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Nov 2022
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Episode 5: Reacting to Tenoch Huerta's E...

Frank Carrizo Zirit
About this episode

It's been some time since I haven't reacted to a celebrity's English. This time is Black Panther's Prince Namor, Tenoch Huerta. Personally, I don't know how long he's been learning English, but he behaved like a champion in this interview. You can listen to how he used natural fluency to overcome his lack of grammatical and phonological control. You too can deliver a successful interview for live TV without having to master English with the mastery of a C2 speaker. Tenoch is an excellent role model to follow.

The transcript with more comments can be downloaded from here. Make sure you use a good PDF reader to see the bubble notes. 

The TED talk I mentioned at the end, the one with Professor John McWhorter can be watched here: https://youtu.be/VQRjouwKDlU 

The podcast he conducts is called Lexicon Valley.

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