The answers to questions like these often have a lot to do with your native tongue. What pronunciation pitfalls and stumbling blocks can you find on the road from English to Polish (and vice versa)?

Phonics theory takes exactly the opposite position: the proper analogy for learning to read is learning music notation, or Morse code, or Braille, in which mastery of a set of symbols comes first.

Writing with sound symbols You can use these symbols to write out the pronunciation of words and in many dictionaries for English learners you will see the pronunciation written out. To show that ...

Aldeman: Having students read a list of 40 words — some real, some not — and pass with an 80 or better has driven dramatic increases in performance.

Good pronunciation is very important for good spoken communication. However you do not have to speak like a native English speaker to have good pronunciation. There are many different natural ...