by tambok17 » Tue Jul 21, 2020 9:53 am
The "Sick Dollar" ( $6) Phenomenon.
Is it important to teach Khmer people to pronounce the final consonants in English? I meet educated Khmer people with fluent English, but it appears that no one had ever corrected them. They swallow the final
s, ce, v, ve, ge, ts, ngts, etc.
Do you correct them?
Provin for Province
Sick dollar and fy sen for Six dollars and five cents
Ekperien for Experience.
Choy for Choice
Dan for Dance
Chain for Change
Jew with eye- instead of Juice with Ice
Some of my students are in advanced levels and it seems to be the first time someone sits down and corrects them,like me.
They are 20+ and speak English well, but it is" fy and sick" instead of
"five and six".
When I correct them, I seem to be the first teacher ever to correct them. They told me they had teachers before and no one corrected them.
Hence the Sick Dollar phenomenon.
The "Sick Dollar" ( $6) Phenomenon.
Is it important to teach Khmer people to pronounce the final consonants in English? I meet educated Khmer people with fluent English, but it appears that no one had ever corrected them. They swallow the final
s, ce, v, ve, ge, ts, ngts, etc.
Do you correct them?
Provin for Province
Sick dollar and fy sen for Six dollars and five cents
Ekperien for Experience.
Choy for Choice
Dan for Dance
Chain for Change
Jew with eye- instead of Juice with Ice
Some of my students are in advanced levels and it seems to be the first time someone sits down and corrects them,like me.
They are 20+ and speak English well, but it is" fy and sick" instead of
"five and six".
When I correct them, I seem to be the first teacher ever to correct them. They told me they had teachers before and no one corrected them.
Hence the Sick Dollar phenomenon.