If you want to believe that then you can find many reasons to sustain this affirmation and if the idea of English being a difficult language to learn is well cemented in your brain then probably you will never be able to learn and master it as you would like. Below you can see why I think English is difficult to learn.
Vancouver Islands Homestays and Camps (VIHAC) English camps are designed to provide international students with the opportunity to participate in an intensive English class combined with cultural activities and a homestay with a Canadian family. VIHAC English camps are designed so that students get maximum exposure and practice using English while learning about the culture by participating in activities in Canada and living with a family from Canada.
Elision is when under certain circumstances sounds disappear. In more technical language, specialists will say that in certain circumstances a phoneme may be realized as zero, have zero realization, or be deleted.
There are many different activities that help learners of English to develop their fluency. Here I am going to present eight activities that are excellent for developing oral fluency.
Soon, foreigners will be allowed to use their driving licenses issued in their native countries in Vietnam. At least this is what the deputy director of the Vietnam Road Administration (VRA) Nguyen Van Quyen said in a recent interview with the Vietnam News Agency.
The original article was posted at tuoitrenews.vn website. Below is the full article; How much truth it contains is to be seen.
Today’s question comes from someone on ESL Saigon YouTube channel. The question is:
Hi Dan, Your English is good but I thought that most schools only hire native English speakers from US, Canada, UK, Australia or New Zealand. Is that not true? We love HCMC and will be coming there from the US again next week.
“Native English Teachers required” is a statement seen in all teaching English job advertisements all over the world. So, it seems that most of the teaching English jobs are only for those who are from the USA, England, and all other countries that are considered English speaking countries. Is this fair? No and yes! That depends on which side of the mirror you are placed!
Diphthongs are sounds which consist of a movement from one vowel sound to another. Basically there are two vowel sounds pronounced together. Diphthongs are of a great importance because they are responsible for the “foreign” accent.
In theory, the tonic syllable is the only one that carries a movement in pitch; therefore it can be identified relatively easy. That is in theory! In practice is not that simple.
As it is well known, if there is a tonic syllable followed by a tail then the tone is carried by the tonic syllable and the tail. In many such cases the pitch movement is extremely difficult to be detected on the tonic syllable itself.
Dictation is considered a teacher-centered writing activity that doesn’t really develop writing skills. I definitely don’t believe that. How can be a teacher-centered activity?! Students have to listen carefully, understand, and then write down. It is a difficult activity that helps students developing listening skills (they have to listen and understand what teacher is saying during the dictation time), writing skills (well, it doesn’t help students developing creative writing, but it does help them developing spelling and punctuation.