Steps to improve pronunciation and speak in neutral accent. 1. Listen how native speakers speak the language. * Listening to and imitating a native speaker is the most important and fastest way to learn. Remember that when we were young you learned a language by listening and then repeating the words while imitating the accent. This is called acquiring. Instead of learning‚ we acquire our native language through informal processes. In order to speak like the native speakers of English language
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It trained and educated people to learn a new skill and also how to apply those new abilities. The WPA focused on public projects‚ such as The Federal Art Project. Under this program thousands of posters‚ prints‚ sculptures‚ paintings‚ drawings‚ and murals were produced‚ which were then‚ in turn‚ loaned to schools
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Song China The Song Dynasty existed between 960 AD and 1279AD. There were two different stages of the Song Dynasty between those dates‚ the Northern Song (960-1127 AD) and the Southern Song (1127-1279 AD). During the time of the Song Dynasty‚ China was the most advanced place in the world. China was rich in so many ways‚ such as agriculture‚ iron working‚ and printing to name a few. The Song Dynasty was a time when China was advanced economically and scientifically‚ so much that scholars still
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System‚ Vol. 17‚ No. 3‚ pp. 377-384‚1989 Printed in Great Britain 0346-251X/89 $3.00 + 0.00 0 1990 Pergamon Press plc IMPROVING SPEAKING FLUENCY PAUL NATION English Language Institute‚ Victoria University of Wellington‚ New Zealand This paper examines the improvement of learners of English during the performance of a speaking activity which involves repeating the same unrehearsed talk. Improvements in fluency‚ grammatical accuracy‚ and control of the content showed that during the short
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After the French revolution and Napoleonic wars‚ the conservatives were inclined to restore monarchies. By restoring old boundaries‚ the balance of power was ensured. This was so that no one country will become a hegemon like what France did before. They also did not want another revolution to occur. The Congress of Vienna was set up to discuss issues of restoring old boundaries and mediate issues that may potentially bring disharmony or even war. The spirit of nationalism was soaring in different
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The topic I have chosen to write about in this essay is “How would I improve Education for young people?”. I will give some details to the history of education and some facts and figures from some recent studies into education. I will also be giving my views on the current educational system and ways in which I think should be improved. I will also produce some very enlightening facts to support my opinions. Education became mandatory in Scotland in 1872‚ under the reign of Queen Victoria‚ with
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The federal government has changed the ground work and the organization of scholastic lessons in the educational systems in 2001 with the “No Child Left behind Act”. The law say that each state is to embrace English Language Learners in the state assessment and evaluate the student’s language skill “with valid‚ reliable assessments in the areas of oral language and reading and writing skills‚ more specifically comprehension‚ speaking‚ listing‚ reading‚ and writing”(Cook‚ 2007). The requirements of
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As an english teacher one question always raked my brains that is when a person from one state ‚for example andhra pradesh stays in kerala for 2 years he could easily communicate in malayalam‚ of course he may not know how to read and write unless he learns the script‚ then why the students of telugu medium background even though they have english as a subject from 3 rd garde and wrote many exams and finish their schooling with more marks find it difficult to communicate in english? For the past
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Why English is important in Job Requirement? A study conducted by one of the biggest agencies‚ Job.com‚ founded that lack of communication skills in both speaking and writing has caused the main reasons for the failure of graduates in seeking jobs. An English lecturer of University Utara Malaysia’s school of cognitive science and education‚ M.Puveneswary who taught English at the University for about 11 years said‚ there was a gap between English at the workplace and academic environments
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Table of Contents Introduction Al Jazeera is a news provider launched in Qatar in 1996. The founder of the Al Jazeera network was Sheik Hamad‚ former emir of Qatar. The reason Hamad launched Al Jazeera was because he was disappointed with the lack of freedom of press in his country (Allied Media Corp.). The first rule in Al Jazeera’s code of ethics is that they “adhere to the journalistic values of honesty‚ courage‚ fairness‚ balance‚ independence‚ credibility and diversity‚ giving no priority
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