Re: Pronunciation

Hi Russ,

Having been living in the U.S. for over a decade as a non-native
speaker, I found that, for Chinese, the pronounciation is much less a
concern than the proper usage of the language. I have experienced far
more miscommunication because I chose wrong words or phrase in
speaking or writing than bad pronounciation. On the other hand,
Indians tend to have relatively heavy accent, but seem to be able to
communicate well.

Of course, if the pronounciation is bad enough to cause
misunderstanding, then it needs to be worked on.

David

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On 8/22/06, russssch <russssch-/E1597aS9LT10XsdtD+oqA@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> one further thing I'd like to add about pronunciation is an article I found 
> on a google search at the start of the summer about the appropriation  of 
> accent. This is relevant to our Chinese students who
seek to achieve a native like accent no matter what the realistic
chances of this might be.
>  The article is from the Canadian Modern Language Review vol 59, number 2 
> Dec. 2002 and is written by Nicole Marx, it can be found at:
>  http://utpjournals.com/product/cmlr/592/592_Marx.html




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