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Nonnative English Speakers Share Their Gripes About Speaking English : Goats and Soda : NPR


Last month, we published a story in collaboration with the NPR podcast
Rough Translation about nonnative speakers navigating the world of good and bad English. Dozens of readers wrote in with their own stories about how challenging and frustrating and rewarding it can be to learn and teach English.
We re featuring three responses that we found especially insightful: an English professor from India shares an English word she s used for years not found anywhere in the dictionary; an author points out the politics behind terms like native language and mother tongue ; and an engineering professor discusses why stereotypes about accented English are totally hypocritical. ....

United States , United Kingdom , New Delhi , Srikanth Chander Madani , Aparna Gollapudi , Karn Kant , Sergio Serrano , English At Colorado State University , Temple University , Rough Translation , Colorado State University , Oxford English Dictionary , Chander Madani , Slow Traveler , Where Are You , British English , North America , ஒன்றுபட்டது மாநிலங்களில் , ஒன்றுபட்டது கிஂக்டம் , புதியது டெல்ஹி , செர்ஜியோ செரானோ , ஆங்கிலம் இல் கொலராடோ நிலை பல்கலைக்கழகம் , கோயில் பல்கலைக்கழகம் , தோராயமாக மொழிபெயர்ப்பு , கொலராடோ நிலை பல்கலைக்கழகம் , ஆக்ஸ்ஃபர்ட் ஆங்கிலம் அகராதி ,

Prepone That! Your Accent Is Funny! Readers Share Their ESL Stories


Last month, we published a story in collaboration with the NPR podcast
Rough Translation about nonnative speakers navigating the world of good and bad English. Dozens of readers wrote in with their own stories about how challenging and frustrating and rewarding it can be to learn and teach English.
We re featuring three responses that we found especially insightful: an English professor from India shares an English word she s used for years not found anywhere in the dictionary; an author points out the politics behind terms like native language and mother tongue ; and an engineering professor discusses why stereotypes about accented English are totally hypocritical. ....

United States , United Kingdom , New Delhi , Srikanth Chander Madani , Aparna Gollapudi , Karn Kant , Sergio Serrano , English At Colorado State University , Temple University , Rough Translation , Colorado State University , Oxford English Dictionary , Chander Madani , Slow Traveler , Where Are You , British English , North America , ஒன்றுபட்டது மாநிலங்களில் , ஒன்றுபட்டது கிஂக்டம் , புதியது டெல்ஹி , செர்ஜியோ செரானோ , ஆங்கிலம் இல் கொலராடோ நிலை பல்கலைக்கழகம் , கோயில் பல்கலைக்கழகம் , தோராயமாக மொழிபெயர்ப்பு , கொலராடோ நிலை பல்கலைக்கழகம் , ஆக்ஸ்ஃபர்ட் ஆங்கிலம் அகராதி ,