Comments on: Five Problems for Chinese English Speakers http://blog.clarknielsen.com/2009/11/five-problems-for-chinese-english-speakers/ web developer, former teacher in china, frequent gamer, always writer Wed, 17 Mar 2010 07:20:35 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7 hourly 1 By: Clark http://blog.clarknielsen.com/2009/11/five-problems-for-chinese-english-speakers/comment-page-1/#comment-1593 Clark Thu, 26 Nov 2009 04:34:36 +0000 http://blog.clarknielsen.com/?p=2006#comment-1593 Yeah, but you know how we are, we think all Asian people are the same. Yeah, but you know how we are, we think all Asian people are the same.

]]> By: Rynn http://blog.clarknielsen.com/2009/11/five-problems-for-chinese-english-speakers/comment-page-1/#comment-1592 Rynn Thu, 26 Nov 2009 03:25:11 +0000 http://blog.clarknielsen.com/?p=2006#comment-1592 The R's as L's is actually the Japanese accent. And it's not EXACTLY an L, it's more a rolled L XD if that make any sense... but yeah in Japanese my name is either said elin or elen, depending on how they decide to put my name into katakana... my preference is elin. My kids also had a hard time with plurals... and tenses... >.> The R’s as L’s is actually the Japanese accent. And it’s not EXACTLY an L, it’s more a rolled L XD if that make any sense… but yeah in Japanese my name is either said elin or elen, depending on how they decide to put my name into katakana… my preference is elin. My kids also had a hard time with plurals… and tenses… >.>

]]> By: Clark http://blog.clarknielsen.com/2009/11/five-problems-for-chinese-english-speakers/comment-page-1/#comment-1589 Clark Wed, 25 Nov 2009 13:33:27 +0000 http://blog.clarknielsen.com/?p=2006#comment-1589 Blimey, that makes perfect sense! Why didn't this occur to me before? I guess I still haven't accepted that schools teach British English over American English. When a student's accent isn't exactly British, though, it really does sound like a mistake. I always drill words as "arrr," too, and the students can never repeat it. I don't think I've ever had a student who could pronounce my name correctly (correctly American, that is). Blimey, that makes perfect sense! Why didn’t this occur to me before? I guess I still haven’t accepted that schools teach British English over American English. When a student’s accent isn’t exactly British, though, it really does sound like a mistake. I always drill words as “arrr,” too, and the students can never repeat it. I don’t think I’ve ever had a student who could pronounce my name correctly (correctly American, that is).

]]> By: Kevin http://blog.clarknielsen.com/2009/11/five-problems-for-chinese-english-speakers/comment-page-1/#comment-1588 Kevin Wed, 25 Nov 2009 06:34:09 +0000 http://blog.clarknielsen.com/?p=2006#comment-1588 Ah, I see you're from the US. What you describe is basically a standard British accent (I say "Clark" pretty much as an American would say "clock", but when I say "clock" it has a short o that Wikipedia tells me is similar to the one in "sort" in some American dialects), so it's not something to worry about. (exception: when the r is followed by a vowel sound, e.g. "arid", "arena") Ah, I see you’re from the US. What you describe is basically a standard British accent (I say “Clark” pretty much as an American would say “clock”, but when I say “clock” it has a short o that Wikipedia tells me is similar to the one in “sort” in some American dialects), so it’s not something to worry about.

(exception: when the r is followed by a vowel sound, e.g. “arid”, “arena”)

]]> By: Clark http://blog.clarknielsen.com/2009/11/five-problems-for-chinese-english-speakers/comment-page-1/#comment-1587 Clark Tue, 24 Nov 2009 07:08:13 +0000 http://blog.clarknielsen.com/?p=2006#comment-1587 Well, my name is Clark, for instance, not Clock. Well, my name is Clark, for instance, not Clock.

]]> By: Kevin http://blog.clarknielsen.com/2009/11/five-problems-for-chinese-english-speakers/comment-page-1/#comment-1586 Kevin Tue, 24 Nov 2009 06:38:54 +0000 http://blog.clarknielsen.com/?p=2006#comment-1586 Isn't [2] correct? I always pronounce "ar" in the middle of a word as "ah". How do you think it should be pronounced? Isn’t [2] correct? I always pronounce “ar” in the middle of a word as “ah”. How do you think it should be pronounced?

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