Monthly Archives: January 2012

I recently listened to a BBC broadcast about English as a Lingua Franca (meaning that English is a contact language between non-native speakers) and thought I???d share it with you. If you???re interested, take the opportunity to learn about this glob… Continue reading →

???The Story of English??? (1986) is an Emmy Award-winning mini-series about the development of English language. And since this blog is all about the English language, here you go 🙂 It also includes information on how the different varieties develo… Continue reading →

…just a few quotes, links, cartoons… ???England and America are two countries separated by a common language.?????? George Bernard Shaw about.com explaining the differences between AE and BE a list of AE and BE equivalents + a quiz an American Onlin… Continue reading →

When it comes to different varieties of English, learners are really spoilt for choice, with English being the perfect example for a pluricentric language. So what do you prefer: British or American spelling? Irish or Canadian vocabulary? Australi… Continue reading →

Here are a few strategies I came up with in order to improve my pronunciation. I just wish I’d manage to stick to them all… Learn pronunciation together with the spelling of new words, e.g. with the help of an online dictionary. Read aloud. If y… Continue reading →

Reading Why you should study English pronunciation. An article on antimoon.com explaining why pronunciation is one of the most important language skills. It???s fast and easy to read and very enlightening 🙂 Seven reasons that English pronunciation … Continue reading →

I don???t get English pronunciation. I mean, can anyone explain to me why the stress in YESterday is on the first syllable while the stress in toMORrow is on the second one? Who can tell me why the I in wilderness is pronounced differently than that… Continue reading →

Each January, the American Dialect Society decides on an expression especially prominent in the past year. For 2011, the members chose (with a whopping majority) OCCUPYverb, noun, and combining form referring to the Occupy protest movement ???It???s a… Continue reading →