Mohamed alhumidan
Advanced3, grammar and writing
Jun/11/2007
Classification of ELI Students
In these days, lots of people are interested to learn English even though they don't need to study in English universities. Therefore, they try to learn this language in its native place so they travel and leave their home to get this language. Those people are from different countries so they encounter new people, new language, and unexpected pronunciation. In fact, I would say that ELI students, who study English, are classified by their pronunciation according to their native languages.
To begin with, there are some students who get confused about distinguishing the letters between P and B. Actually, most of those students are from Arabic countries. Arabic people don't have P, yet they have B instead. So, you can know Arabic people by asking them to say "paper based" and see if they get it right or not.
In addition, we might see students who can not recognize the letter V from the letter P because of their language which has only one sound for them. For example, Korean people have only P sound and don't have the V sound. On the other hand, they learn so fast and they can overcome this problem easily. Again, you can examine these people by asking them to say "poverty".
To end with, some students whom you can see everyday are still fighting with the letters L and R and can not say the letters correctly. These people are having hard time to pass this obstacle. For instance, Japanese people, who are so intelligent, may have this problem since they also have one sound for them. Also, you can examine them by asking them to say "rarely".
Overall, we can see that the main reason for this problem is that their language might have only one sound; whereas, English has two sounds. So, they are trying to get used to it and be good speakers. Indeed, with all these problems with the pronunciation, ELI students are improving very fast and learning from their mistakes because they believe that without mistakes, nobody will learn.
Advanced3, grammar and writing
Jun/11/2007
Classification of ELI Students
In these days, lots of people are interested to learn English even though they don't need to study in English universities. Therefore, they try to learn this language in its native place so they travel and leave their home to get this language. Those people are from different countries so they encounter new people, new language, and unexpected pronunciation. In fact, I would say that ELI students, who study English, are classified by their pronunciation according to their native languages.
To begin with, there are some students who get confused about distinguishing the letters between P and B. Actually, most of those students are from Arabic countries. Arabic people don't have P, yet they have B instead. So, you can know Arabic people by asking them to say "paper based" and see if they get it right or not.
In addition, we might see students who can not recognize the letter V from the letter P because of their language which has only one sound for them. For example, Korean people have only P sound and don't have the V sound. On the other hand, they learn so fast and they can overcome this problem easily. Again, you can examine these people by asking them to say "poverty".
To end with, some students whom you can see everyday are still fighting with the letters L and R and can not say the letters correctly. These people are having hard time to pass this obstacle. For instance, Japanese people, who are so intelligent, may have this problem since they also have one sound for them. Also, you can examine them by asking them to say "rarely".
Overall, we can see that the main reason for this problem is that their language might have only one sound; whereas, English has two sounds. So, they are trying to get used to it and be good speakers. Indeed, with all these problems with the pronunciation, ELI students are improving very fast and learning from their mistakes because they believe that without mistakes, nobody will learn.
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