Boston Academy of English Blog

Some Communication teachers have been focusing a lot on pronunciation in the higher level classes. If you have a huge vocabulary and great grammar skills, but bad pronunciation, you still have the same problem as always - people saying ‘I’M SORRY WHAT DID YOU SAY???’ Of course every students hates this. So please everyone ask for more help with pronouncing certain sounds, and most of all, listen to native speakers and try to imitate their not only the small sounds, bu the intonation as well. It’s up to you to get it really right!

Simona from Italy has realized a dream that she’s had since she was a 14-year-old girl: to study biochemistry at MIT. She started out at the BAE in an Intermediate level, moved her way up to Proficiency and then entered TOEFL. She managed to meet MIT’s very high requiredment for TOEFL and then finally passed the entire application process! She is now a full-time PhD student at the famous school that was once just a dream. Congratulations Simona!!

Dan has been using lots of his famous music collection to help students improve listening and vocabulary. He’s dedicating time every day to play a song from a specific genre and students are having fun focusing their skills. Besides vocabulary, their also enjoying getting a lot of cultural information from the lyrics. Maybe Dan could give them some dancing lessons as well!