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Speech Quality Tip 8: Enjoy accents

March 18, 2021 pomakaco Listening, Pronunciation, Reading level: Elementary (CEFR A2), Videos

Do you know what an accent is?  It is how people from different places etc. sound different when speaking English.  […]

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Speech Quality Tip 6: Understand focus words

March 5, 2021 pomakaco Pronunciation, Reading level: Elementary (CEFR A2), Videos

What are focus words?  How can they help you communicate? Just like words can have syllables with more stress, phrases[…]

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Speech Quality Tip 2: Know your difficult sounds

February 1, 2021 pomakaco Pronunciation, Reading level: Elementary (CEFR A2), Videos

Below is the second 10min video tip in my speech quality course (in case you missed the Sun YouTube Premier).[…]

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Speech Quality Tip 1: Be careful with syllable stress

January 28, 2021 pomakaco Pronunciation, Reading level: Elementary (CEFR A2), Videos

Below is the first 10min video tip in my speech quality course (in case you missed the YouTube Premier). The[…]

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How ‘focus words’ can help you become a better speaker

July 23, 2020 pomakaco Presentations, Pronunciation, Reading level: Intermediate (CEFR B1), Speaking

Do you know what a focus word is?  It is a word that has more stress in speech.  It is[…]

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Why is word stress important?

January 18, 2020 pomakaco Pronunciation, Reading level: Elementary (CEFR A2), Speaking

Having trouble pronouncing the sounds of words? While pronunciation is important, sometimes it’s just as important to get the word[…]

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How can word parts help me understand new vocabulary?

September 27, 2019 pomakaco Reading level: Elementary (CEFR A2), Study tips, Vocabulary

There are many ways to learn new vocabulary.  One way is to know about the different parts of words.  Sometimes[…]

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