Sometimes language learners are so worried about grammar accuracy to think that intonation doesn’t matter that much after all. Personally, I have always felt a bit down when my sentence
NORTHERN IRELAND Many of the accents spoken in the province of Ulster share common features with Scottish English. Here are some distinguishing features: 1) Diphthongs in words like goat and
THE MIDLANDS As the word suggests, this is the “centre” of England. Here we can distinguish between East Midlands and West Midlands. The most famous dialect is the one spoken
Southern English has some common features that can be grouped as follows: 1) “r-dropping”: the “r” at the end of a word is not pronounced. Actually, it sounds similar to
The Cornish and Manx dialects are facing the threat of extinction, sharing the same fate as some other 33 languages across Europe. This is what I’ve found out in an
Listening: solo film in lingua originale? I miei studenti mi confessano spesso che il listening è l’abilità che più fanno difficoltà a sviluppare. Riuscire a comprendere ciò che ci viene comunicato
