(Originais Teachy 2023) - Questão Difícil de Inglês

Imagine that you are an English language teacher and you have just introduced your students to a new set of vocabulary words. These words are quite tricky to pronounce due to their silent letters and irregular phonetic patterns. Your students are having a hard time mastering the pronunciation, and you want to assess their understanding of the topic. Choose three words from the following list: 'knight', 'receipt', 'thorough', 'colonel', 'debt', 'honest', 'island', 'often'. Explain in detail the phonetic rules and historical reasons for their unusual pronunciation. Then, provide a real-life scenario where knowing the correct pronunciation of these words would be crucial for effective communication, and discuss the potential consequences of mispronouncing them in that context.