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Old 25-Feb-2008, 08:21
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Default Re: Teaching phonetics
Practicality is important IMO. I have found very few students to be interested in the ins and outs of phonetics; most are motivated by a desire to improve their accent/pronunciation rather than to know about the alveolar ridge.
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