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I do not agree that learning the IPA phonetic alphabet would benefit students in terms of pronunciation and have no intention of ever using this system unless required. Students are up to their ears in thousands of words of vocabulary and idiosyncrasies of the English language, I do not think it is beneficial to make them learn a whole new system of writing that no one but linguists use. I don't even want to learn it. Regardless of whether spelling reflects pronunciation or not they still have to learn whatever conventions are in place to be understood, there is no point in bemoaning that fact that the spelling of words do not reflect the pronunciation. It's just something they have to get used to as all English speakers do.
