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Phil

I like the way you took that comment. You are witty and I admire that. Spoken like a true teacher.

Marta

Yoda is my hero

You are amazing. This is going to come very handy.

Marta

big thanksd

Hi

dduck was just asking? I really did not like the tone of your letter responding to him.

Marta

Hi there First of all, how is everything in China? You are right teaching phonetics is a gruesome task, however, there are ways in which you can make it exciting. What I did was I downloaded the phonetic signs and enlarged them, cut them out and put a word that corespondce to the sound (at the same ...

Hi everyone, Something has told me that I should have used "frosted" rather than "iced" if I wanted to be understood by anyone outside Australia :oops: I've bought myself a "Teach Yourself American English" but it's pretty basic, and I doubt at my age that I'd ever gain native speaker proficiency a...

In my travels I've encounter plenty of prejudice against my accent, which I have found either insulting, irritating, or just plain ignorant. As a native speaker, my accent is bound up with my identity, which I guard vigourously. So, I'm never going to be first in line to encourage non-native speaker...