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The Extremes of the non-native speakers of English language are sounds of English that are missing in our local languages making pronunciation difficult.

English letters are inconsistent unlike English sounds, their sounds are not fixed, they differ from one environment to the other, like there are few examples explained in this Episode. Their sounds depend on the environment they find themselves.

It has always been a challenge pronouncing the 26 letters of the English Alphabet correctly among the non-native speakers of English language. So here in this episode, we have spotted out all the wrongly pronounced letters English letters of the Alphabet. So listen and follow along.

This Episode will help to clarify the relationship between English letters and English sounds. This two factor are interwoven and a a good understanding of them will give an idea of how they operate!

What are the excesses of spoken English? This is all about your native speaking conventions, your native accent, stress pattern, consonant connections, vowel connection in your native sentences. It is everything it takes to speak your native language! When this is brought into spoken English it becomes the excesses of spoken English!

You speak English the way you speak because of the sound system of the language you are familiar with, it can be your native language or any other language which seems to be your 1st language!

Yours English sounds or how you sound with English is an introduction to your profession or message, how are your English sounds as a professional.

The nature of English language is non-phonetic therefore it affects non-native speakers of English language whose languages are phonetic nature, typical example is the Nigeria, even the professionals are not left out!

Mother-Tongue Interference or accent is all about pronouncing the sounds and words of our 2nd language for instance English Language with the the sound system and features of our local language.

Sounding clear in Spoken English as a profession is not optional, it is a necessity because the professional world is a world of many languages therefore English stands as the common code of communication.

This episode list out the challenges encountered by non-native speakers of English language and the peculiar features embedded in spoken English which makes spoken English difficult among non-natve speakers of English language.

Spoken English has been an issue among non-native speakers of English language using Nigerians as a case study. This is due to several reasons as you will see through out the teaching.

It is becoming incredibly true that Spoken English is a must learned art by all professionals because of our multilingual environment. This is primarily our code of exchange in our professional fields. Your ability to be understood by your clients determines how far and how well you will thrive in your field. Therefore Spoken English seems to be your No.1 professional tool. The earlier you consider it, the better!

This week episode, YOUR FLUENCY IN SPOKEN ENGLISH AS A PROFESSIONAL is a topic of discussion that will help professionals out there to have a clear understanding between Fluency and Perfection and how it will relate to their professions.

The ideology of speaking English correctly among Nigerians is often frustrating and devastating because of the wrong and common notion about those trying to step up in their English speaking with good pronunciation. What could that be? Find out in today episode!

THE 'H' FACTOR IN YORUBA SPOKEN ENGLISH is of two types, the omission and the insertion 'h' factors. The omission 'h' is the omission of an /h/ sound at the beginning of any word that start with an /h/ sound thereby beginning the pronunciation of such word from the 2nd or the next sound. Also, the insertion 'h' factor is the insertion of an imaginary /h/ sound at the beginning of any word starting with a vowel sound. These are mother tongue interference Yoruba language in English language.

There are specific English sounds that are missing in the different Nigerian languages and this affects spoken English negatively. In today's episode we looked at the Ibibio language and the /g/ sound which is missing and also how it is affecting the the Ibibios in their Spoken English.

These missing sounds are part of what causes poor pronunciation of English sounds among non speakers of English Language.

The Problems of Spoken English Among Non-Native Speakers of English Language and Nigerian in particular are so obvious and clear because English language is not the language of our nativity.

It's quite important that professionals come to the realization and the awareness of their all important tool, English language for effective usage. Therefore, this 1st Episode serves as an eye opener to all professionals.