Yay for Adult Learning: Bonds that Bind
Yay for Adult Learning— Bonds that Bind Article 16 How are Child Learning and Adult Learning Different –That is the question. Child learning, especially visual learning and speaking a language, is more efficient in children than adults. Neuroimaging study found rapid neurotransmitter GABA boosting as a major potential explanation-component for that. 1, 2, 3. 4 […]
The Human Factor
The Human Factor – Article 15 We– Humans According to Michael Shermer 2004, the following characteristics are shared by humans and other social animals, such as primates, dolphins, whales, especially the great apes: attachment and bonding, cooperation and mutual aid, sympathy and empathy, direct and indirect reciprocity, altruism and reciprocal altruism, conflict resolution and peacemaking, […]
Word Memory- What You Don’t Know!
Get Ahead of the Curve Speed Up Learning Article 14 Saying Words Out Loud Robust evidence indicates that saying a word out loud makes it more memorable than simply reading it silently or hearing someone else say it. This memory benefit of “hearing oneself” (and producing the word) is referred to as the production […]
Amazing Effect of Vocal Reading on Pronunciation
Did You Know? Writing is only about 5,500 years old, unlike human speech estimated to be from 50,000 years to 2 million years old. In contrast to speech, the human brain did not naturally evolve to read. Thus, the brain adapts to the challenge of reading. The Amazing Effect of Accurate Vocal Reading […]
B and CH for “Beach” For Fast and Easy Learning Using Human Brain Info
B and CH for “Beach” For Fast and Easy Learning Using Human Brain Info This is Number 5 in our series of recommended sequence for fast, easy mastery of American English speech sounds. The directed instruction is for English consonants B, CH and the word “beach”. Your brain organizes the production of speech by phonetic […]
Proficiency?? There’s More to the Story!
Proficiency?? There’s More to the Story. Article 9 The burning question is: How Long Does It Take to Become Proficient for English Speech? Here’s more of the story. Becoming highly proficient in AE (American English) speech communication includes more than skills for accurate pronunciation and enunciation of AE consonant and vowels. But the […]
How Long to Get Proficient English Speech?
How Long to get Proficient English Speech? Deliberate Practice –Article 8 One of the first questions most instructors for American English (AE) get from nonnative-born new students is : “How long is it going to take until I am proficient at speaking English.” That simple question about how long does it take to become proficient […]
P and B, Start– or Refresh with These Speech Sounds
Today we begin the series of recommended sequence for consonants and vowels. Deliberate and focused practice is best. Imitation is the easiest way to learn. Watch, listen, and do! Accuracy is everything! This FIRST speech tip is our chosen Number 1 for systematic learning. Brain organizerer is that the Quick speech sounds in English are […]
How Long Does It Take to Get Accurate and Clear English Speech?
How Long Does It Take to Get Accurate and Clear English Speech? On average it takes about 70 days of practice every day to change or form a daily life habit (Frothingham, 2019). The range for daily life habits is 18 to 254 days according to a 2009 article in the European Social Psychology […]
Assessment– Why Bother?
Article 5 English Speech Assessment? Why Bother? How important is assessment for successful acquisition of clear American English (AE) speaking? If we didn’t care about efficiency of learning, not important at all. Your money is worth a lot, but your time is worth even more. Important is determining nonnative-born individuals’ pronunciation for the 23 (some […]