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Old May 7th, 2008, 01:58   #1
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Advice On English lessons

Anyone know a good private English teacher , preferably [ ahem] with accentless English ..
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Old May 7th, 2008, 02:04   #2
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Please be more specific about your query...Is it for spoken English or ?......
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Old May 10th, 2008, 17:04   #3
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Anyone know a good private English teacher , preferably [ ahem] with accentless English ..
British Engish? Australian English? American English? American English with Canadian accent?

AISC (the American International School) is currently offering English as a Second Language classes for parents. It is being taught by an American. There are numerous spoken English classes advertised around the city.

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British Engish? Australian English? American English? American English with Canadian accent?



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Old Jun 19th, 2008, 17:55   #5
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Pls. be specific

I may know of someone who can teach you, but there is no such animal as "accentless". Do you need to concentrate on Grammar/fluency or do you want to reduce your accent as well?
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Hey! I don't have an accent. As an upper-middle-class Englishman, my mother made very sure of that.

( --- but that is how I was brought up. Only later in life does one realise that slightly-posh English is as much an accent as broad Australian)

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British Engish? Australian English? American English? American English with Canadian accent?
She's not joking, Brishti!

To those in the call-centre industry, these distinctions are reall and important. Both my wife's grown up children are trainers in call centrers: one teaches British English, the other teaches American English. They are both, of course, pure Indian.
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its really quite ludicrous in this so-called global village era -
the issues of 'correct' accent [ no swipe at the OP ]
as long as one can be understood,
i guess, thats all that should matter

grammar and spellings are relative -
depending on which side of the atlantic you're on

but yup, i guess call centres need to have them accents -
its a customer service thingee ... but still

sheesh - 'centres' has a red line underneath -
and nope - aint going to spell check that - hurrumph!



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