1. According to the article, Canada’s language is experiencing
2. The suspected effect of this change among Canadians is
3. The language shift has been blamed on
4. The accent shift has been
5. De Decker argues that the problem has perpetuated because of
While I’m sure that this [6] is not a dire situation, I think it truly does pose a serious issue for students who are learning English as a second language. For me, the issue does arise from Canadian acceptance of accent due to its multicultural [7], as De Decker points out. However, even more so, historically there weren’t so many issues with pronunciation primarily because there wasn’t such a widespread interest in [8], which undoubtedly has [9] the problem. Perhaps the best solution would be to stress the importance of maintaining the English language in its essential Canadian form by having more pronunciation classes when teaching English, and [10], by stressing it more frequently in public schools.
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