1a. Why don �t you call them?
1b. Why dontcha call �em?

 

Thanx for your prompt replies.

 

Yes true, not everyone speaks like this but then again in real life many people do.  I must admit the third example does indeed sound thuggish but we often do naturally drop the last �g� sound when saying this word.  I�m not sure what �slag lang� is.

 

My new intake of international adult students, who all studied English in their own country to an IELTS 5 level, are finding it difficult to communicate even in the most basic of day to day transactions beyond the walls of their English class, such as at the local grocery store.  Often text book teaching does not reflect the real language spoken by the average English speaking person and if students have studied EFL in their own country they are often only communicating in text book language.   Some pronunciation books do deal with real life language but I�m after some more resources for myself as well as my students because listening seems to be their biggest hurdle - when they go to Uni they often only understand 50% of what the lecturer is actually saying because the lecturers do not speak in text book language. Also, lecturers are not ESL teachers - they don�t speak grammatically correctly and they don�t slow down for non-native students - they are everyday people who speak real life English.  This is an obstacle for international students.

 

These sites have some info on it but I�m after more.  All contributions welcome.

 

Cheers

 

Jayho

I don �t think you wouldn  hear that sort of language in an office.

Perhaps the students don �t understand conversational English to the full extent because they haven �t grasped  the knowledge of phrasal verbs. 

In Canada phrasal verbs are used often in everday conversation.

 

The same happened to me when I lived in the Uk.

I was taught a very posh English RP pronunciation, but language is a living organisim. So, the first time in London, I didn �t get a thing because everybody talked with a different accent and some of the consonants weren �t even articulated. It was difficult to get used to it. But I did.

 But as the rest of the girls, I suggest you to keep the "formal" language in your classroom. Because that is the role model.

Try to include a lot of phrasal verbs, everyday expressions, idioms and, finally, try to look on youtube some examples.

There is a very interesting web page with "real english". www.realenglish.com

 

 

 

Good news - I have been PM �d a comprehensive list of websites to scour - just what I needed because I didn �t know where to start.

 

Thanks for your posts. 

 

Cheers

 

Jayho