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edricarica · 3407 days ago · link · · parent · post: The Test That Can Look Into A Child's (Reading) Future : NPR Ed : NPR
I LOVE IPA! I only really know the characters that correspond to European languages - I'd have problems trying to write down what this guy's saying, for example. I only know it because I somewhat arbitrarily took some linguistics modules at university, but it is so useful. I use it almost daily - and it has saved me some embarrassing pronunciation errors. I wonder why it isn't something we teach in schools?
I feel like it would come in more useful than learning phonics (the standard teaching method for reading in the UK), in the long run.
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OK cool, does that mean I get a green card?
I trade a UK passport which is useful for being protected by the Queen wherever you go :)