German EFL learner homophones
Monday, May 24th, 2010 04:30 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
mothwingOne 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.
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.
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Date: Friday, May 28th, 2010 10:04 pm (UTC)for no one had explained that lisping thing before.
That is insane. I'm not even a teacher, but my first words to someone explaining the "th" would be something along the lines of "imagine someone who's lisping".
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Date: Friday, May 28th, 2010 10:13 pm (UTC)Though, interestingly enough, while she got right the TH sounds in the text she was reading, she still didn't pronounce them when speaking. Babysteps... And I need a diplomatic way to do repeat that thing with her teacher. Er.