1.1 Course Objectives
Pronunciation is definitely the biggest thing that peoplenotice when you are speaking. When you meet a person, and youjust say a sentence or two, do you think they will notice your poorvocabulary or bad grammar? Probably not. But they will noticewhether your pronunciation is good or bad. If your pronunciationis poor, they will immediately think about you as the guy/girlwho speaks bad English Your pronunciation creates the firstimpression you make. Good pronunciation should be one of thefirst things that you learn in English. You can live withoutadvanced vocabulary—— you can use simple words to say what youwant to say. You can live without advanced grammar —— you canuse simple grammar structures instead. But there is no such thingas simple pronunciation.
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