked for materials that would allow them to perfect or improve their English accent. Some students even requested to receive...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in Menyuan Jianyu? Are you interested in teaching English in Haibei Zangzu Zizhizhou? Check out ITTT’s online and in-class courses, Become certified to Teach English as a Foreign Language and start teaching English ONLINE or abroad! ITTT offers a wide variety of Online TEFL Courses and a great number of opportunities for English Teachers and for Teachers of English as a Second Language. I always thought that pronunciation and phonology are the two main parts of every language. Pronunciation is even more difficult in English because of two different accents British and American. Even phonology changes depending on the type of accent. Pronunciation is always a popular topic and vital part. Because a person can amaze people with his...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in Xindian Zhen? Are you interested in teaching English in Xuzhou Shi? Check out ITTT’s online and in-class courses, Become certified to Teach English as a Foreign Language and start teaching English ONLINE or abroad! ITTT offers a wide variety of Online TEFL Courses and a great number of opportunities for English Teachers and for Teachers of English as a Second Language. Accent and pronunciation. These two words are the dream of every person learning a foreign language to sound like people from television, actors and native speakers. I remember perfectly well how my friends from college assumed that any of them, speaking in English in a bar or restaurant, would be taken as a British man thanks to their careful and precise...  [Read more]

Living in Japan has given me the opportunity to see difficulties Japanese people have with English first hand. I have also discussed this issue with my Japanese wife and several other Japanese people as well. I have even discussed it with native English speakers and got their thoughts on the subject. The biggest thing that I have noticed is their accent. I moved to Italy when I was seven and grew up learning Italian. So I developed both an Italian and American accent. When I first moved to Japan eleven years ago, instead of learning the language I first developed a Japanese accent which helped me considerably when I started to actually learn the language. My point is that when learning a language it is very important to develop the accent for that language. When I speak to a Japanese...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in Qingtang Zhen? Are you interested in teaching English in Yongzhou Shi? Check out ITTT’s online and in-class courses, Become certified to Teach English as a Foreign Language and start teaching English ONLINE or abroad! ITTT offers a wide variety of Online TEFL Courses and a great number of opportunities for English Teachers and for Teachers of English as a Second Language. Reading affects language acquisition based on the level of the content read, the type of content and in relation to the reader’s external sources of language acquisition. This summative text will explain the different difficulties than can arise when any learner of English using reading as their sole or primary mode of language acquisition. Reading over the...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in Zelin Zhen? Are you interested in teaching English in Ezhou Shi? Check out ITTT’s online and in-class courses, Become certified to Teach English as a Foreign Language and start teaching English ONLINE or abroad! ITTT offers a wide variety of Online TEFL Courses and a great number of opportunities for English Teachers and for Teachers of English as a Second Language. Introduction In the beginning of 2015, the author, for a variety of personal circumstances, started teaching English in southern China. In four years of teaching, the author has come across to a variety of issues, challenges and advantages of teaching to different age groups in the country. However, some distinct characteristics accompany a Chinese learner from the...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in LiaojiAng Zhen? Are you interested in teaching English in Chenzhou Shi? Check out ITTT’s online and in-class courses, Become certified to Teach English as a Foreign Language and start teaching English ONLINE or abroad! ITTT offers a wide variety of Online TEFL Courses and a great number of opportunities for English Teachers and for Teachers of English as a Second Language. Why are British and American versions of English so different? British and American English, while, broadly speaking, are mutually intelligible (each party can understand and communicate with each other), there are notable differences that makes one wonder why there is a difference at all? In this essay I’ll briefly discuss some key differences in these two...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in Daozi Zhen? Are you interested in teaching English in Hengyang Shi? Check out ITTT’s online and in-class courses, Become certified to Teach English as a Foreign Language and start teaching English ONLINE or abroad! ITTT offers a wide variety of Online TEFL Courses and a great number of opportunities for English Teachers and for Teachers of English as a Second Language. Even for people who are unable to carry a tune, singing is something that most would probably enjoy. There is a bit of embarrassment to overcome for many people, especially youths, but with a classroom full of people all singing together, the embarrassment factor is lowered. With that in mind, I would say that singing songs in the language that a student is learning...