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Dear all, This query was earlier posted in APPLIED LINGUISTICS but there was no response. I am loosing my sleep over the acronyms M.T.I & V. I . By the way MTI stands for Mother tongue Influence & V.I stands for Vernacular Influence. Some one please tell me what they are? I haven't found anything ab...

Dear all,
I don't know whether I am posting my question in the right forum or not! I am loosing my sleep over the acronyms M.T.I & V. I . Some one please tell me what do they stand for & also what they are.I haven't found anything about these two abbreviations.
Thank You

If a child grows up in an ambience where two or more than two languages are spoken & the child is able to understand & speak those languages in his/her initial years then that child's probability of learning a foreign language faster than a child who could only interact in one language during his/he...

Dear All, What are the various rules of syllable-stress in spoken english? Are they uniformly applicable to North American English as well as British English( when it comes to spoken part, off course the rules of grammar are the same so are other aspects of english language)? Thank You, Navin Kumar

Dear All,
While talking about spoken English may I know what is the difference between pitch & tone? If they are different then how do we illustrate this difference with appropriate instances?
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Dear Marx, Ask them questions about their name, age & family members.Thereafter you could give them different topics like who is their fav actor,what is their fav food& do they know how to prepare it, what do want to become in your life,which is their fav sport & why to speak on for a minute. I thin...

Dear all,
I would say you all need to revise everything which you have taught yourself on the last day & test yourself at least once a week .

Dear dude,
Ask them to read general english magazines.

Dear dude,
Ask them to read 'word power made easy' by Norman Lewis to increase their vocabulary.

The Cambridge Pronunciation of 'Direct' is definitely in tune with global/neutral accent of english.