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Improving your English Pronunciation

Improving your English Pronunciation. ESL Tech Center, Shoreline Community College Sarah Swanberg, Instructor. How many words are there in the English language?. a) 10,000 b) 100,00 c) 250,000 d) 1,0000

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Improving your English Pronunciation

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  1. Improving your English Pronunciation ESL Tech Center, Shoreline Community College Sarah Swanberg, Instructor

  2. How many words are there in the English language? a) 10,000 b) 100,00 c) 250,000 d) 1,0000 http://www.oxforddictionaries.com/words/how-many-words-are-there-in-the-english-language

  3. Strategies for remembering all those words • Note cards • Notebook • Place in your phone, laptop etc? • Other?

  4. Things to remember about a word • Spelling • Pronunciation • Different parts of speech • Definition • Synonym/antonym • Usage • Example sentence using the word • Use www.merriam-webster.com

  5. Break down the word • Don’t recognize a word? No problem! Break it down! • Illegible---discontent---retrospective----subterranean…what do they mean??? • Learn more about words parts at http://www.prefixsuffix.com/

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