1. The main focus of this passage is

2. Linguists are studying Canadian people's speech patterns by

3. The change in Canadian pronunciation is exemplified by

4. The phrase "under our noses" refers to 

5. In paragraph 3, De Decker says the Canadian Vowel Shift shows that

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 [7] of accent due to its multicultural [8], 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 pop culture, 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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