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Originally Posted by masaegu
In foreign language courses in Japan, however, they always teach and test you on the accent, which is why I was very surprised (almost shocked TBH) at the results of that accent quiz.
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The only argument I've heard against teaching pitch accent in courses is that students misunderstand how it works and it leads to them using a meaning destroying stress accent instead. It apparently leads to other ills as well that I can't remember right now. The people who say this say they should just be told to listen to how their teachers say the words and try to follow along. I don't buy it. Your teacher can't be around forever.