German EFL learner homophones

[mothwing]

One of the learners in my tutoring centre has the most interesting pronunciation. She was reading a text the other day and it took a while for me to figure out what she was talking about.





Oh. And "sought", forgot about that one. I think she was talking about a sword, about which she had thoughts. But I can't be certain.

Comments

[lordhellebore]

I dunno, maybe it's just because languages come easy to me, but I don't see how it's possible to not be able to make a sound when you have instructions on how to do it.

Being used to one way and finding it hard to change, sure, that I can get behind.

[mothwing.livejournal.com]

Instruction she didn't have, due to aforementioned teaching method on whose grave I dance daily. Gaily. I was looking forward to never having to deal with students who are used to that, but nooo...