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Originally Posted by fivejedjon

How can you not use the lips and tongue when producing a vowel?

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I can do it (I should say that I always do it as it is an essential rule of VSELM.) same as a rider rides a bike without hands on the handle bar, so simple, you can also do it, give it a try.

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Originally Posted by englishlogix

I can do it (I should say that I always do it as it is an essential rule of VSELM.) same as a rider rides a bike without hands on the handle bar, so simple, you can also do it, give it a try.

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If you pronounce vowels without the lips you are producing vowels with non-standard qualities. Reminds me of Eliza Doolittle with marbles in her mouth.

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Originally Posted by englishlogix

If my bike is idle and waiting for a start then I will speak-"My bike runs" here, again the logic of sound is used i.e. when you are speaking about a pause or stop status then the sound must sound like a stop. You can easily find the difference by speaking "My bike runs" & My bike is running" the suffix 'ing' expresses the sound of motion or vibration that comes out of moving.

Now, I put the key in and kick off my bike, its work 'Run' comes into the play status by its engine sound emitting the --ing sound.

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Sorry, englishlogix, but the few lines I have quoted above are just not English. If that is the sort of language your system produces, then I would recommend that people who want to learn real English should avoid your system.

You still haven't touched on explaining how you would deal with unreal presents and pasts- regardless of whether you teach tenses or not, and they're not just about time in English, learners should be able to do this to speak well.

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If my bike is idle and waiting for a start then I will speak-"My bike runs" here, again the logic of sound is used i.e. when you are speaking about a pause or stop status then the sound must sound like a stop. You can easily find the difference by speaking "My bike runs" & My bike is running" the suffix 'ing' expresses the sound of motion or vibration that comes out of moving.

Now, I put the key in and kick off my bike, its work 'Run' comes into the play status by its engine sound emitting the --ing sound.

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This is just wrong- if you are telling them my bike runs when the key is not in it and the engine not running, then this method is positively dangerous for learners.

I would classify this method as a crackpot theory.

When did you invent the term Language Quotient?
It has actually been used for quite a while for various things.
For one example: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/2433314

Thanks Raymott, I used the term LQ for the first time in 1989 and I had really no idea about it being used by some one else too. I thank you for letting me know the fact.

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