How to Pronounce: It Is Going to Be _____ Tomorrow

Hello, I'm John Russell. Let's continue our lessons on discussing the weather. How do we talk about the weather that is coming in the future—tomorrow, next weekend, and so on?

18 Apr 2025,·2 mins mins

How to Pronounce: Science and Technology: 'Telescope'

Hello, I'm John Russell. I have a question for you. What is the name of an object we use to study distant objects in outer space? The answer I had in mind is this noun, telescope. When we say the word telescope, we need to be careful about a few pronunciation issues.

16 Apr 2025,·2 mins mins

How to Pronounce: Scientific Terms – Experiment

Hello, I'm John Russell. Let's begin with a new area of exploration, scientific terms. Developing our ability to pronounce these words can help us discuss the social sciences, earth sciences, chemistry, physics, and more. Let's start with an important term, experiment.

27 Mar 2025,·2 mins mins

How to Pronounce: Pronouncing scientific terms – hypothesis

Hello, I'm John Russell. Let's continue our exploration of scientific terms. Today, we explore a word that can be difficult for native speakers of many languages—Persian, Russian, Japanese, and more. What is this term? Hypothesis. A hypothesis is some kind

08 Feb 2025,·1 mins mins

How to Pronounce: How Old Are You?

Hello, I'm John Russell. Let's continue our exploration of common words, questions, and phrases. Today, we will focus on a question. How old are you? By the end of this lesson, I promise that your lips and facial muscles will be tired. Let's start with the question word, how. It involves this vowel sound, ow. Watch my lips closely. Note how they move, ow, ow.

26 Jan 2025,·2 mins mins

How to Pronounce: Possessive Forms in Science and Technology

Hello, I'm John Russell. We will continue our science and technology theme by listening to a VOA Learning English Science and Technology report from Brian Lynn.

13 Jan 2025,·2 mins mins

How to Pronounce: Pronouncing scientific terms - inference

Hello, I'm John Russell. Let's continue our exploration of common scientific terms. Today's word is inference. An inference is some kind of opinion or conclusion.

28 Dec 2024,·1 mins mins

How to Pronounce: Best

Hello, I'm John Russell. In recent lessons, we have explored how to use the word favorite. Today, we will explore another word we often use to describe things we like, the word best.

26 Dec 2024,·2 mins mins

How to Pronounce: Clapping and Syllable Stress

Hello, I'm John Russell. One of the great things about language learning is that we can find educational value in almost anything. Today's lesson, which continues our science and technology theme, will show you how.

19 Nov 2024,·2 mins mins

How to Pronounce: Difficult terms - Artificial General Intelligence

Hello, I'm John Russell. In the past few years, platforms such as ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini, and others have gained a lot of attention. One of the big areas of discussion is when or if a model can achieve something known as artificial general intelligence.

15 Nov 2024,·2 mins mins