Using “Bet Lines ” for English learners can boost their engagement with word problems. Bet Lines are a discourse strategy in which teachers read half a question and then wait for students to ...

Gareth Rees answers a question from Marta in Poland and explains how vowel and consonant sounds rather than letters are important in deciding whether to use 'an' or 'a'. Ask about English: 22 June ...

Hi. I'm Tim and this is my pronunciation workshop. Here I'm going to show you how English is really spoken. Come on, let's go inside. Wow. Isn't the world an amazing place? Look how many countries ...

As more states and districts are embracing the “science of reading,” some educators and advocates have raised the question: Will these methods work for English-language learners? The ...

Google’s gunning for Duolingo with a new Google Search feature designed to help people practice — and improve — their English speaking skills. Rolling out over the next few days for Search ...

That’s not how “begs the question” often appears in really modern English usage. Today, lots of people blithely deploy it as just a rhetorical device for setting up a question they want to ask.

If we look at your original question, the word ‘LP’ begins with a vowel sound, /e/. That is why we say ‘an LP’. Here are a few more examples: an hour, a UFO, a universal approach, an MP.