Quote Originally Posted by vox05
Quote Originally Posted by TATY
The most effective way to teach a student the sounds of a foreign language it to give approximate equivalents from their native language.
Like (i) in 'sheep' and 'ship' both resemble russian 'и'.

When the student becomes more confident with the language they can perfect their accent and pronunciation at a later stage.
Or can not.
I don't know why you are still trying to argue your point, as I am stating a fact, that almost all Foreign Language learning books, teach the student how to pronounce the foreign language by using sounds from their native language.

Yes, some people can't ever develop good pronunciation in a foreign language, but that's not to say that it is because they were taught the sound system the wrong way.

Do you really think that using IPA with native English speakers, to try and teach them Russian sounds on Page 1 on a beginner's book would be a good idea? 90% of readers would give up by page 3.

http://learnrussian.elanguageschool.net ... w.php?id=1
http://www.homeenglish.ru/Lessons1.htm