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Wow! This lesson was very dense and had a lot going on. Diagrams, scientific terminology, phonemes and all sorts of other tools and techniques for explaining why the English language is spoken the way it is. Here's a simply one: It's a really messed up language consisting of rules from a bunch of other different languages. English, of course, originates in England, and England has a long history of being invaded by other cultures. Originally England was inhabited by the Gaels who spoke Gaelic. They were then invaded by (not necessarily in this order) the Romans, the Danes, the Franks and the Teutons who brought Latin, Scandinavian, French and Germanic rules to what would become the English language. That language then spread all over the world and absorbed a lot of other rules as well, so now, English is basically a mess. The poem in the lesson illustrates this quite well. And there are significant differences in phonology even among native English speakers depending on what country they are from and even what part of that country they are from. All of this contributes to making the learning of English phonology rather intimidating to non-native speakers. It should be noted that teaching proper pronunciation should be a constant throughout the English teaching process, for some learners, intonation is something that should be tackled only by intermediate to advanced students. Throwing too many concepts at a someone just starting out learning a language may simply lead to a brain meltdown that impedes any kind of learning.
