American English: How to lose your accent in 7 lessons: October 2016

Wednesday, October 19, 2016

Single syllable words to practice

Single syllable words to practice

Single Syllable words

Exercise 1: Repeat aloud each word.

Exercise 2: Create a simple sentence for each word.

Bled (bleed)

Brag (brag)
Clog (klog)
Crab (krab)
Crop (krop)
Drag (drag)
Drip (drip)
Drop (drop)
Drum (druhm)
Flag (flag)

Fled (fled)

Frog (frog)

Glad (glad)

Grab (grab)

Grim (grim)

Plan (plan)

Plop (plop)

Plum (pluhm)

Scab (skab)

Skid (skid)

Skip (skip)

Slab (slab)

Slam (slam)

Saturday, October 8, 2016

Fitness, Workout and Nutrition terms, study with an athlete!

Practice the following:

Exercise 1: Repeat the phrases and definitions aloud.

Abductor (ab-duhk-ter): A muscle whose contraction is away from the body.

Abdominals: The abdominals are that six pack look caused by crunches and low body fat.

Acetaminophen: A pain killer, sold under many brand names, used instead of aspirin where stomach issues are concerned.

Achilles tendon: The Achilles tendon connects the heel to the calf muscle.

Adenosine triphosphate: ATP is the fuel cell for the body.

Aerobic: Exercises that require and utilize large amounts of oxygen.

Amino acids: Amino acids are the basic building blocks of protein. The following are the best to consume for exercise: L-leucine (loo-seen), L-isoleucine (ahy-suh-loo-seen), and L-valine (val-een).

Aspartame: Aspartame is an artificial, no caloric sweetener.

Aspirin: Aspirin is a generic term for acetylsalicylic acid, a common over the counter non-steroidal anti-inflammatory pain killer. Used as a blood thinner for patients and may be used at times during a heart attack.

Barbell: A barbell is a metal bar approximately 5 to 7 feet in length used to hold weights for lifting, curls and presses. At the end of both sides are the collars used to hold the weights on the bar.

Tuesday, October 4, 2016

American English; book of the past, present and future.

Food processor.

Repeat the following words.

Ancestor (an-ses-ter): Is he an ancestor of yours?

Anise (an-is): The black licorice (lik-er-ish) is made with anise.

Anxiety: Getting that speeding ticket gave me a lot of anxiety.

Apostrophe (uh-pos-truh-fee): Please use an apostrophe to indicate possession.

Applaud (uh-plawd): I have to applaud your decision.

Applause (uh-plawz): Loud applause followed her performance on piano.

Argyle (ahr-gahyl): Do you like the patterns of my argyle socks?

Available: Is that Rolls Royce Azure convertible available for rental?

Axe (aks): Did you get the axe at work?

Bolt: Did you see that lightning bolt split the tree in half?

Bomb: The bomb was hidden in the champagne bottle.

Bottom: I’ll get to the bottom of this, if it’s the last thing I do.

Bowl: Would you like a bowl of white rice or brown rice?

Britain: Have you been to Britain?

Cavalry (kal-vuh-ree): Here comes the cavalry.

Celery: Did you want celery in that Bloody Mary?

Chairs: Please bring the extra chairs.

Chandelier (shan-dl-eer): That’s a beautiful chandelier you have in your house.

Chaos (key-os): It is said that the universe tends towards chaos or disorderliness.

Chauffer (shoh-fer): What time will the limousine and the chauffer be here?

Childhood: Let’s talk about your childhood.

Chronological (kroon-l-oj-i-kuhl): Please list your references in chronological order.

Clothes (klohz): Let’s get some new clothes.

Complacency (kuhm-pley-suhn-see): Don’t let complacency get to you, keep on moving forward.

Neuroplasticity or how I create new brain pathways in you as you increase in your intelligence.

Neuroplasticity or how I create new brain pathways in you as you increase your intelligence.

How the neuroplasticity process works in American English is the following:

American English works your brain in many directions at once, and you will feel and sense a difference in your brain activity —everyone does.

First,
By utilizing all the sounds in the English language, we are activating all the brain centers associated with those areas.

Imagine that you never say a word like chorus. Now imagine we cover all the words you haven’t said in quite a while. The brain is going to feel an uplift, that uplift is the brain plasticity taking place.
Multiply that by 20, and you will wake up feeling brighter.

It works. All my students tell me about it—I feel it all the time now, my brain is changing. Words that I forgot have come back and the names of friends that had been dormant for years are easily recalled.

And there’s more….

From Wikipedia

Neuroplasticity, also known as brain plasticity, is an umbrella term that describes the lasting change to the brain throughout an individual's life course. The word gained prominence in the latter half of the 20th century when new research showed many aspects of the brain remain changeable (or "plastic") even into adulthood. This notion contrasts with the previous scientific consensus that the brain develops during a critical period in early childhood, then remains relatively unchangeable (or "static") afterward.

Neuroplastic change can occur at small scales, such as physical changes to individual neurons, or whole-brain scales, such as cortical remapping in response to injury. However cortical remapping is more extensive early in development. Behavior, environmental stimuli, thought, and emotions may also cause neuroplasticity change through activity-dependent plasticity, which has significant implications for healthy growth, learning, memory, and recovery from brain damage.

Neuroscientists distinguish synaptic plasticity, which refers to changes in how neurons connect, from non-synaptic plasticity, which refers to changes in the neurons themselves. ###