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Babies Cry In Their Mother Tongue

by | Nov 8, 2009 | Uncategorized

An article in today’s LA Times states that babies are found to cry in their native tongue. They hear the melody and intonation while they are still in the womb and imitate it once they are born. Read the article:...

How to improve your accent with audio books

by | Oct 26, 2009 | Uncategorized

Here is a great way to work on improving your American accent:Buy a book on audio. I suggest a non-fiction topic because the speech is generally better suited for this type of practice. Listen to a sentence or a phrase, then pause it and repeat what the speaker said....

S or Z?

by | Oct 5, 2009 | Uncategorized

Alex asks:Hello Lisa,You say in your book that the final “s” in the words “is” and “has” is pronounced as /z/. Then what if when “it is” and “it has” are contracted to “it’s”, does the...

Accent Reduction Practice with Singing

by | Oct 5, 2009 | Uncategorized

Paolo asks:Is singing songs a good way to improve my pronunciaton or not? I’m just asking because sometimes rappers or singers tend to pronounce words with a different “cadence” just to make them rhyme with one another, what do you think?Yes, singing...