Pronouncing a language is a skill. Every normal person is expert with __
The skill of pronouncing his own language; but few people are even
moderately proficient1 at pronouncing foreign languages. Now there many
reasons this, some obvious, some perhaps not so obvious. But I suggest __
that the fundamental reason which people in general do not speak __
foreign languages very much better than they do are that they never __
fail grasp the true nature of the problem of learning to pronounce, __
and consequently never set to tackling it in the right way. Far __
too many people fail to realize that pronouncing a foreign language
is a skill--- one needs careless training of a special kind, __
and one that cannot be acquired by just leaving it to take care of
itself. I think even teachers of language, while recognizing the
importance of a good accent, tend to neglect, in their practical
teaching, the branch of study concerning with __
speaking the language. So the first point which I want to make is __
that English pronunciation must be taught; the teacher
should be prepared to devote some of the lesson time to this,
and by his whole attitude to the subject should get the student
to feel that here is a matter worthy2 receiving his close attention. __
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