I agree with you Andres.  I teach my students  that their accents are a part 
of their culture and that is something not to shy  away from.  I can teach 
them prescriptive English but I cannot  teach them "to sound American."
 
Alison Cochrane
ESL Instructor
QCC
New York, NY 
 
"I may not have gone where I intended to go, but I think I  have ended up 
where I needed to be. " 
~ Kahlil Douglas  Adams



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