The demand for "proper" English can be used to shut people out of spaces and opportunities. The folks at NPR s "Rough Translation" podcast have a story to tell.
Tower Of Babble: Nonnative Speakers Navigate The World Of Good And Bad English knpr.org - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from knpr.org Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Picture this: A group of non-native English speakers are in a room. There s someone from Germany, Singapore, South Korea, Nigeria and France. They re having a great time speaking to each other in English, and communication is smooth.
And then . an American walks in the room. The American speaks quickly, using esoteric jargon ( let s take a holistic approach ) and sports idioms ( you hit it out of the park! ). And the conversation trickles to a halt.
Decades of research shows that when a native English speaker enters a conversation among non-native speakers, understanding goes down. Global communication specialist Heather Hansen tells us that s because the native speaker doesn t know how to do what non-native speakers do naturally: Speak in ways that are accessible to everyone, using simple words and phrases.
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Picture this: A group of non-native English speakers are in a room. There s someone from Germany, Singapore, South Korea, Nigeria and France. They re having a great time speaking to each other in English, and communication is smooth.
And then . an American walks in the room. The American speaks quickly, using esoteric jargon ( let s take a holistic approach ) and sports idioms ( you hit it out of the park! ). And the conversation trickles to a halt.
Decades of research shows that when a native English speaker enters a conversation among non-native speakers, understanding goes down. Global communication specialist Heather Hansen tells us that s because the native speaker doesn t know how to do what non-native speakers do naturally: Speak in ways that are accessible to everyone, using simple words and phrases.
Tower Of Babble: Non-Native Speakers Navigate The World Of Good And Bad English krcu.org - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from krcu.org Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.