Minnesota: Those with thick accents need not apply?

by E Wayne Ross on March 14, 2006

Star Tribune: A Minnesota legislator says “clear English pronunciation” should be a requirement for instructors at state colleges and universities

It’s a scenario familiar to university students: One or more of your instructors is foreign-born and speaks English with a thick accent. Usually, you can understand, but sometimes it takes an effort. Occasionally, you don’t have a clue what’s being said.

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