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Dec 1, 2008 11:51 am
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I am now teaching older students in language school, but when I was teaching middle school, the most interesting thing I did was to run an inter-class...
doesn't the pronunciation of certain phonemes depend on what comes before and after. and what comes before what comes before? initial /t/ is different than...
Nate said: "doesn't the pronunciation of certain phonemes depend on what comes before and after. and what comes before what comes before?" I agree with Nate....
Nik Peachey
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Dec 1, 2008 3:09 pm
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I have 886 students and former students on my spamming list. If you haven't read my earlier messages, I'm mass mailing tips, ideas, suggestions and links to...
Using cell phones in class is very rude and should have a bad result. One of my problems is that the students other teachers send them text messages during my...
... That's the challenge. What happens to individual sounds when they're put next to other particular sounds. Part II: How to program a website so that it...
Nelson Bank
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Dec 1, 2008 10:23 pm
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... That null phoneme almost made it to my alphabet, before 'r's and other consonants that didn't really have a full vowel sound preceding. However, I decided...
Nelson Bank
natlunla@...
Dec 1, 2008 10:24 pm
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... Cell phone use in class became a huge issue for my husband and I. Perhaps its our increasing intolerance as we get older but regardless, text messaging...
I don't think using a consonant without some preceding vowel-like sound would make learning English any easier. </nelson> maybe not for mandarin speakers, but...
... with all these things?? ... I really think this could be incredibly complicated. Just take a simple thing like "Do you think.....". This becomes "Dj*...
... by saying; That's the challenge. What happens to individual sounds when they're put next to other particular sounds. Part II: How to program a website so...
I think pronunciation in connected speech is so different from isolated words that it would have to be a complex program indeed. </Dick Tibbetts> one way to...
Using cell phones in class HI, Â As for the cell phones, i do tell my students that if you must use your cell phone, you have to go outside the classroom. And...
Mark N
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Dec 3, 2008 6:22 am
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Dear Everybody, The heading TEACHING MANNERS is a thought-provoking though maybe not a very courteous one. Does the use of mobile phones in lessons annoy...
Mario Rinvolucri
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Dec 3, 2008 1:42 pm
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... They don't recognize the difference between the /t/ and /d/ in the initial position? Does Korean have both of those sounds in the language? Nelson Bank ...
Nelson Bank
natlunla@...
Dec 3, 2008 2:26 pm
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... That's a problem for text-to-voice. That's probably harder for a machine to do than recognizing individual phonemes when an informal register is used. ...
Nelson Bank
natlunla@...
Dec 3, 2008 2:26 pm
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RE Cell Phones in class Many students use their phones as E-Dictionaries so I let them use their phones in class. You can always tell when they are sending a...
Georges Moreau
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Dec 4, 2008 1:22 pm
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Students can increasingly access English-Chinese dictionaries and the internet through their cell phones. While many claim this as an excuse to use their...
They don't recognize the difference between the /t/ and /d/ in the initial position? Does Korean have both of those sounds in the language? </nelson> i think...
... I see now. The two labial stops /p/ and /b/ share one written symbol in Korean. So do the two alveolar stops /t/ and /d/, and the two palatal stops...
Nelson Bank
natlunla@...
Dec 5, 2008 1:16 am
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Sometimes there are characters in Chinese that are used phonemically. </nelson> zhuyin or characters used for loan words?...
Two things I find annoying. 90% of text messages, emails & phone calls, students NEVER give their names & class number. They never close doors. Alan Simpson ...
hotmail1
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Dec 5, 2008 10:20 am
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I was always amused when my Korean homestay used to go to the "bup" with her friends. Clearly the /b/ and /p/ sounds are a problem for Koreans. Similarly...
... Some characters in Chinese are used for phonemic purposes. They originally had one particular meaning, but developed into the sound that the word had -...
Nelson Bank
natlunla@...
Dec 5, 2008 2:50 pm
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I tend to agree with Mario. Not only from the perspective of 100% attention at all times being expected, but from my own feeling of a need to keep my ...
I am moving to Shenzhen in a few weeks to teach. The Visa process is confusing due to I'm getting conflicting info. Maybe you could help? Do I get a visa...
I have been studying the CET4 test and came across this. It is a "news" report that is part of the CET4 listening test. Here is a transcript from the audio....
... I'm the teacher that took the harsh stance of taking cell phones away and delivering them to the office. Perhaps an explanation is needed. My (our)...
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