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Many thanks.Best is of course total immersion. In Inverness, Scotland! They say! It is where the best pronunciation is to be found.
Type in English level test as a starter, so your niece would know her base point.
Most of my language teaching experience was teaching English as a Second language, not as a foreign language - once you open the lid, you will find a confusing amount of options. it is a while since I accessed these, but it is a start. Good luck.
https://learnenglish.britishcouncil.org/online-courses- small monthly fee, around £6BBC Learning English - Learn English with BBC Learning English - Homepage
About BBC Learning Englishwww.bbc.co.uk
esolcourses.com
Breakingnewsenglish.com
Then there is a hilarious guy who teaches the 'th' among other things - he uses US English though. I will send it if I find it - and that is another thing - pronunciation is a game by itself, apart from grammar and correct usage. There was a book in my childhood:First Aid in English. I think it has been reinvented. It was the essential book in primary schools in Scotland. A small, ultra simple and cheap textbook. There are so many more now, the approach to language study has improved so much and has broadened the options. University courses eg MOOCS are also sources of free classes, and please note I am not referring any paid ones apart from the British Council one. You need to learn to ignore the MOOC offers to upgrade to a paid course for a certificate.
i found him: Dave Sconda. He is brilliant!
I understand but I'm going to point you to YouTube's Rachel's English (for American English) anyway for two reasons.Needs to be British/Australian English though rather than US
I understand but I'm going to point you to YouTube's Rachel's English (for American English) anyway for two reasons.
First the reason I can get over with quickly; some readers of this thread might be interested. Now to get on why it may help your niece.
Rachel has a number of videos on how to get mouths and throats to make sounds. Yes, they tend to be for American accents but perhaps useful for other accents as well. I've seen at least one video on how speech gets speeded up. Some videos on using movies. Her videos would have to be curated to pick the ones best for general use.
As a Spanish teacher and a language learner, I don't see any reason why you should focus on listening to the language for hundreds of hours before attempting speaking or reading.Hola Robo. You might give a look at "Dreaming Spanish" (YouTube). Pablo offers an immersive Spanish approach to language learning that focuses on listening and watching hundreds of hours of videos before attempting grammar, reading or speaking. While I've (really) enjoyed studying Spanish via Duolingo, my progress has been slow, so I've tried adding an hour per day of "Dreaming" improve my listening skills. Chao.
@MariaSP - “Dreaming Spanish” takes a different approach to language learning (BTW I'm not a disciple, simply a curious language learner). Here's a link https://www.dreamingspanish.com/method . All of his videos are in the target language (Spanish) and have been a bit easier for me to follow than many other A2 - B2 videos on YouTube. Pero Duolingo es mi favorito.As a Spanish teacher and a language learner, I don't see any reason why you should focus on listening to the language for hundreds of hours before attempting speaking or reading.
You'll like the accent at YouTube's mmmEnglish channel better but perhaps not the course. Here's a video:I'll take a look, but American English varies from British English in so many ways it sounds clearly quite different to the British / Australian ear.
In general "English as a Second Language" (ESL) is often used in the field when someone whose first language us not English moves to an English speaking country and learns English there. Here in Canada (the English speaking part) there are ESL classes for those immigrants who wish to learn English, the predominant language in our society.P.S. Excuse my ignorance @kirkie
But how does learning English as a 'Second' language differ from learning English as a 'Foreign' language.
Aren't the two the same by definition?
Or what if learning English as a third or fourth language?
Rob, is he teaching Spanish Spanish, or Latin American Spanish? In the same way that you want your niece to learn British English not American English, I want a course that teaches the Spanish spoken in Spain, not Latin America. Lots of courses start by saying that it does not matter if you are learning Latino Spanish as you will still be understood in Spain, but that is not the point as far as I am concerned. I'm not a good linguist and all those different words and different pronunciations just confuse me.In trying to improve my very Basic Spanish, I found this guy.
I really like the way he explains things and lays out the lesson.
And judging by the comments from Spanish Speakers, he seems to teach accurately.
Rob, is he teaching Spanish Spanish, or Latin American Spanish? In the same way that you want your niece to learn British English not American English, I want a course that teaches the Spanish spoken in Spain, not Latin America. Lots of courses start by saying that it does not matter if you are learning Latino Spanish as you will still be understood in Spain, but that is not the point as far as I am concerned. I'm not a good linguist and all those different words and different pronunciations just confuse me.
I just watched a bit of it, but he does teach the vosotros form, which is rarely taught in the Americas. However he doesn't pronounces C and Z as a Spaniard would. Plus, the instructor has an American accent.As far as I can tell, it's Spanish Spanish.
Perhaps a Spanish speaker could confirm?
I just watched a bit of it, but he does teach the vosotros form, which is rarely taught in the Americas. However he doesn't pronounces C and Z as a Spaniard would. Plus, the instructor has an American accent.
It's not beginner Spanish, but I really enjoy LinguriosaBummer.
Any other better (more Spanish Spanish) videos out there?
Rob, is he teaching Spanish Spanish, or Latin American Spanish?
He speaks English with an American accent, and shows a map of South America at the beginning of the video. But he doesn't speak enough Spanish to reveal his Spanish accent, until well into the first lesson when he pronounces "gracias" without the lisp So, likely American Spanish.As far as I can tell, it's Spanish Spanish.
Which isn't really a lisp, but a distinct phoneme.But he doesn't speak enough Spanish to reveal his Spanish accent, until well into the first lesson when he pronounces "gracias" without the lisp
It's not beginner Spanish, but I really enjoy Linguriosa
Within the channel there are playlists like Clases de Español
No, not Spanish Spanish.As far as I can tell, it's Spanish Spanish.
Perhaps a Spanish speaker could confirm?
Thanks for that Maria.No, not Spanish Spanish.
As others have mentioned, he pronounces C+E and C+I as 's', which is not common in Spain.
Also, in the alphabet, he calls W 'doble be'. In Spain, it's called 'uve doble'
Other issues:
- LL has not been part of the Spanish alphabet for more than 20 years.
- RR has never been part of the Spanish alphabet.
- V does not 'almost' sound like a B. B and V are pronounced exactly the same.
- The way he calls the letter Z is not Spanish or Latin American. It's an English speaker's way of pronouncing it.
- The pronouns he mentions at the end are not used 'all the time' as he says. The information about the person is conveyed by the verb conjugation, so pronouns are left out most of the time. There's nothing wrong with learning them, of course. But if you start adding them to all your sentences you're not going to sound very natural.
In the comments section of the video there is a link to a Quizlet for that lesson. I checked out the quiz part of it, and was marked incorrect for my (correct) answer of "Hablo español" as the translation for "I speak English" because I didn't write "Yo hablo español!"The pronouns he mentions at the end are not used 'all the time' as he says. The information about the person is conveyed by the verb conjugation, so pronouns are left out most of the time.
MineThanks for that Maria.
Do you know of any websites where they do teach Spanish Spanish???
[Off topic slightly, but before I went walking in France, I used the Pimsleur course to brush up and extend my very rusty French. It was really helpful to know how to correctly pronounce words (even if I did not get it right!!) and I was complimented on my accent on several occasions. French is such a lovely language that I really did not want to mangle it if I could help it. I've tried the Pimsleur course for Spanish Spanish but only has 1 level, unlike the American Spanish course which is at least 5 levels. ]
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