Re: Pronunciation

Hi David, thanks for your comments
--- Lingual Bee <lingualbee-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

>, for Chinese, the
> pronounciation is much less a
> concern than the proper usage of the language.

Correct usage is indeed an awfully difficult area for
my Chinese students and others as well I'd expect.Good
pronunciation in my experience can have an effect on
this as a listener can confuse your intended words if
particularly vowel sounds come out incorrectly but I
do take your point.


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

Precisely my point, that's one of the problems I've
been referring to!

Russ Taylor



                
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