http://www.isnare.com/?s=author&a=Frank+Gerace Travel Frank Gerace Mon, 15 Aug 2011 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.isnare.com/?aid=947279&ca=Travel Putting your children in touch with a second language while they are young gives them the chance to make the most of their learning potential, helping to shape the brain at its most flexible stage. Young children are especially suited to learning a second language. Learning a second language at a yo... Education Frank Gerace Thu, 04 Aug 2011 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.isnare.com/?aid=931068&ca=Education What is an adjective? An adjective “modifies” a noun. That means it tells us something about the noun. Adjectives are used to describe nouns. An adjective describes how something 'is'. For this reason, we often use the verb 'to be' when using adjectives. He is a good doctor. They are happy. They alm... Education Frank Gerace Sat, 30 Jul 2011 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.isnare.com/?aid=543582&ca=Education Pronunciation of words ending in “ate”. You can find our other related articles in this same directory. Among them are “Intonation in English: Expressions of Two Words”, and “Intonation in English: The Noun and the Verb”. In these articles we saw that verbs of two syllables often have the stress fal... Society Frank Gerace Wed, 26 Nov 2008 00:00:00 -0800 http://www.isnare.com/?aid=322247&ca=Society I was born in Brooklyn, New York, the epicenter of the New York accent. When I went to college in the Midwest, I was constantly told that I talked like a gangster. I wished I could talk like a "real American". I tried to get rid of my accent. I never succeeded although I guess it has softened over t... Education Frank Gerace Sat, 08 Nov 2008 00:00:00 -0800 http://www.isnare.com/?aid=315399&ca=Education The Rhythym of a Language: Speakers and learners of English are interested in improving their ACCENT. They quite properly give importance to their pronunciation. However, making the correct English sounds is only a part of a correct accent. A native accent also depends on proper links between parts... Education Frank Gerace Mon, 24 Mar 2008 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.isnare.com/?aid=236227&ca=Education Is it worth the extra money to purchase an elecgtronic dictionary with sound? The following comments have specific reference to learning Spanish but I believe they are relevant to the learning of other languages as well. Some people (curiously and unfortunately, not all) who learn a new language are... Education Frank Gerace Thu, 02 Aug 2007 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.isnare.com/?aid=172074&ca=Education How to Improve Your Accent Are you tired of people asking you to repeat because they don't understand you? Your friends say, "Just do this!" and they expect you to make the sound! Would you like to learn once and for all what to do with your lips, tongue and mouth to make the sounds of English? Do y... Education Frank Gerace Mon, 09 Jul 2007 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.isnare.com/?aid=165655&ca=Education The General "Rule" of English Pronunciation You know that it is difficult to know when to pronounce the written letter “s” in English like “s”, the sound of air escaping from your bicycle tire, and when to pronounce it as the letter “z”, the sound of an angry bee. This problem shows up in the plural... Writing Frank Gerace Thu, 19 Jan 2006 00:00:00 -0800 http://www.isnare.com/?aid=29399&ca=Writing The different sounds that the letter"d" takes at the end of a verb in the past tense An extract from the book: Word Power by the author of this article. The English language indicates that the action of the verb is in the past by having some form of the "d" or "t" sound end the word. We say some ki... Education Frank Gerace Tue, 17 Jan 2006 00:00:00 -0800 http://www.isnare.com/?aid=29034&ca=Education The voiced and unvoiced consonants In this section we will try to clarify the difference between the voiced consonants and the unvoiced consonants. If you want to master English pronunciation you have to able to distinguish between these two types of consonants. This is necessary for you to learn t...