Pronouncing a language is a skill. Every normal person is expert with the skill of pronouncing his own language, but few people are even 41. ______ moderately proficient at pronouncing foreign languages. There are many reasons this, some obvious, some perhaps not so obvious. But I suggest 42. ______ that the fundamental reason which people in general do not speak 43. ______ foreign languages very much better than they do are that they 44. ______ fail to grab the true nature of the problem of learning to pronounce, 45. ______ and consequently never set about to tackling with it in the right way. Far 46. ______ too many people fail to realize that pronouncing a foreign language is a skill—one needs careless training of a special kind, 47. ______ and one that cannot be acquired by just leaving it to take care of itself. I think even teachers of language, while recognizing the importance of a good accent, tend to neglect, in their practical teaching, the branch of study concerning with 48. ______ speaking the language. So the first point which I want to make is 49. ______ that English pronunciation must be taught; the teacher should be prepared to devote some of the lesson time to this, and by his whole attitude to the subject should get the student to feel that here is a matter worthy receiving his close attention. 50. ______