The Center for Confident American English Communication

There are some American English vowel sounds that are particularly difficult for Koreans to pronounce.These include the /ɪ/ sound and the /ae/ sound. Koreans often pronounce the /ɪ/ vowel sound in the words sit, slip, & grin more like an /iy/ vowel sound. That makes sit, slip, & grin sound like seat, sleep & green to American

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The Korea Times reports that non-native English speakers from countries including India, Singapore, Malaysia, and the Philippines will be able to teach at public schools in Korea next year. The Korean government is opening the door for English teaching positions so that they can have more English teachers at primary and secondary schools. Non-native English speakers must hold a bachelor’s

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Sung Yu Ri is a young Korean singer and actress famous for her roles in the productions One Fine Day and the Snow Queen. In this hilarious video she shows her sense of humor by acknowledging the difficulties Korean speakers have with the English sounds /r/ and /l/. Related posts Accent Reduction Tips for Korean

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The Wonder Girls are a young singing group from Korea who are highly motivated to improve their spoken English for overseas performances. According to this posting on Amped Asia the competition between the girls to speak English better than one another has helped to improve their English pronunciation. Related posts Pronunciation Problems for Korean Speakers-American

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