How can I get confidence in speaking English? Wouldn't it be nice to be as confident as this man is? He is talking on the phone to a client and understands the jokes and idioms and everything the person is saying to him... YOU have the ability to be as confident as this man in your listening and sp...
Why Do They Speak So Fast? If you have ever been in a business meeting like this, you know it's hard to understand everything that the speaker says, and even harder to communicate your point or ask a question. What can you do to make this easier? Begin to listen to a lot of American speeches in TED...
Why is English so Difficult to Pronounce? Do you remember the movie “Spanglish”? If you haven’t seen it, it’s a great movie to show the difficulty of living in America without speaking English, but also the benefits when you take the time to do so, and the relief of people understanding you when yo...
US vs UK - Which English is better? :) Have you thought about English in this way? Many people might just think of English as a unified language but it's certainly not - there are MANY words that are different as well as pronunciation and spelling between American and British English. In this video...
The Language of Being Human What does it mean to "speak" a language? Usually, we think about known languages like English or French, or Spanish, but there are many "languages" beyond these. Think about how many ways we can communicate beyond language - like body language, music, even shared experie...