How much should we insist on 'accent varieties' in a listening course? 👇

— Anthony Schoch (@anthony_schoch) June 5, 2022

Another practical consideration. I get the distinct impression that a lot of coursebooks seem to have money for only a few voice actors. When they want to have diversity in their listening, this leads to the voice actors just imitating accents that aren't their own.

— Joel Swagman (@JoelswagmanJoel) June 6, 2022

...I was using the Headway series 10 years ago, and they were particularly bad for this. (I'm not sure if the new editions are any better?) For both the Korean character and the Japanese character, it was a British woman doing a generic "Asian" accent. After having lived...

— Joel Swagman (@JoelswagmanJoel) June 6, 2022

...in Japan, I knew that wasn't how Japanese people sounded at all.

— Joel Swagman (@JoelswagmanJoel) June 6, 2022

Well, yeah, of course, I mean who has the energy to deal with a kid on a Satur---wait, he's got coffee?!

— Joel Swagman (@JoelswagmanJoel) June 6, 2022

Ah....
Oh man, that is not good advice. Ask a bunch of older middle class people why their so successful. You'll never hear the end of it. He's got to at least give those kids some strategies for exiting the conversation.
The free coffee is nice though.

— Joel Swagman (@JoelswagmanJoel) June 6, 2022

Oh crap, I confused "their" and "they're" again didn't I? Why can't we edit tweets? Why?