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in Gongchang Zhen? Are you interested in teaching English in Jingzhou Shi? Check out ITTT’s online and in-class courses, Become certified to Teach English as a Foreign Language and start teaching English ONLINE or abroad! ITTT offers a wide variety of Online TEFL Courses and a great number of opportunities for English Teachers and for Teachers of English as a Second Language. British English vs American English British English versus American English are often discussed during the class, students frequently ask which one is the standard English to learn and would it cause any difficulties in communication. As a matter of fact, both of them have differences and similarities, but individuals from the UK and the US can actually...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in WurigentalA Nongchang? Are you interested in teaching English in Tongliao Shi? Check out ITTT’s online and in-class courses, Become certified to Teach English as a Foreign Language and start teaching English ONLINE or abroad! ITTT offers a wide variety of Online TEFL Courses and a great number of opportunities for English Teachers and for Teachers of English as a Second Language. Peculiarities of the English Language I’m incredibly fortunate in that I grew up with & learned English. Listening to it every day & seeing it written daily also gave me a huge leg up on the people who are attempting to learn it as a second language, especially if they are adults! So, what do I see as the 4 peculiarities that make English so...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in MoerdaogA Zhen? Are you interested in teaching English in Hulunbei'er Shi — Hulunbuir? Check out ITTT’s online and in-class courses, Become certified to Teach English as a Foreign Language and start teaching English ONLINE or abroad! ITTT offers a wide variety of Online TEFL Courses and a great number of opportunities for English Teachers and for Teachers of English as a Second Language. In the era of globalisation, it is almost essential to be able to understand and speak English. With this comes a high need for teachers teaching English as a foreign language. Especially in non-English speaking countries TEFL teachers are in high demand to teach English to people working in tourism, seeking job opportunities abroad or students...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in Xinpu Jingji KAifAqu? Are you interested in teaching English in Lianyungang Shi? Check out ITTT’s online and in-class courses, Become certified to Teach English as a Foreign Language and start teaching English ONLINE or abroad! ITTT offers a wide variety of Online TEFL Courses and a great number of opportunities for English Teachers and for Teachers of English as a Second Language. As a universal language, English provides the opportunities for people from diverse cultures to communicate conveniently. As language is changeable, English also develops constantly and produces many kinds of varieties among which, British English and American English are the most prominent. It is said that English language started with the arrival of...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in Yongfeng Zhen? Are you interested in teaching English in Loudi Shi? Check out ITTT’s online and in-class courses, Become certified to Teach English as a Foreign Language and start teaching English ONLINE or abroad! ITTT offers a wide variety of Online TEFL Courses and a great number of opportunities for English Teachers and for Teachers of English as a Second Language. It is extremely important for students to learn English when they are still young (from 3 years old or even sooner). So why they should learn English as early as possible? + Reason 1: accent: It has already been established that children who learn a language when they are very young have a much better chance of not having a “foreign” accent when speaking another...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in Fukou Zhen? Are you interested in teaching English in Loudi Shi? Check out ITTT’s online and in-class courses, Become certified to Teach English as a Foreign Language and start teaching English ONLINE or abroad! ITTT offers a wide variety of Online TEFL Courses and a great number of opportunities for English Teachers and for Teachers of English as a Second Language. As an international language that is widely used around the globe, English has been important and increasingly influential in our lives over the years. Learning English seems to be an inevitable, prioritized task for many of us. This is also applicable to kindergarten children aged 4 to 6 years in many Asian countries. As a former kindergarten teacher who taught...