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Common Mistakes of Asians Speaking English

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Please discuss some of the common mistakes that East Asians have with learning to speak English including why they have these specific problems with English.

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This 447 word solution gives an outline of the most common problems Asians have when learning to speak English. A complete list of sources is included.

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Asian speakers have difficulties because of the use of characters rather than alphabets and understanding the variations of tenses and pronoun uses. These are a few of the differences.
Asian languages do not all have ...

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