After clips of adult students saying “Yes, we can,” reporter Clarissa Ward explained from Tokyo: “This is the Obama workshop at the Kaplan English School in Japan. Every week, as many as 200 students attend” where “they learn the President's speeches line by line, reciting them to their teacher.” That teacher seems to have a preference for those on the left, as Ward relayed how he “has also used speeches by Martin Luther King and John F. Kennedy for his classes, but he says his students are particularly inspired by the message of Mr. Obama.”
Part 3 of 3. A special on the successes, failures and most of all the person that was Walt Disney. Walt shares first hand of growing up on his farm in Marceline, Missouri, starting his own animation studio and imagining his greatest dream, Disneyland. (Note: This is not the film they show in the "One Man's Dream" exhibit at Disney's Hollywood Studios.)
Part 2 of 3. A special on the successes, failures and most of all the person that was Walt Disney. Walt shares first hand of growing up on his farm in Marceline, Missouri, starting his own animation studio and imagining his greatest dream, Disneyland. (Note: This is not the film they show in the "One Man's Dream" exhibit at Disney's Hollywood Studios.)
Part 1 of 3. A special on the successes, failures and most of all the person that was Walt Disney. Walt shares first hand of growing up on his farm in Marceline, Missouri, starting his own animation studio and imagining his greatest dream, Disneyland. (Note: This is not the film they show in the "One Man's Dream" exhibit at Disney's Hollywood Studios.)
The videos in the Pronunciation Tips section of this site are presented by Alex Bellem.
At the time these videos were made in early 2008 Alex was lecturing part-time in the Linguistics Department at SOAS and was working as a Pronunciation Linguist in the BBC's Pronunciation Unit.
The videos were shot by J-P Newman and many thanks to Matt Cleghorn for his enormous contribution to their editing.
Thanks also to Professor J C Wells for his insights.
The sounds of English
There is a system of symbols for writing the sounds of English. We have a guide to these symbols and also videos to show how to pronounce each of the sounds.
José A Vallés nos cuenta como Movistar Mexico ha elegido la primera edición de Campus Party en México (Bancomer-Mexico D.F, 12-16th Nov) para la presentación y lanzamiento de la iniciativa Movistar Developers Platform.