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Originally Posted by biocit
This is why I provide BOTH romaji AND kana.
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For the third time, I am speaking in general and
not about anything you are doing specifically.
I don't know about today, but when I first started teaching English in Japan the older textbooks, (probably from the 1980s) had katakana over every word of English, much like Sashimaster's signature.
When a student was called on to read aloud in class, which do you think he was reading, the romaji or the katakana?
Is there any doubt as to why most Japanese adults have such poor pronunciation and abilities in English?