Ten (Not-So-Secret) Rules of English Speech | Margaret Goldstein
Do you ever wonder why your ESL students just don’t sound right when they speak, even though they do a decent job pronouncing individual words?
Do your ESL students say they can’t understand English spoken by native speakers outside of the classroom?
This session will explore ten “secret” rules of English speech patterns that native speakers follow unconsciously, making English sound natural and clear to native speakers. By knowing these rules and imparting them to our students, we can help them make that magical leap into more natural sounding English and improve their listening skills as well.
Margaret Goldstein
Margaret Goldstein taught English full time in Japan for two years.
After working in information technology for over thirty years, she retired and now works with English language learners. She was an ESL tutor for Literacy Chicago for many years and continues giving monthly lectures for its new tutors.
She has been an ESL tutor and family mentor for the Hyde Park Refugee Project since 2020, focusing mostly on families from Afghanistan.