This post will help you pronounce Y and R at the end of a word - RY. Watch and pass it on to everyone you know who speaks English as a Second Language! Have a great day!!
Kim
Transcript and Vocabulary Explanation:
I had a question from one of you. A fifty-year-old (Kim’s note […]
You want to sound like a real native English speaker, so you start using “hafta” instead of “have to” and “wanna” instead of “want to” and “gonna” instead of “going to”, but people look at you strangely. Why???
There are a few reasons.
1. You are overemphasizing (making it too strong when you talk) hafta, […]
Vocabulary and Transcript
You know, today I was planning on going to the beach and I thought, you know, a lot of my students have a problem with that sound, beach,
that e sound, eee.
The big confusion - it seems to be - comes between the e sound and the soft i sound. “i”
(It’s) very different - […]
This is one of the most confusing parts of English grammar. Normally, you should not use THE before a name. But sometimes THE is part of the name.
For example, THE United States of America! Or the U.S. You can also say the U.S.A., though it’s very rare, except in military culture, to say the […]
I thought it would be fun to look at some of our famous ESL speakers around the world. The first person I’m going to evaluate is Vladimir Putin.
He has a speech in English about the 2014 Winter Olympics. He’s a real guy with a busy life, like a lot of you, and he has […]
Do you like to exercise? Do you wish you exercised more? Are you getting out of shape in America?
In this video lesson, I talk about my students’ number one complaint about America: it’s made them get fat!
I understand totally. It’s tough in this culture (tough = difficult) to stay in shape (to stay […]
I went to the Getty Center for this video post. I think this museum is thoroughly enjoyable and those of you who come through LA should bathe, put on clean clothes and go. Though you should leave your gothic, moth-eaten clothes along with the Christmas wreaths in your filthy closet.
Does this seem like a […]
Check this out to learn how to avoid a muffled R sound. DON’T curl your tongue - TIGHTEN it.
Kim