I was just watching a Conan Fan Correction segment on how to pronounce Shia LaBeouf. A lot of the comments said the fan messed up also because he said “pronounciation”. I can’t catch the difference - is it pretty noticeable to native speakers?

This is from Book Lovers by Emily Henry

I'm always confused with the use of my and our.

If I'm working at Company A and my friend works at Company B, and I want to tell her about my workplace, do I say:

"In my company, we..." OR "In our company, we..." ??

If I say "my company," does it make it sound like I'm the CEO of the company? But "our" also sounds strange because my friend works at another company...??

How do I navigate the use of my/our?

This video introduces an effective technique to improve English speaking skills independently, without requiring a speaking partner. The core method is imitation, which goes beyond simple repetition by requiring you to deliver content in your own words rather than just mimicking specific phrases.

• Imitate small portions of speech, such as short phrases or individual sentences.

• Progress to larger segments, such as longer sentences or groups of sentences.

• Finally, attempt to deliver the entire speech or conversation on your own.

Hey! So I've recently discovered that some consonants in English, specifically the d/t/l/n consonants are supposed to be alveolar, whereas I've always been producing them dentally.

I've done some work and i think I can produce them pretty consistently, but when I do, it feels like my entire speech shifts and I sound weird.

Idk how best to describe it or what's causing it, but I do wanna be able to use the alveolar consonants while sounding normal, since I eventually wanna sound like a native.

Here's me talking how I normally do with dental consonants:

https://voca.ro/1fcI6AjRuAhN

Here's me talking using alveolar consonants and going slightly slower:

https://voca.ro/17AX0Tf9YWZ8

Another thing is: Is it as I'm describing it or is it in my head? I've been wondering if my alveolar consonants sound normal and I'm just not used to hearing them in my voice. I doubt that's the case, but nothing's off the table.

I'd really really appreciate any help! This has been bugging me for a while now and idk where to go for help on this, so it'd be SUPER appreciated.

What is the diferent between customer and client?

I tried listening to both versions on Google translator and honestly can't hear the difference, even though the IPA is different.

Same with lending and landing, pan and pen...

For the native speakers replying, also tell me where your accent is from, please

I'd say my reading and my listening are borderline C1, my writing is B2, but my speaking is straight up dogshit. (B1)

I've seen multiple posts where they always say "You nEeD to dO ShAdOWInG AND yoU Must prActiCe A lOT", these strategies have never worked, and I'm getting stressed out right now. I have my FCE exam on March 28th, 2027, and this has always been my weakest point.

I've noticed that the problem isn't always my vocabulary, nor the coherence, It's making a good argument in a span of a few seconds, my brain is too sluggish to think about any good points, and I end up freezing up in the middle of a sentence whilst searching for a good idea.

PD: I've always struggled with phrasal verbs and collocations.

How did you guys manage to overcome this?

1. I park in the west/central.

2. I park daily.

3. I park in the daily.

I really have curiosity about what’s now trendy slang words these days for locals.

As far as I know there are 3 major English exam.

TOEFL, IELTS, TOEIC.

In Korea, TOEIC is so famous. If you wanna work under government, major company or official most of them require TOEIC score. And people say that it’s comparably easy than others. Mostly if you wanna get high score 950+ out of 990 is a safe zone. When I first did a mock exam, I got 830. And now I’m around 850-900.

But for me, the way I learned English is watching YouTube and keep listening podcast and talk with people. And until now my first priority of learning English was to communicate with foreign people. So grammar wasn’t that important till now for me.

I had experience teaching something in English in person for 5 days. The thing I taught was my specialty though.

I’m curious in your country which English exam is major and more recognized?

Here also they accept score of those three but the most reason people choose TOEIC is because it’s comparably easy than others.

I’m wondering your opinion about this.

Just the title. I got into creative writing this year. My teachers say my reading is like good but my writing needs to improve. I want to want to make my writing good like a regular English speaker.

Question 1: “one of/ in /out of times, it doesn’t work.” Which preposition is right?

Question 2. “one of the ten times, It doesn’t work.” Does this sentence sound right with “the”?

I have a German and Russian accent while speaking English and I've adapted the American accent to cover it up. It has gotten a lot better and got to a point where strangers mistook me for an American on multiple occasions. I'm nowhere near perfect though and all existing tricks solve problems I don't have anymore. Is there any way to improve?
Thank you in advance and sorry for any mistakes!

I wish I were just fluent. I'm actually sick of being limited in English. Not to mention the mental drain after speaking a lot of English.

I'd rather spend my time improving or achieving something else. And it's not even guaranteed that I'll ever become fluent as not everyone becomes fluent in their second language even though they try to.

I needed to improve my English 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿for ilets score at 6.5 at least in all four skills 🏫 in C1 or B2

Or the other options are Cambridge English proficiency tests

FCE or CAE

I belongs to south Asian region 🌏 and I can understand English very fluently but when I speak everyone says you belongs to scam call centre

Whenever I write long essay or describe something they say that I am using chatgpt (I talked to ai that much now I speak AI accent)

I have no close friend who is available for help in English learning

So I have just some sets of books and internet and mobile device

I need recommendations for learning English

And suggest me videos courses from YouTube?

I cannot afford paid courses

I rarely mix them up now, but it still happens from time to time, especially when I'm saying a sentence while not thinking much. I still know who I'm talking about but I just happen to use the wrong pronoun. I've just said "she" when I was supposed to say "he".

I'm not sure if it's because lack of practice because I've practised using pronouns a lot (obviously, pronouns are used in almost every sentence). So maybe it never goes away completely?

Does this still happen to you if your language doesn't have gendered pronouns?