Phonetic Symbols: A Necessary Stepping Stone for ESL Students
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This article discusses why English pronunciation and intonation have been ignored in Hong Kong ESL classes. It also discusses why it is essential to teach English phonetic symbols to attain better pronunciation skills. The article describes what actions should be taken to implement an English pronunciation component into teaching ESL.
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Dan Lu
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English Teaching Forum 2002, Volume 40, Number 4
In the October 2002 issue of the ET Forum, the lead article is an interview with Mark Warschauer on the challenges and opportunities of education. The feature article is on renewable energy; other articles cover the areas of teacher development, what works in the language classroom, giving feedback