Pronunciation is presentation!
Tooba Arbab and Hossain Saad Alvee International School, Dhaka
We are writing in response to the letter of Mr. Babar Anwar who has in fact responded in opposition to another letter of Ms Cantara Wali. Mr. Anwar has come up with a new idea--"Pronunciation is not a measure-scale to project one's language proficiency" There goes the dictionary down the drain!We fully agree with the opinion of Ms. Wali. Although it may sound bad, we feel that our folks really lack enough interest in learning and hence this bad grammar, bad pronunciation. When you are working as a newscaster/reader, then you have to watch out and avoid callousness. We have had many visitors in our school including Mr. Mahfuz Anam who has a hypnotizing way of reaching out with his way of talking. But not all were like him, there had been a few who had good selection of words but could not get our full attention due to bad pronunciation; and there had been a few who captured us by the way they presented themselves. That is the whole point ......PRONUNCIATION IS PRESENTATION!! no one goes deeper to explore your depth of knowledge if you talk in faulty and wrong pronunciation. We believe that first impression is the most important and a balance of good language spoken through correct pronunciation is certainly necessary, no matter what part of the world you live in. Yes, even in America. The food that our mothers serve us is double the taste because of the way they present it to us. So stop debating just for the sake of it and get your facts right. Thank you Ms. Wali for raising the issue.
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