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SAN FRANCISCO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--ELSA, a Silicon Valley-based company that uses speech recognition technology and artificial intelligence to help language learners improve their English pronunciation, ...

No matter what language you learn, the goal is always to communicate in that language—through listening, speaking, reading, and writing. Of these, pronunciation is often the biggest challenge. What ...

If you want to pick up a new language, there’s no shortage of options, and free ones, at that. But one aspect of the process that has been neglected is pronunciation, which is an especially important ...

Someone I know tells a story about a very senior academic giving a speech. Students shouldn't worry too much, she says, if their plans "go oar-y" after graduation. Confused glances are exchanged ...

The English language isn’t always logical. Take the following words: wound, bow, produce, present, tear, and wind. Their pronunciation depends entirely on whether they’re used as a verb or a noun. By ...

The 16th Pronunciation in Second Language Learning and Teaching (PSLLT) Conference is an annual meeting devoted to the research and teaching of second or additional languages. The conference, which is ...