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Teaching Chinese students how to produce "R"s ...
I have a number of Chinese students, who have great difficulties pronouncing some phonemes such as the consonant "r" .
I know how to make Russian, Spanish, Portuguese, ... speaking students to soften their "r" by making them shape their mouths as if they were getting ready to say "u" but actually say "r" .
But, I really don't know how to do that with Chinese students .
How do people with Chinese as their L1s learn to produce "r"s? .
I know of English Speaking people that for example speak Spanish fluently and even creatively but cannot roll their "r"s. .
Are there some L2 phonemes impossible to learn by certain L1 speaking people?
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lbrtchx
I know how to make Russian, Spanish, Portuguese, ... speaking students to soften their "r" by making them shape their mouths as if they were getting ready to say "u" but actually say "r" .
But, I really don't know how to do that with Chinese students .
How do people with Chinese as their L1s learn to produce "r"s? .
I know of English Speaking people that for example speak Spanish fluently and even creatively but cannot roll their "r"s. .
Are there some L2 phonemes impossible to learn by certain L1 speaking people?
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lbrtchx
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[nq:1]I have a number of Chinese students, who have great difficulties pronouncing some phonemes such as the consonant "r" . creatively but cannot roll their "r"s. [/nq] May be difficult but not impossible.
- [nq:1]I have a number of Chinese students, who have great difficulties pronouncing some phonemes such as the consonant "r" .
- creatively but cannot roll their "r"s.
- [/nq] May be difficult but not impossible.
- I thought Chinese had an 'r' or an 'r' like sound.
- lang) Philip Baker
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[nq:1]I have a number of Chinese students, who have great difficulties pronouncing some phonemes such as the consonant "r" . ... creatively but cannot roll their "r"s. . Are there some L2 phonemes impossible to learn by certain L1 speaking people?[/nq]
May be difficult but not impossible. I thought Chinese had an 'r' or an 'r' like sound.
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Philip Baker
May be difficult but not impossible. I thought Chinese had an 'r' or an 'r' like sound.
(also posted to sci.lang)
Philip Baker
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[nq:1]May be difficult but not impossible. I thought Chinese had an 'r' or an 'r' like sound..[/nq]
To me, they pronounce all 'R's as 'L's
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Could you give me some more info on this?
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lbrtchx
To me, they pronounce all 'R's as 'L's
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Could you give me some more info on this?
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lbrtchx
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[nq:2]I have a number of Chinese students, who have great ... L2 phonemes impossible to learn by certain L1 speaking people?[/nq]
[nq:1]May be difficult but not impossible. I thought Chinese had an 'r' or an 'r' like sound.[/nq]
Yes, there's a sound that's about halfway between the "r" in "red" and the "j" sound in French "jour". It's represented in Pinyin by an initial "r". However, depen
[nq:1]May be difficult but not impossible. I thought Chinese had an 'r' or an 'r' like sound.[/nq]
Yes, there's a sound that's about halfway between the "r" in "red" and the "j" sound in French "jour". It's represented in Pinyin by an initial "r". However, depen
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