One of the greatest difficulties in learning the English language is understanding that alphabet characters can change how ...

How do you pronounce words that begin with lots of consonants? What is a consonant cluster? It's a word that has multiple consonant sounds together. Look at the consonants at the starts of these ...

Interest-Driven Learning: As Wang Xingxing’s story shows, passion can drive you to achieve great things. Find what interests you in English, whether it’s reading novels, watching movies, or playing ...

Donbraye ‘Respect Yourself’ was one of my family’s favourite songs during the turbulent 1970s in the US during the Civil Rights Movement. Sung by the Staple Singers, a father and his daughters, the ...

An Afrikaner woman teaching Xhosa captured a relatable moment when she accidentally pronounced her own name with an English ...

If you have a rhotic accent, you pronounce the /r/ sound whenever the letter 'r' appears in a word, like in 'learn', 'better' and 'perfect'. North American accents are usually rhotic, and other ...

A recent scientific study has identified the Greek name Sofia (or Sophia) as the most beautiful name in the world.

The pinyin system has around 1,300 pronunciations for 10,000 common simplified characters, meaning each pronunciation corresponds to about seven homophones. To make things worse, consonants like ...

Teach letter recognition and sounds before introducing words. Use phonics-based learning, where kids learn how letters and ...