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[quote=JABAROOTOO ,10563]It's interesting to hear which accents are considered easier to understand. I'm a native Englsih speaker and I often have trouble understanding, folk from Scotland, Manchester, Canada, the US, South Africa and of course my own countrymen. It's got to do with elocution and how well a person articulates. i.e. does he breath properly open his mouth or mumble. Unfortunately most of us do not get this kind of speech training. As for the listener, well we each have to hone our listening skills. It's the same for us foreigners when we travel around China. We have difficuly understanding the PutongHua spoken in different areas of the country. Some is clear and well spoken and some is well....... what can I say but almost unintelligable.The key here is to speak at a moderate speed and articulate clearly and you should have no trouble being understood. One would hope that schools would take into consideration some of these issues before employing prospective teachers but the demand is still higher than supply so there you have it. And for many schools a foreigners real benifit is not in the ability to teach but the ability to pull in fee paying students.[/quote]
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