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in Xiakou Zhen? Are you interested in teaching English in Wuzhong Shi? Check out ITTT’s online and in-class courses, Become certified to Teach English as a Foreign Language and start teaching English ONLINE or abroad! ITTT offers a wide variety of Online TEFL Courses and a great number of opportunities for English Teachers and for Teachers of English as a Second Language. In my point of view, Unit 13 was one of the most difficult units so far. As a teacher, I strongly believe that pronunciation and phonology are very important. Unfortunately, most teachers seem to neglect this part when they are teaching English or any other language. I also believe that Language teachers need to be well trained in this area. Native teachers or native...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in BinjiAngxincheng? Are you interested in teaching English in Taizhou Shi? Check out ITTT’s online and in-class courses, Become certified to Teach English as a Foreign Language and start teaching English ONLINE or abroad! ITTT offers a wide variety of Online TEFL Courses and a great number of opportunities for English Teachers and for Teachers of English as a Second Language. If you are not proficient in English language yet, you may be asking yourself what the difference between American and British English are. Well, Americans and British clearly speak the same language, but there are enough variations to create versions of the language with slightly different accents, personalities and flavors. So, let’s begin. At the first sign...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in Xiaodian Zhen? Are you interested in teaching English in Suqian Shi? Check out ITTT’s online and in-class courses, Become certified to Teach English as a Foreign Language and start teaching English ONLINE or abroad! ITTT offers a wide variety of Online TEFL Courses and a great number of opportunities for English Teachers and for Teachers of English as a Second Language. “Correction is the tool for creating better from worse. Make the best use of it!” says Israelmore Ayimore in his book, Become a Better You. One of the major roles of a teacher is to make corrections to students’ errors. For English, this has something to do with grammar, vocabulary and pronunciation. Corrections made to students’ grammar revolve around parts...  [Read more]

(From own experience as a volunteer English and French teacher, different forums and talks with other native and non-native teachers)All over the world more and more EFL schools advertise their courses highlighting that they only employ native speakers and reject applicants on the ground that it is the customers' expectation, opening the gates wide for native teachers and giving more obstacles to non-native ones (until they find themselves in a desperate need for a teacher'). But is it really the customers' expectation' Unfortunately teaching ability is not part of the mother tongue package! Non-native teachers could be compared with young new teachers of any subject they have just graduated: depending on their teaching ability, their skills in the subject, their personality, their...  [Read more]

There are common issues that all learners inevitably face. : The complexities of future tenses, modal and phrasal verbs. Aside from this, study habits and memorization of vocabulary are other hurdles that all students must jump. But each country, region, city or village will have its unique set of issues that will make language acquisition more complex. Having lived and worked in the region of Catalonia for the last 3 years a number of complexities of English learning have been brought to my attention Though the problems for learners in Spain/Catalonia may not be altogether unique in all aspects, I will attempt to clarify those that seem of particular issue in my short experience teaching here. The culture of language acquisition has become a larger issue as Catalans have incorporated...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in XiAnzhuAng Zhen? Are you interested in teaching English in Puyang Shi? Check out ITTT’s online and in-class courses, Become certified to Teach English as a Foreign Language and start teaching English ONLINE or abroad! ITTT offers a wide variety of Online TEFL Courses and a great number of opportunities for English Teachers and for Teachers of English as a Second Language. In addition to textbooks and workbooks, there are many other resources available to the teacher to be used in an EFL classroom. Electronic devices are fun and interactive and allow the teacher to vary her teaching methods which prevents the class from becoming monotonous and keeps the students engaged. DVDs and CDs, and cassettes (although these are not common...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in XiAngfangAoxinqumizhuAng Zhen? Are you interested in teaching English in Xiangyang Shi — Xiangfan? Check out ITTT’s online and in-class courses, Become certified to Teach English as a Foreign Language and start teaching English ONLINE or abroad! ITTT offers a wide variety of Online TEFL Courses and a great number of opportunities for English Teachers and for Teachers of English as a Second Language. In my past I have lived in many different countries and language environments. I have come to learn that the best way to gain an understanding of a new language is to be absorbed in it. In countries where English is widely spoken as a foreign language (Scandinavian countries for example), learning the language of the country can be...  [Read more]