Posts Tagged ‘ esol ’

English in a World where the Majority Speak it as a Second Language Online and Offline

Dec 21st, 2010 | By omar shaikh | Category: Digital Social Activism

In a recent podcast interview by the Voipusersconference, Suzanne Bowen (co-founder and VP of Super Technologies, Inc. and Techistan and also an ex-English teacher) was asked about the Asterisk-Biz List’s dozens of accusatory posts about her company’s tendency to use written and/or spoken English incorrectly and other business faux pas. She replied that a majority of [...]



Learn English in 30 Days? Hug Google Translate

Dec 11th, 2009 | By omar shaikh | Category: Social Networking

Ahsan, my colleague, asked me how to pronounce a certain name, Zuckerman. I pointed him to Google Translate because it pronounced it correctly. Let me show you how much fun http://translate.google.com is to learn to pronounce words and labels in so many languages. It may not always be right or the choice that you would [...]



American Accent Training

Oct 30th, 2009 | By omar shaikh | Category: Podcasts

These audios will guide you to fluency in spoken American English. You begin by getting away from dependence on the way words are written in English. Instead you learn to hear again, the way you did as a child learning your own native language! Here`s how American Accent Training can help you.

PART 1

PART 2 [...]