140. Pronunciation Part 2 and Machine Translation

Thoughts and comments on teaching pronunciation and the interview with Prof. Alison Kitzman in Episode 139. Then, a brief discussion of how computer translation may require a reset on how English, or any foreign language, is taught.

Mentioned:

• My Cousin Vinny, Two Youths: https://youtu.be/NdCijCUj8w
• Perfect English in an incomprehensible essay: http://tony-silva.com/download/badessayannotated.pdf
• DeepL Translator: https://www.deepl.com/translator
• English Language Statistics: http://tony-silva.com/eslefl/whyenglish.html