THOSE LITTLE WORDS!?!!! The – A – An
These little words give so many of my clients SO many problems! Why is that? Let’s look at how several languages handle ‘definite and indefinite articles,’ as they are called. Articles are related to gender. [...]
Why TV Watching Is Good For You!
Be a ‘Couch Potato’ (Couch Potato n. One who spends an inordinate amount of time on the couch watching television) Does this sound like unusual advice, given America’s obsession with exercise and health? Well, it [...]
My Fair Lady: Great play but bad accent coaching methods!
Although the classic musical, My Fair Lady, is wonderful, the accent coaching methods that Professor Higgins uses in the play are not!
The New Year & Immigrants & Trump….
A new year, 2017, has begun, and with it a new president, supposedly the Leader of the Free World has entered as American's president. I feel compelled to write about this election and to [...]
Another New Year is approaching!
Another new year is approaching! Wow, how time flies! The year 2016 was a difficult year. We saw horrible conflicts continuing in the world, we saw a very contentious election in the U.S. come to [...]
HOW WE SPEAK IS A HABIT!
How we speak is simply a habit. It is an over-learned behavior that is stored as a complete program somewhere in the brain. When you begin to speak, thinking of what you want to say, [...]