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I'm also interested in fluency and intonation.
Can you borrow me something from the lockeroom?
Well.
Can I use "well" as the equivalent of "OK"?
張鳳蓮's 2016 master's thesis writes:
心理學家 Sophie Scott 於倫敦醫院所作的實驗顯示英文母語者聽到母語英語時，左側顳葉顯示活動的影像，而漢語母語者聽到漢語時，左右兩側顳葉都在活動。
[Google Translate]: Experiments conducted by psychologist Sophie Scott at a London hospital showed that when native English speakers heard their native English, the left temporal lob...
Basically what's in the title, I'm looking for something similar, even if it's not a very used expression. At the very least, what may be a more concise way to convey the same idea?
Suppose that students are learning about the vowel e* as in the word echo.
The sound is sometimes written as EH or written as ɛ.
What strings of text might students use to practice the spoken vowel EH?
I do not know if the following list of words will help or not, but all of these words begin with "
I'm Chinese and have been learning English for more than 10 years. As it is a compulsory course in China, so we start learning it from a very young age. I can communicate with others fluently when it comes to daily topics, but if talking about some academic or technical topics or issues, I still ...
Along the same lines as no word for making more efficient (eg. efficientise), it would be excellent to have 'convenientise' as a word that means to make more convenient.
This is a sample of my voice: https://voca.ro/1n9yVi2OmlOm
English is pretty much my first language and the language I know best.
I have an accent and it frustrates me a lot. I want to get rid of it.
Common advice I hear is like differentiate between V and W or t and th. When I hear my voice I do...
On paper, the words "speak" and "peak" should be pronounced the same (other than the "s") so why does the "p" in "peak" sound so much more explosive?
/spiːk/ vs /piːk/
I've been learning Japanese by watching anime and YouTube videos(i think this is my learning style), especially from these channels:
https://www.youtube.com/@parako
https://www.youtube.com/@marymarymary80s
These videos have great gag humor, which makes them really enjoyable for me. Now, I'm wonde...
I would like to know which of these sentences is correct/the most appropriate:
the necessary ressource lies within him.
the necessary ressource lies in him.
The meaning I am looking for: I want to express the idea that the person has all the necessary ressources in his possession from a spiritu...
Reading - looking at every word and analyzing the structures used in a paragraph.
Listening - Listening to pronunciation and commonly used phrases or a bunch of words.
what do you think I should do more to have better fluency in a language?
I am trying to write a story in English, though English is not my mother language.
I would like to know if any of the two following lines is correct, and which is better:
"I talked to Bob," said Alice, "and he told me he is happy."
"I talked to Bob," Alice said, "and he told me he is happy."
Some background information: I am an EFL(English as a Foreign Language learner).
I lived for several years abroad and attended English-only schools when I was little but repatriated to find the English education to be focused exclusively on grammar and not on semantics or pragmatics -- no emphasi...
1.I did not notice who knew me.
2.I did not know who knew me.
I just wanted know because I do not know the difference between the two sentences.
If farce and satire both uses irony and exaggeration to hint somthing serious then why are they different?
I am reading the play Importance of being Earnest written by Oscar Wilde. I am getting quite confused on which point it is showing up as a satire and where as a farce or might be parody. Can...
I've been studying English and found out a word Champion supporter in the sentence Faced with a global audience, British television needs its champion supporters. Does the champion supporter mean someone who support a lot?
Note:The only answer to the question is from the given choices if you are answering,please keep that in mind
I have 2 daughters, they are 5 years old & 10 years old.
In some conversation, I need to mention my daughter with 5 years old.
Should I say litter daughter ? (I doubt not)
Or should I say younger daughter? it looks like "young" would refer to an adult?
I am a English learner. Recently I want to practice shadowing. So I'm looking for an app/a website that offers daily tips in English(e.g. usage/phrases etc.)Ideally, the tips shall be read out by a real human if possible.
(I also posted in the English learners group but it said irrelevant:( )
N...