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Sir,—Many young students are coming here from Japan and Paciy fic countries to attend a language A school hoping to improve their
conversational English. My wife and I, with other Christchurch residents, act as host parents and families. It is our experience that the students’ understanding of our speech is improved if we speak more slowly than usual, with attention to diction. Anyone reading this will probably think that is obvious, but it is astonishing how many people rattle away as normal and expect comprehension. I urge anyone talking to a visitor from a non-English-speaking country not to talk in pidgin English, but to speak clearly and slower than usual, with attention to pronunciation. — Yours, etc., STAN COSHAM. March 8, 1985.
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