1. The comment made by Mr. T. McKena, an English teacher from Perth, Australia,as follows:
“There was a movement to teach English through IPA in the 1960s, but it proved to be unpopular.
IPA is unpopular in the West. Two symbol systems taugh concurrently are a disadvantage to the students.”
2. 取自 M. Finocchiaro and C. Brumfit 的著作:
Learning IPA “would not seem advisable for beginners, especially if they are also being expected
to learn to cope with a new writing system at the same time.”
“There was a movement to teach English through IPA in the 1960s, but it proved to be unpopular.
IPA is unpopular in the West. Two symbol systems taugh concurrently are a disadvantage to the students.”
2. 取自 M. Finocchiaro and C. Brumfit 的著作:
Learning IPA “would not seem advisable for beginners, especially if they are also being expected
to learn to cope with a new writing system at the same time.”