Re: Pronunciation

--- fshdt <tibbetts-al8Ev/14v5k@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> For me the confusion and difficulty with truespel is

> "That kwik baezh faaks jumpd in thu air oever eech
> thhin daug. Look out,  ie shout,  for heez foild yue uggen."


The real confusion for me is that I did not understand
this sentence when I read it aloud. To use it wouldn't
we simply have to teach our students more codes, ones
very different to the phonetic symbols that they've
already come across before in most Chinese junior
high, schools which leaves open the possibility of
greater confusion and more mistakes on their part in
my opinion.
I guess also the fact that 'Truespel' (sic) caters for
American accents puts me off a great deal to be
honest.
I also suppose that we manage to teach pronunciation
in our own way with tools we choose to apply. I will
continue to use the Jones IPA symbols as they seem to
have worked pretty well for the students I have taught
up to now, this doesn't mean that I say that everyone
should foillow suit. I hope others who advocate
alternative methods could think the same

Russ Taylor


                
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