They should see this: http://www.china-nafsa.aief-usa.org/default.htm Information for Chinese students coming to the ...
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Bob Hooker
rlhooker2001
May 6, 2013 10:44 am
For listening practice at many different levels I use Randall's ESL Cyber Listening Lab http://www.esl-lab.com/ Lots of listening exercises at all levels, many...
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Margaret Orleans
tommysibo
May 6, 2013 4:10 pm
In addition to the sites Bob Hooker recommended for listening, I heartily endorse elllo.org, a compilation of hundreds (if not thousands by now) of short,...
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Dave
nevin@...
May 8, 2013 11:32 am
<all the sounds of the English language a few years back I came across- The elicitation paragraph: Please call Stella. Ask her to bring these things with her...
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Dave
nevin@...
May 8, 2013 11:32 am
... Different topic, but, do Chinese speakers make the same 42/44 sounds -basic sounds like ess, eff, k, ch/zh - that English speakers make? Ni hao Knee how ? ...
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Nelson Bank
natlunla
May 8, 2013 4:34 pm
<basic sounds> There's some confusion with the /r/ and /l/. It seems Chinese students think that they cannot pronounce the /r/. They actually have that...
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nate jarvis
natejarv@...
May 9, 2013 11:24 am
I thought r-controlled vowels were slightly different from initial /r/? The "ri" as in riben or riyong is different from English's initial /r/, isn't it? ...
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Nelson Bank
natlunla
May 10, 2013 11:32 am
<"ri" as in riben> The initial 'r' is fricatized. It isn't in English. I'm using the U.S. English 'r' in /r/. The 'r' in Mandarin 'er' sounds just like...
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Dave
nevin@...
May 11, 2013 1:49 pm
<basic sounds> ... think that they cannot pronounce the /r/. They actually have that sound in their phonemic inventory. The word for 'two' is 'er', with...
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Margaret Orleans
tommysibo
May 14, 2013 6:06 pm
Dear All, Here's an article with specific examples of how to flip a classroom, something Dave Kees often recommends. It's about elementary classrooms, but...
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e c
listsurfer
May 18, 2013 6:23 pm
The R and L liquid sounds are families of sounds. It might be simplistic to say that Chinese has it so students should be able to sound American. The north...
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karen
karenstanleyma
May 18, 2013 6:24 pm
I was at one time a subscriber to a New Zealand-based website that provides excellent lessons, especially good for teachers who teach classes in which students...
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Merton Bland
mert_bland
May 18, 2013 11:10 pm
Lately, for one of my classes, I give everyone a copy of the daily English-medium newspaper. Then we pick out an article which interests us and go around the...
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Graham Paterson
guggzie86
May 19, 2013 6:45 pm
... < Lately, for one of my classes, I give everyone a copy of the daily English-medium newspaper. Then we pick out an article which interests us and go...
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Dave
nevin@...
May 19, 2013 6:47 pm
I asked an ex-student (Masters interpretation BFSU) about sounds of English / Chinese... her reply "Yes there is a whoooooole system of phonetics for Chinese...
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Ria Smit
tryria@...
May 20, 2013 3:06 pm
E Chan, from Malaysia wrote: Yes, dialects. The southern coastal dialects mostly do not have any R at all. So much for THE Chinese language and people. ... In...
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Nelson Bank
natlunla
May 20, 2013 3:20 pm
<'pu tong hua', the language that is universally taught> And in which teachers have to teach. I was just wondering if I wouldn't be rocking the boat by...
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nate jarvis
natejarv@...
May 21, 2013 3:06 pm
In China, when we speak about "Chinese", we speak about 'pu tong hua', the language that is universally taught. If we speak about any other language then we...
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Nelson Bank
natlunla
May 21, 2013 4:16 pm
<putonghua> There is a standard putonghua. It was chosen from many competing dialects in China. The one from Beijing won out. It has standard...
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Ria Smit
tryria@...
May 22, 2013 12:16 am
If students choose words from Mandarin that they want to learn in English, teachers have to learn those words also, for vocabulary exercise purposes. Wouldn't...
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Jim Mahler
jimmahler1
May 22, 2013 3:21 pm
The position of a sound can also give students difficulty. Thus, while some Chinese students have an "r" sound as a final in their native language, they may...
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Nelson Bank
natlunla
May 22, 2013 4:02 pm
<"Mandarin" as opposed to "Putonghua"> Although 'Mandarin' is considered to be a group of similar Chinese dialects, it has been used interchangeably with...
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Dave
nevin@...
May 23, 2013 3:08 pm
... If we speak about any other language then we name the dialect that is referred to.< A few years ago I did read that only 51% of Chinese spoke putonghua....
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karen
karenstanleyma
May 23, 2013 3:11 pm
Oxford University Press has dedicated a portion of its ELT website to short videos and pamphlets (free) by Jack Richards. From what I have looked at, they are...
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Nelson Bank
natlunla
May 23, 2013 3:44 pm
<51% of Chinese spoke putonghua> I wonder how that compares to the percentage of Chinese who know Putonghua. The number system, from 1 to 10, that is used to...
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karen
karenstanleyma
May 24, 2013 12:19 am
I just listened to a really excellent on-line presentation by Jeanne McCarten on teaching the vocabulary of conversation. The first 2min 10sec of intro (of...
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Jim Mahler
jimmahler1
May 24, 2013 12:21 am
<51% of Chinese spoke putonghua> "Mandarin"; is a Sino-Tibetan language spoken as a native language by over 60% of the people in China. "Putonghua" is a set of...
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Nelson Bank
natlunla
May 24, 2013 1:51 am
<Mandarin-speaking area> Try to understand the local Mandarin in different regions in China. Sometimes it's pretty radical. For Cantonese, which is way...
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Russ
russssch
May 24, 2013 3:28 pm
... For Cantonese, which is way removed from Putonghua, Putonghua is a second language, which many didn't used to speak. Now it's the official language. My...
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nate jarvis
natejarv@...
May 24, 2013 3:31 pm
"Mandarin"; is a Sino-Tibetan language </Jim> Anyone know where the debate on this classification stands? Whether Burmese and Tibetan languages are subset to a...
