TaiwanPofLee
Member
- Joined
- Nov 27, 2014
- Member Type
- Academic
- Native Language
- Chinese
- Home Country
- Taiwan
- Current Location
- Taiwan
That is your opinion. And it seems to support your field of study, so I am not surprised. But I am still not convinced.
1. When your mother read you the story Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, did you notice the sounds of "s" in "story" and "Alice's" are different?
2. When your father read you the first chapter of the story The Adventures of Tom Sawyer, did you notice the sounds of "oo" in "looked" and "room" are different as you heard "The old lady pulled her spectacles down and looked over them about the room"?
3. Can an English dictionary with phonemic symbols help you with the correct (in case your mother's and father's pronunciations were wrong) and standard sounds of the letters? Not to mention you will come upon a good many new words which you need to know or ascertain their ponunciations.