I've been away for a short while giving some much needed attention to my history studies.

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vowels

What I have prepared for my friends here with the link is a short talk on the vowels of English. I could talk about them for hours. Necessarily then, what I've prepared is just a short, light, and easy discussion about a few aspects. I am looking forward to what you think of this format, and what you think might be a good subject for further short topics. Happy Moon Cake Festival.

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Replying to [Professor Carl]: Great job.!!! I just can't wait to click the link, I can imagine that so many English learners benefit from you. Reallllly a great job.

Replying to [Professor Carl]:Thanks, Professor Carl, it's very useful and helpful for us.
I can hear your soft & patient voice, besides, we can link to other websites.
It is my homework this week to study them.

Replying to [Professor Carl]:

For the sake of our Chinese students, could you prepare a soundtrack with "r", "l" and perhaps other sounds that are difficult for them? Finding the right way to describe how to pronounce these sounds might be the challenge here.

Replying to [Professor Carl]:thank you very much, we can talk with you freely any time?

should we to pay for you .
thank you for your answers in advance.

Replying to [Professor Carl]:Up up up up. You guys want to improve your prononcitation should be here.

Replying to [Professor Carl]:


Professor, i just want to add one thing. just my thought.


The difficulty of making vowel sounds is based on the subject's base language. you have to find the most forming sound for some language.


. just lead us the way..

see reply below

Replying to [Professor Carl]:

Thanks for taking that step back! Hopefully I didn't disappoint you too much. Plerase remember that when it comes to the English language, I hardly ever officially studied it. So you could say that I'm just an "aficionado". I developed quite some fluency over time, but when it comes to rules and similar subjects, I'm left out in the dark.

Replying to [Professor Carl]:Hi,Professor,I'm Andy,I'm really nice to have your comment on my idea about learning English.Actually,I've just started studying English seriously for 2 years in China,I'm a enthusiastic student of English.

Your idea on vowels of English makes sense to all of us.Personally speaking, English will be standard and euphonic when you can produce the vowels fully.

Replying to [Professor Carl]:

Just remembered: in Spanish for example there are only five written and pronounced vowels (and sometimes the "y"), while there must be about twenty spoken vowels in English. That alone should tell our "younger" students how important it is to study the pronunciation of sounds.

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Replying to [Professor Carl]:


Just remembered: in Spanish for example there are only five written and pronounced vowels (and sometimes the "y"), while there must be about twenty spoken vowels in English. That alone should tell our "younger" students how important it is to study the pronunciation of sounds.

That is the situation. The vowels in English are sometimes hard to learn. Could that be why it is so confusing to hear and speak them? I think so.