I have been working with some of the university/teacher training college students on their English. None of their teachers are native English speakers, and they can read the words, and even write a fair bit, but their pronunciation is just horrible-truly awful. And, come to think of it, their written skills are only good by comparison-I would say they are at a grade 5-6 level. In many cases, they are in their last year of training! But, they are very keen to learn, and so grateful to have a mother tongue English speaker around. Most of them are really bright, and catch on very quickly. The "sh" and "th" sounds are the hardest, so we all sat at the table going sh, sh, sh and then th, th, th. I love the teaching-I really do. Two
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