In 2005 BBC Learning English produced three radio programmes on pronunciation as part of the Talk about English series. The programmes were made with guest Alan Stanton a materials' writer and ...

IN 1789, Noah Webster declared ‘the pure English pronunciation in Great Britain and New England’ to be ‘exactly the same in both.’ Ever since that time those who undertake the difficult task of ...

Though they technically are the same language, British English and American English have scores of differences—from the small, like the extra “U” in “colour,” to the large, like the very different ...

Pronunciation is the way that people make sounds to form words. Every time you make a sound, you push air past your tongue, lips, and teeth and then move the air through your mouth. The sounds you ...

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In some junior high school and high school English classes, I'm sure some people couldn't get used to the pronunciation of English that is completely different from Japan. Regarding the pronunciation ...

We sometimes call it "the Queen's English" or "BBC English." You know the type of thing: a crisp, cut-glass, slightly nasal voice saying "how now brown cow." It was the accent used by the English ...