~ My kids love when I speak. PERIOD!!! #Thatisall
J/K. LOL
It has been really nice teaching at a South African public
high school. Whenever I teach, the students are always very engaged, and “all
eyes and ears.” They love for me to teach any and everything. I know that I am
a pretty cool teacher, but I literally think that my American accent does 95% of the
work for me! LOL As a result, I find myself helping students and answering questions with my students during lunch and well after school- just because they want to hear me speak! lol
~ One of the most significant distinctions between American
and South African English is the pronunciation of the “r” sound. They lightly
roll their “r’s” like in Spanish. And American English speakers do not roll our “r’s” and we make
them very clear as well. But for some odd reason, the students have this really funny way of mocking my accent. So my kids can be heard talking around the school in
their “American Accent” which really just sounds like a Tyler Perry Movie. All
I hear is: “Heller. How Are Your Doinger TerDay?” It is SO FUNNY!!! LMBO
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