Weallknowthatlanguageisanimportantcomponentpartandcarrierofculture.Whenpeoplearelearninganotherlanguagetheyareconsciouslyorunconsciouslyacquiringthatculture. Atthesametimelearners’commandofsecondlanguageistaintedwithfeaturesoftheirmotherlanguageandculture. Whetherwerealizeitornot,Englishisbecomingagloballanguageand60%-70%documentsinscienceandtechnologytheworldoverarewritteninEnglish. WiththeincreasingimportanceofEnglish,morepeopletheworldover,includingusEnglishmajors,arelearningEnglish. NaturallymanyEnglishlearnersanduserstendtoaskthesequestions:HowamIgoingtotalklikeanativespeaker? ShouldIlearnstandardEnglish? WhatshouldIdoinordertogetridof“ChineseEnglish”?
Peopleusedtobeverysnobbishaboutlanguageesp.aboutpronunciation.
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