The World's Most Spoken Languages And Where They Are Spoken
This beautifully illustrated infographic (above), designed by South China Morning Post’s graphics director Alberto Lucas Lopéz, shows the most spoken known languages in the world and where they’re spoken by the 6.3 billion people included in the study. Based on records collated from the database Ethnologue, the infographic illustrates the wide-ranging facts and figures of the world’s living languages catalogued since 1951. “There are at least 7,102 known languages alive in the world today. Twenty-three of these languages are a mother tongue for more than 50 million people.
Pronunciation: 3 Principles On How To Make Your Spoken English Sound More Natural – A Guest Post
I recently had the privilege and honour of being interviewed by my fellow English Language trainer, Elena Mutonono on her recent webinar “Accent Training for Business People“. For those of you who didn’t sign up for the webinar, here’s the recording. In that webinar we discussed the benefits of accent training for non-native business people and how accent training improves communication. I asked Elena, a pronunciation expert, to write a guest post for me to share her three tips on how you can make your spoken English sound more natural.
American English: Learn How to Speak American English for Free
Living in America can be unduly difficult and unpleasant if you don't know how to speak English. The biggest reason people in America don't learn how to speak English has nothing to do with ignorance or the complexity of the language, it is for lack of resources and the misconception that it costs a lot of money to learn how to speak English. From this article, readers should hope to learn how to speak American English for free using resources easily available to any person. On the Internet, there are hundreds - if not thousands - of free resources to help you learn American English, improve your American English skills, and read and write American English better. There are many different types of learning methods and resources, so it's important to find what works best for you and helps you learn easier.
Difference or Deficit in Speakers of African American English?What Every Clinician Should Know…and Do
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The case of the missing “u”s in American English
Before you consciously became aware of your decision to read this article, your brain was already making the necessary preparations to click the link. There are a few crucial milliseconds between the moment when you’re consciously aware of a plan to act, and the moment you take action. This brief window is thought by some scientists to be the moment in time when we can exercise free will. It gives us the chance to consciously make a decision, suggesting we aren’t just slaves to our impulses.
The Primary Differences Among Major International English Dialects
The British Empire hasn’t been in existence for almost three-quarters of a century. At the peak of its might, it covered close to a quarter of the world’s land area and ruled a fifth of its population. But the empire changed, transformed, and passed as all things pass. When the territories Britain had conquered gained freedom, there was one thing that remained as evidence of how grand the empire once was—the English language. It’s the second most common language in the world in terms of the number of native speakers; it’s the most widely spoken language of all when you include people who use it as a second language. It’s an international language, and as such, it has developed various dialects around the world.
Canadian English
Introduction Canadian English, for all its speakers, is an under-described variety of English. In popular dialectological literature it is often given little acknowledgement as a distinct and homogeneous variety, save for a paragraph or two dedicated to oddities of Canadian spelling and the fading use of British-sounding lexical items like chesterfield , serviette , and zed . There is a small body of scholarly research that suggests that if there is such a thing as a Canadian English, all its unique characteristics are being lost. In fact, Lilles (2000) goes so far as to claim that there is no such thing as a distinct Canadian English, and argues that the notion of Canadian English is a myth, fabricated to reinforce a fragile Canadian identity.
Difference Between Accent and Dialect
Having an American accent is a sought-after trait in the workplace nowadays. In a world where business transactions are initiated and concluded over the Internet, one has a distinct advantage if one knows how to speak the American way. Persuading an American client over the phone to buy a particular product is easier if the salesman speaks with an American accent. Similarly, potential British buyers would take interest in a salesman who speaks with an accent similar to theirs.
The secret language of South Asia’s transgender community — Quartz
In South Asia, there is a hidden language known only to the region’s hijra community. Found in Pakistan, India, and Bangladesh, the hijra are an old and marginalized group, whose members identify as men born with the souls of women. Hijras call themselves she-males and effigies, as well as kwaja sera, or the “guards of the harem,” a title that recalls their historical role serving monarchs in the region.
PlayPhrase.me: Endless stream of movie clips of specific phrases ()
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