Re: Pronunciation

--- Ria Smit <tryria-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:


> The teaching of English commenced with several weeks
> of teaching IPA,
> before the students knew any English, and then they
> were told that
> this was English.  

one of the problems with this is that in my experience
they weren't taught IPA with much accuracy, some of
these errors actually result in the very bad
pronunciation we have to deal with...that s why I do
use IPA, to correct these mistakes and also to improve
their pronunciation, especially as it works.

Russ Taylor 


                
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