~[COMPLETE] The Mother and the Child by Maria Montessori- tg

[kattekliek]

"The mother and the child" by Maria Montessori (1870 - 1952).

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"The mother and the child" is a lecture given by Maria Montessori in 1915. The famous educational reformer speaks about the importance to give children freedom and a suitable environment, so they will be able to fully develop according to their own nature.( kattekliek)

• Text source (only read from this text!): https://archive.org/details/motherchild00montrich
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[TriciaG]

This is set up. We'll stay here a little bit and see if we find a DPL.

[kattekliek]

Thanks, Tricia!
I would appreciate a native speaker as DPL, as they can also point out pronunciation mistakes, if any. I know it is not strictly necessary to correct these, but I want to do that anyway. My accent I cannot take away, but at least I can deliver a recording without mistakes

[kattekliek]

Part 1 of 2 is ready!
https://librivox.org/uploads/triciag/motherandthechild_01_montessori_128kb.mp3 (length 16:28)

[TriciaG]

Moving to Going Solo.

[kattekliek]

Part 2 of 2
https://librivox.org/uploads/triciag/motherandthechild_02_montessori_128kb.mp3 (length16:22)

Anyone wants to be DPL? See my note about language mistakes, above.

[TriciaG]

I'll post an advertisement over in Listeners & Editors Wanted.

In the meantime, I'll need the final summary before I catalog. Thanks!

[RobMarland]

Hi there,

I've listened through and both parts are PL OK! Very interesting, I'd not heard of Maria Montessori before.

As you asked for comments on pronunciation by a native speaker, here they are. I don't think it's necessary to 'fix' any of these, because a native speaker wouldn't be confused by them. It should go without saying that your pronunciation is almost perfect.

Part 1
1.18 crooked. This is usually a two syllable word: crook-id (bold = stress), as in 'wicked witch'
9.52 combating. This is normally pronounced as if spelled 'combatting', with a short 'a'.
10.25 cleanliness. This is normally pronounced as if spelled 'clenliness'.
15.20 orchard. The 'ch' sound is as in 'cheese'.
15.34 minute. When the word means 'small', it is pronounced 'my-nyoot' in the UK. Though you do pronounce it this way later in the recording.

Part 2
4.04 I am not sure whether in the Netherlands people say 'id est', but I don't think anyone in the UK would say that. That is, I've never heard it myself. We'd just say 'i.e.'
5.45 agile. Rather than 'a-jile, we would say 'adjile'.
8.57 perfecting. In perfect the stress is on the first syllable, in perfecting it's usually on the second.

Again, I'm being mega-picky only because you asked! There are some words in this work that I would have pronounced incorrectly myself at the first attempt...

[TriciaG]

Thank you, Rob!

[kattekliek]

Thanks so much, Rob - this is exactly the type of PL I was hoping for I know that anyone will understand it, but still the pronunciation of these things is not correct. I'll correct these words and post the summary later today or this weekend.

[kattekliek]

Summary available and both sections are ready for spot-PL (with one more instance of 'cleanliness' in part 1 at 11:15).
A win-win situation: my English pronunciation gets better and the end result is more of a pleasure to listen to for native speakers

P.S. In Dutch we don't use the Latin abbreviation 'i.e.' at all ...

[RobMarland]

Ok, great! PL OK for both.

I wasn't sure my explanations would make sense but your changes are perfect.

[TriciaG]

I'll work on cataloging...

[TriciaG]

This project is now complete! All audio files can be found on our catalog page: http://librivox.org/the-mother-and-the-child-by-maria-montessori/

Rob - I put you in as DPL.

[kattekliek]

Thanks so much, Rob and Tricia