Archive for February, 2014

Pronunciation Insights – Aunt, adult, pajamas: Why can’t we agree how to pronounce common words?

QUOTE  Aunt, adult, pajamas: Why can’t we agree how to pronounce common words? Call it the problem of toilet-paper-roll words By James Harbeck | February 10, 2014 How do you pronounce each of the following words? And is there another correct way to pronounce them? adult, address, almond, amen, arctic, aunt, banal, Caribbean, diabetes, either, envelope, harassment, herb, […]

Posted on February 12, 2014 at 7:01 pm by Stacey · Permalink · Leave a comment
In: Accents, Pronunciation Differences

IELTS past papers, book 9 – where do the practice texts come from?

Those who are studying for IELTS frequently wonder where most of the practice tests originally come from. That is a rather easy question to answer if you have the time to read all the fine print and acknowledgements. Let us examine Book 9, for instance: Some of texts there come from newspapers and magazines, such […]

Posted on February 11, 2014 at 11:18 pm by Stacey · Permalink · Leave a comment
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