Re: Why don't they teach proper English phonetics in Pakistani English schools?
Why should Pakistanis try to sound more like Brtis? Every english speaking nation has its own accent, why should Pak be any different...
There is no "real" English accent, just diversity of MANY english accents.
Re: Why don't they teach proper English phonetics in Pakistani English schools?
^^ well said.
and by the way why the hell should we teach accented english in PAKISTANI english schools when the kids will need the local language more than english anyway. ppl in PAKISTAN shouldn't feel more comfortable talking in english than in their local language, or else something is messed up. as far as PROPER english is concerned, that is already being taught (grammar, written etc.)
Re: Why don't they teach proper English phonetics in Pakistani English schools?
Try teaching Pakistanis to say George instead of JARGE.
Re: Why don't they teach proper English phonetics in Pakistani English schools?
^ lol there are some others char less and gournoment. This i attribute to english written in urdu, as john can be read jaan in urdu script.
Re: Why don't they teach proper English phonetics in Pakistani English schools?
Longman, the famous dictionary publishers, have recognized Pakistani English as a separate dialect.
Of course we should try to speak the foreign language like its native speakers but the above statement gives us our own identity.
interesting