Foreigner's English Test

[hubertus]

Aug 22, 2012 13:01:54 GMT @ladybird said:

OMG! This poem is hard to read but I managed to. I'm not sure all the words were pronounced right though

I'm not a native English speaker but I do my best to become an advanced speaker. I wonder which methods/books/other things are most effective for learning this language.
Currently I'm using Online English application from lsbf (a school in London). Here is the video - www.youtube.com/watch?v=8o1JEPce0es

Spoken English should be a doddle (= very easy) to learn because it is so pervasive in the fields of media, commerce, international transport, musical lyrics, IT, film and advertising.

You have my sympathy in trying to read or spell English, though. I don't think there is a shortcut way to do it other than reading a lot and getting the sound of the word by context and familiarity.

Forget rules of spelling: there are too many exceptions.
eg, 'i' before 'e' except after 'c', falls down in the word 'science'.

[Dave]

'i' before 'e' except after 'c', or sounding like A as in "neighbor" and "weigh."

But it still falls down for 'science'!

[Tone]

>OMG! This poem is hard to read ...

I managed most of the poem, but I'm stumped by how to pronounce "OMG"!

Tone

[Verbivore]

This is part of an oral English-language test for foreigners applying for call-centre jobs with a telecoms provider:

Tester: Now, Vinay, make a sentence with these words: green, pink, yellow. Think about it for a while if you like.

Vinay: Suh, now I ready.

Tester: Go ahead.

Vinay: The telephone he go green green. I pink him up and say "Yellow".

Vinay got the job.