American Accent Training - Category

ESL speakers who stress the wrong syllable in a word are perceived as more accented.

Your English pronunciation should convey a message that is easy to understand. If you are addressing native listeners, and notice looks of confusion on their faces, you may need to improve certain aspects of your spoken English. But which aspects of your speech need work?  The Features most likely to confuse native listeners are segmental errors. Call […]

Why Use the Future Perfect Continuous? The future perfect continuous is a convenient way to convey the ongoing nature of an action in the future. It is rarely used and considered very advanced level English. However, it is a precise way of conveying the nature of the duration of an activity.          […]

When You Should Use the Future Perfect Continuous Use the future perfect continuous to project yourself into the future for the duration of an ongoing activity from now up to a point in the future.

Future Perfect We use the future perfect to talk about an event that occurs before another event finishes. The future perfect lets you talk about the past in the future.    ex I will have finished my homework by dinner time. 

Future Continuous Tense The future continuous is made up of two parts: ‘will’ and a verb in the present tense.    I’ll see you tonight. We’ll talk later. The future continuous tense is not discussed a lot in grammar classes, but is used a great deal in speaking. It is important to know when to use the future […]

  The future tense can be confusing because it is not expressed like the past tense. Verbs do not change. Instead, we add helping verbs and use the perfect tense to express specific actions.  We also use the present tense to talk about the future with the help of adverbs of time.

English Future Simple Tense  English has four future tenses:  future simple, future continuous, future perfect, and future perfect continuous. The future tense is important because it used heavily in speaking.   Most people use ‘will’ to talk about a future event. 

Are you often asked to repeat what you just said? Do you avoid conversations or feel anxious about your accent? Pronunciation practice can improve your speech by at least 50% . 

English Conversation Materials Audio Lab The audio lab contains practice exercises for homework and tasks assigned in class . Listen to your voice as you record your speech. Compare your recording with that of a native male or female speaker in the audio lab. Your trainer will access your recordings daily to monitor your progress […]