ESL Pronunciation and Song Improvement Written by Wendolyn Craun Correct pronunciation is the bedrock of language. If you can’t say a word correctly, you have not truly mastered the language. How many of us have smiled when we hear a non-native English speaker speaking English because the pronunciation we hear feels so odd to our […]
I grew up speaking one language…English. Even though as a child I had many friends of different nationalities, I had no felt need to learn another language. I could function just fine with English. I could communicate with my friends and live my life without the need of knowing a second language. But now with […]
Artistic ESL: The Benefits of Incorporating Music with ESL Instruction As with all teaching methodologies, ESL instruction works best when learning is connected with making the material meaningful in a memorable way. While there is a place for textbooks and direct instruction, language learning in particular is very sensory based. At the same time, the […]
Our world is full of beauty. Beauty can be seen and beauty can be heard. Think of the sounds of Chinese, Russian, French, Dutch, Hindi, German, Zulu, Swiss, and Hebrew. To the untrained ear, these sounds can seem like watercolors on a watery canvas, a mayhem of colors without lines. But to the trained ear, […]
