Pronouncing a language is a skill. Every normal person is expert with (1) __! V# o' A3 j/ j& h5 S7 o
The skill of pronouncing his own language; but few people are even
: w5 }7 g# j7 ]0 _moderately proficient at pronouncing foreign languages. Now there many
2 x6 t4 K( w! ?% m6 I# n! Freasons this, some obvious, some perhaps not so obvious. But I suggest (2) __
' h( x# S s( d9 h$ I& Pthat the fundamental reason which people in general do not speak (3) __
! f- [9 B) i# `, \9 w$ |7 dforeign languages very much better than they do are that they never (4) __3 A, I( } `4 e9 k9 V
fail grasp the true nature of the problem of learning to pronounce, (5) __9 }2 D w: }% r
and consequently never set to tackling it in the right way. Far (6) __, k8 [8 l8 X8 M: q
too many people fail to realize that pronouncing a foreign language p2 \, i t! J/ [
is a skill--- one needs careless training of a special kind, (7) __
9 A7 O: F7 m5 \and one that cannot be acquired by just leaving it to take care of
9 A; a% V, p3 pitself. I think even teachers of language, while recognizing the 1 f- u4 r9 Z3 f6 e) r5 K+ D* `- `/ @
importance of a good accent, tend to neglect, in their practical
+ j6 b* @' D+ U7 t/ eteaching, the branch of study concerning with (8) __. }! F+ W8 Y7 v |$ l
speaking the language. So the first point which I want to make is (9) __( R4 W5 e8 T1 x& g. r( i
that English pronunciation must be taught; the teacher # x q6 M# s# c% E% v( o
should be prepared to devote some of the lesson time to this,
; P/ n4 m3 V$ S1 T9 Z' g: Dand by his whole attitude to the subject should get the student 4 j. V' v1 r0 A$ X6 A9 q
to feel that here is a matter worthy receiving his close attention. (10) __ |
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