The Fascinating World of Phonetics Lesson 10Joseph Wong
The consonant ŋ has more uses than merely serving the "ing" spellings. Once again, with phonetics, it's about sounds and you will need to hear this ŋ sound in certain words.
Here are two small tables: the words which are always stressed in English, and 'weak' words which are reduced in speaking. Learn more from my blog how knowing this will help you understand English native speakers better!
An explanation for intermediate to advanced English language learners on using the words "meet" and "meeting" properly. This is the third lesson of the SkimaTalk course Misused and Misunderstood Words written by Michele W. Snider, SkimaTalk teacher and author of My Virtual English blog.
The Fascinating World of Phonetics Lesson 10Joseph Wong
The consonant ŋ has more uses than merely serving the "ing" spellings. Once again, with phonetics, it's about sounds and you will need to hear this ŋ sound in certain words.
Here are two small tables: the words which are always stressed in English, and 'weak' words which are reduced in speaking. Learn more from my blog how knowing this will help you understand English native speakers better!
An explanation for intermediate to advanced English language learners on using the words "meet" and "meeting" properly. This is the third lesson of the SkimaTalk course Misused and Misunderstood Words written by Michele W. Snider, SkimaTalk teacher and author of My Virtual English blog.
A brief look at the background of Booker T. Washington and W.E.B. DuBois as a set up to their ideas as to how best to achieve African American equality in the United States in the early 20th Century.
2. What is a dénouement? How do you SAY that word? Where does it come from? What does it mean?
3. Dénouement is said like this: dayn-yu-mah-nt It is a French word which means: “to untie” as in knot. In English, it means: to solve the problems in a story.
4. Other words similar to dénouement: Conclusion Resolution Ending All these words mean when the problem is fixed in a plot (story) and the story is finished.
7. Epilogues Say like: ep-il-og A final (or extra) chapter at the end of the book. Usually tells you about the fate of the characters. Some epilogues hint at sequels for another book or movie.