Signals get crossed when we miscommunicate. This can happen even in your native tongue of course, but it happens more frequently in a new language we speak for many reasons. Sometimes the problem may be lexical, that is we use the wrong word, sometimes it may be phonetic, when we say the word in the wrong way, or we mispronounce words.
I'm teaching you a lot of vocabulary on a daily basis because English is very, very vocabulary rich language, given its history and the great amount of borrowing we do from other languages! I hope some of you are investigating some of these new words in the American Corpus, linked here on our blog.
We have also been spending a lot of time on pronunciation, and I appreciate everyone's attention and devotion to learning the IPA to effectively master the North American English phonetic system. Bravo!
I may want to record your reactions to the use of the IPA for my own personal investigation of pronunciation teaching.
I'm in the middle of studying for a final right now, back to the drawing board.
Oh, tomorrow is Rachel's last day and there will be a potluck, bring something yummy to eat or drink if you would like to participate.
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