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by Anjali
Wed Dec 11, 2013 8:42 pm
Forum: Adult Education
Topic: Help student understand English spoken w/ various accents
Replies: 4
Views: 5045

Thanks very much. I'll pursue that avenue.
by Anjali
Wed Dec 11, 2013 1:38 pm
Forum: Adult Education
Topic: Help student understand English spoken w/ various accents
Replies: 4
Views: 5045

Help student understand English spoken w/ various accents

Youtube. Hi Sally, I spent a lot of time searching youtube before posting my topic. I was able to find people, acting coaches for example, describing how different accents are produced, but not what I described in my question. Do you have any links to subtitled youtube videos of "foreigners" speaki...
by Anjali
Wed Dec 11, 2013 3:50 am
Forum: Adult Education
Topic: Challenging and arrogant advanced student, help, need ideas!
Replies: 7
Views: 10313

Missing Words

"His biggest problem with this is missing words like a, an, you, your, it, this, that, these, those, there, their, etc. And I don�t mean messing up which word to use, I mean completely not repeating those words at all" These little words often get reduced or combined with other words, verbs for ex...
by Anjali
Wed Dec 11, 2013 3:29 am
Forum: Adult Education
Topic: Help student understand English spoken w/ various accents
Replies: 4
Views: 5045

Help student understand English spoken w/ various accents

I have a highly educated Japanese student who speaks fluent English but has trouble understanding English when it's spoken with French, Spanish, and a variety of other accents. Where can I find video's of people speaking English w/ foreign accents and English subtitles on screen? Or any other sugges...