**** ETNI on the web http://www.etni.org.il http://www.etni.org **** ----- Original Message ----- From: "Adele Raemer" <raemer@xxxxxxxxxxx> To: <ask@xxxxxxxx> Sent: Sunday, November 02, 2003 7:16 PM Subject: Re: facts ort facs IMHO, you can only teach them to speak the way YOU do..... which is why I always advocate bringing in lots of video taped , fun programs with different types of accents - so they hear a variety, and not just yours, or mine or any other specific teacher's accent. Adele Ahmad wrote: > Should I as teacher of English as a foreign language to teach my students > that some native speakers pronounce facts as facs (as an example) when > speaking? > Do native speakers realy speak that way? ##### To send a message to the ETNI list email: etni@xxxxxxxxxxxxx ##### ##### Send queries and questions to: ask@xxxxxxxx #####