Do you know the difference in pronunciation between question
, queue
, and quay
? English is not a phonetic language, so it can be confusing when a letter is not always pronounced the same way. In this lesson, you will learn three ways to pronounce the QU
sound in English. To help you understand these differences in sound, you will also hear about the history behind the way we pronounce modern English. Did you know that the origins of the English language come from a combination of German, Greek, and Latin? Watch this video to learn more!
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Thank you for your interesting lesson, James :)
For all people here Ladies and Gentlemen I hope there is anybody wants to practice her/his English with me voice chat :)
my Skype is khalid_3adel
Regards
What I like most, was the recipe you gave us about the origin of the English language. About you, being quaint, I don’t agree with you, I think you are more in the Dandy wave. For last, very interesting the difference between quarrel (for friends) and argue (for strangers). Thank you, James.
Hi James ,
I am willing to start learning Engish language. on the site of Engvid.com , there are a lot of video .
A friend advised me to follow your progress. but I am lost where to start .
Is that there is an order to follow for EngVid videos for the same level .
Thank you in advance for your reply.
PS: I used Google to do the necessary translation ;-)
Thank you in advance
Nabil
start with the level begginer
No quiz(
Thanks a lot! It´s been very interesting. In spite of the fact that It was a bit difficult to understand all the words you said, I could get the general idea of your explanations.
Nobody has taught to me the difference between argue and quarrel so far. Thanks James-.
good lesson.
Who wants to speak via Skype in order to improve english language, please don’t hesitate.
Skype: rabil.bannayev
Thank you .
Thank you very for this lesson Mr. James!
It was cool!
Hey guys, I am intereseted in skype conversations. If someone wants to practice, feel free to add me on skype. my contact on skype is ramon.rose13
take care!
The lesson was so perfect and all of us are so advanced in this matter that we don’t need a quiz whatsoever. ;) Thank you, James!
love this lesson, also the accent. i can hear all the words you say :)
cool lesson : )
Etymology can be a great tool to improve our English skills:)
Very informative video…thanku
James, if the idea behind this site is to promote a specific English School (BTW, it’s a “.com” not a “.org” website), why do you frequently make fun of your students? Don’t you think it’s a bit disrespectful?
Moreover, IMHO, I personally think it’s better to recommend linguistic studies than to give partial (and potentially misleading) explanations.
Thanks for your time, keep up the good work, and it’s not a big problem if nobody will give me an answer.
Regards.
Sorry ,Mauro but we don’t understand. What school is he promoting?
We think that it is not always important to give all explanations. Create curiosity about a topic is very important and it stimulates to increase its study.
Okay,I have understood that English isn’t a phonetic,but a diagrafical language.
Helow Mr. Ramon! My name is Afonso Guerra, André about your invite to talk inglesh no the Skype, please, add me, Afonso.guerra.jr
Hi, James, Thank you so much! Great Lessons as always!… I have a “query” about the pronunciation of the word “Finally”, sometimes I think I hear people pronouncing it like “Finely”. Is it just my imagination or in some accent might happen?
Thank you so much! Your are great!
thank you
Thank you
good lesson, thank you
good lesson thank u
for all people here Ladies and Gentleman I hope there is anyone wants to practice her/his English with me.
my faceebook is Mojeeb sediqi
warm regard
Very good lesson!
But, there are no quiz…
thanks so much my friend ! with you is so cool learn english :D and then is QUESTION with “KWA” hahaha well sorry but i have accent a bit british , i like so much your videos , yeeeeeah!!!! thanks a lot ! grettings
I love this
I really like you sir. Because i love you teaching class because you don’t let the class be bored Because sometimes you do some funny things. And why no quiz.
Nice lesson.We can surely enrich our skill by this lesson.
Nitai aditya.
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Bangladesh
No quiz, no test, but anyway thanks for lesson.
Where are you from Demonidc?
that was awesome
This is my first time here. Amazing!!!!
Thanks a lot.
Mr. James Thank you very much for these lessons and I would like you all to understand this topic lessons step by step.
Hi to everyone! If someone who knows the English language, someone who has free time and also someone who can be a teacher on skype, I’d be very excited to learn from him or her, this is my account of skype: deyu.deyu25 Thanks! :D
Really cool)
thank you very much James.your videos very exciting and very very useful
Thank you!!!
Thanks =)
i’m a little lost.
unfortunately,no quiz on it.
very good lesson .but no quiz
thanks.
this lecture is good.
I couldn’t find the quiz. Great lesson as usually, thanks James.
Thanks.
thank you!
Thanks for your lesson James. It’s very interesting and funny. I’ve enriched my knowledge about languages.
Thanks for your lesson James.
when I saw “quay” words at first time, I pronounce “kuay”and I suddenly laughed. Because if this word was been pronounced in Thai (kuay),It would mean Penis.
THANK YOU SO MUCH
Hi I am new student
thanks
that’s an awesome lesson thank you “kwa” yes “kes” no got it
thank you. Where’s the Quiz?
Thank you James!
no quiz
thanks!
thanks!
thanks
I liked the history of languages related to English
Many thanks
Very nice lesson. Thank you!
Thank you very much Mr. James.
thanks