Tips to Perfect the Fine Art of Dialogue
Tips to Perfect the Fine Art of Dialogue For this week’s clear English speech coaching, here are a couple of tips to perfect the fine art of dialogue. Good, engaging conversation is like a Frisbee that you catch, spin and toss to the next person. Marylynne Pitz March launches spring, spring break, and socializing outdoors. So […]
Accent Reduction: Best Strategies for HOW To Learn Accurate, Clear English Speaking
Accent Reduction: Best Strategies for HOW To Learn Accurate, Clear English Speaking Before we get to the best strategies for HOW to learn accurate, clear English speaking, let’s ask the important WHY question. So why do you need to know how to learn the skills for reducing your accent and making your English easy to understand? The answer comes […]
Set-Up for You for Your Presentation
Set-Up for You for Your Presentation Hello Everybody, For this week’s clear English speech coaching, here are a couple of tips for the set-up for you for your presentation. Don’t let the audiovisual staff run your show. Turn the lights up bright, so you are displayed better. Don’t hide behind the lectern. Get out front. Be […]
English Pronunciation: Smart Learning Strategies for Accent Reduction
English Pronunciation: Smart Learning Strategies for Accent Reduction Here is more of the story about training and learning to speak clear English and get accurate English pronunciation. What’s the key to effective learning — whether learning to speak clear English or reduce one’s accent, or any kind of learning? One intriguing body of research […]
Jolt Them With a Headline
Jolt Them With a Headline For this week’s clear English speech tip, here is a tip for grabbing the attention of an audience: Jolt them with a headline. A headline is a statement that surprises or challenges them. Three rules for a headline It should be one sentence. It should hint at information that makes them […]
Accent Reduction: Why Your English Speech is Difficult to Understand Even Though You Live in an English Speaking Country
Accent Reduction: Why Your English Speech is Difficult to Understand Even Though You Live in an English Speaking Country What you are saying: “I have been trying my best to improve my English. I went to an ESL class and I had a private English tutor about four times. I couldn’t succeed. I think […]
Tips for Story Telling
Tips for Story Telling For this week’s clear English speech coaching, we have a speech tip video below. Also, here are tips for storytelling in a presentation… or conversation. The hard thing is to begin. There is a right way and a wrong way to start a story, whether it is an anecdote or a ten-minute […]
Did you know this about foreign-born people in the US?
Did you know this about foreign-born people in the US? For this last installment about interesting facts about people with English as a Second Language, here are data to satisfy your curiosity! A recent study by the Pew Research Center indicates that Asians have recently passed Latinos as the largest group of new immigrants arriving […]
THE ENTIRE WORLD LOVES A STORY
Here are tips for telling a story as part of your presentation… or conversation: THE ENTIRE WORLD LOVES A STORY So find one. You won’t have to look that hard. You need to look inside yourself and decide what you are willing to share. A story is always appropriate. All the world loves a story […]
What are most prevalent languages of the internet and publishing?
What are most prevalent languages of the internet and publishing? What are internet’s top languages by number of users? (Internetworldstats.com) English (27.3%) Chinese (22.6%) Spanish (7.8%) Japanese (5.3 %) Portuguese (4.3%) 4.0% and less are German, Arabic, French, Russian, Korean. Let’s look at a more informal way of measuring the languages of the internet by looking at […]