Marsahall wrote
about inconsistency in rules of English
We have the same problem at my table, 'the practice' as we call it, when
teaching English to the Spanish immigrants, my students/pupils.
One of the things I consistently tell them about the pronunciation of the
English tongue is that there is no such thing as rules for pronunciation.
An old example is that I present to them the name Leicester, an old English
town. Impossible to pronounce, if ye don't know. And so there are many many
examples of how hard it is for foreigners to learn.
My advice to them is: Just DO it, speak, make mistakes, swallow the laughter
(like I did with Spanish over six years) and see the results you reap.
Comes out a great resultant in success with most of the students (and we
take three or four months for 'defenderse', to help themselves) who indeed
take the time to study and practise.
For I do NOT agree with the saying that English is difficult (then again,
nor is Chinese or Swahili .. it is all what you make of it, and what you
want to achieve).
Faith St Francis,
teacher of English and Dutch
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