By
focusing on the basics and pointing out consistent common mistakes,
students can quickly develop good habits instead of bad habits. Sometim=
es
sound groupings can be very difficult for students to pronounce so they=
need
to be practiced until mastered. It is actually much, much quicker to ma=
ster
the pronunciation compared to memorizing the grammar rules, and the stu=
dent
will then use proper grammar because it is part of the ‘soundR=
17;
which comes out naturally.
There is
no point to learning ‘book’, ‘chair’,
‘apple’, etc. The most important thing to be learned is
“It’s a …” and if it’s being expressed
smoothly, almost as if it was one word, then the student will never make
the mistake of saying “It’s book.”<=
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Likewise
with ‘a’ and ‘an’. If you simply focus on the s=
ound
and do what’s easiest=
then
you will never say “a apple” or “an book”, beca=
use
it’s difficult and sounds strange. By connecting the ‘nR=
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and the ‘a’ and expressing it naturally, it’s easy. <=
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There
are many little aspects that need to be pointed out and are easily
remembered. For example, =
you
should never write: this’s It’s true that when we s=
ay it
verbally, that’s what it sounds like, but we can’t write it
that way.
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