What do you find most difficult about English?

[Galteeth]

Talking at, exemplified. "I am not a robot. I am a unicorn."

Ok, you guys do realize cleverbot is not actually an AI. This is the internet's greatest troll ever. It is a chat that randomly hooks you up with other cleverbot users and frequently switches the user you're talking to.

 

[fluidistic]

I may have problems posting a link to a study, especially one in English, but as far as I know it is true. Problem is, English is not transparent - that is, there is no easy and simple dependence between spelling and pronunciation. In general, the more transparent the language is, the easier it is for dyslexics - that's why dyslexia is a serious problem in English speaking countries (and Poland!), but is much less of a problem in places like Italy and Spain.

Then French is a nightmare.

 

[Moonbear]

I just came across this and it reminded me of this thread. http://www.thepoke.co.uk/2011/12/23/english-pronunciation/

 

[Borek]

I think the US misdiagnoses dyslexia more than any other country. A big scam here is getting your doctor to give you a note saying you are dyslexic in order to have more hours to complete the SAT, there was a thread here about it.

As if it was different here

I know of school heads who force their personnel to test children for dyslexia, so that they will have more time to write exams - in hope that will make school look better. And we are talking about kids in Polish primary school, up to 12 yo. What do we teach them?

 

[Jimmy Snyder]

I just came across this and it reminded me of this thread. http://www.thepoke.co.uk/2011/12/23/english-pronunciation/

As the Chinese say, English is a pictographic language.

 

[MarcoD]

Build vs built is still a major problem for me, so I tend to avoid it.

I never had a knack for languages, and one of my kids is dyslexic, so I guess it's in my genes.