Activity 4-11

Topic sentence: All foreign students have the same difficulty- the English barrier.

A. One area of difficulty is the words of English.
1. Old words which people nowadays don’t use anymore couldn’t make others understand.
2. A lot of words combine to make different meanings.
a An example of the combined words with different meanings is the verb-and-preposition combination, “to work out”.

B. Another difficulty for foreigners is pronunciation.
1. For instance, the word “conduct” has two meanings, the attitude and behavior of someone, or to lead or guide someone, depending on the pronunciation.
2. Foreigners might have trouble communicating due to the accent.
a Northerners have a different accent from southerners.

C. Learning technical terms and phrases is also part of the English barrier.