Learning an American accent is more and more popular because of the Internet, telecommuting and outsourcing to Asia. If you want to work for an American company, American accent can greatly improve your chances to get the job. Here are three things about learning an American accent that you should know:1. What is the cheapest and the most effective way to learn an American accent?If you are seeking the most economic way to learn an American...more
The importance of having a good travel insurance plan in place before you embark on your next holiday is self evident when you look at the cost of a night in intensive care at any one of a number of countries. For instance, in New York you can expect to pay around $20,000 for a single night in intensive care, and even in Thailand the cost will be around $3000. So, no matter where you are travelling the world it's important to get your insurance...more
In American Accent Training classes, one of the first lessons is the importance of intonation. Learning English for Chinese speakers is of utmost importance. However, Chinese speakers often have a lack of contrast or emotion in their speech. Intonation in American English indicates new information. Here are three methods which will help you with your intonation when stressing a word.1.The first way is to raise the volume. For example when you are saying the short phrase, such as Dan washes cars. You can practice the noun stress pattern by emphasizing the words that are highlighted with an increase in volume. Now try this example: Dan washes cars. Susan bakes cookies. Jack lived in Germany. You notice in this example that you are raising the volume to introduce new information.2.The second way is to lengthen the word that you want to emphasize. Practice lengthening the words that are highlighted in these phrases: a spider web, a red strawberry Its a broken fingernail.3.The third way is to change pitch. When you are speaking to a group, you can try pausing before changing your pitch. This technique is effective but cannot be used all the time. You can practice...more
Putting together student travel tours usually means investing a lot of time and energy. So many things need to be done for the proper organization and planning that it can be difficult to even get started. Parents and other teachers might want to assist in organizing as well, which lends a few extra hands on the project, but many minds can mean...more
3 Special Destinations in Jordan It goes without saying that you always need a good travel insurance plan in place before you travel anywhere. Even cheap travel insurance is better than none, but when you are travelling in more exotic locations such as the Middle East, you need to take a little more care and plan well off in advance and take...more
It goes without saying that you always need a good travel insurance plan in place before you travel anywhere. Even cheap travel insurance is better than none, but when you are travelling in more exotic locations such as the Middle East, you need to take a little more care and plan well off in advance and take out sufficient insurance cover for every situation.Jordan is probably one of the more underestimated tourist destinations in the Middle East. Most tourists are attracted to the major centres like Jerusalem, Egypt and Turkey, but Jordan has some hidden jewels that are worthy of any tourists attention and in this article we are going to look at just three of them.The most famous destination in Jordan is, of course, Petra. Petra has often been used as a backdrop in adventure films such as Indiana Jones and is often touted as one of the Seven Wonders of the World. In fact in the latest listing which was produced in 2007, Petra was officially proclaimed as part of this prestigious listing. You are probably aware that Petra is a spectacular sandstone city which was built in the third century BC. The city itself contains carved palaces, tombs and temples hewn into the sandstone...more
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