Focusing on a sound

Date: 2015-10-07; view: 454.

IV. Practising sounds

III. Aspects of pronunciation

The realistic goal of teaching Pronunciation.

As we know the ideal goal of teaching pronunciation is to acquire native-like pronunciation, however, it's not easy to acquire such pronunciation. Then what is the realistic goal of teaching pronunciation?

Consistency: (连贯性)The pronunciation should be smooth and natural.

Intelligibility:(可理解性) The pronunciation should be understandable to the listeners.

Communicative efficiency: The pronunciation should help to convey the meaning that is intended by the speaker.

Actually pronunciation is an umbrella term covering many aspects besides sounds and phonetic symbols, such as stress, intonation, and rhythm. These aspects are not isolated from each other.

Task 3:

What are the most common problems that Chinese students experience with English pronunciation?

When teaching pronunciation, we need to focus on individual sounds, especially those sounds that are difficult to learn.

Task 4:

Imagine that you are focusing on a sound which your students are having difficulty with. In what order would you teach and practice the sound?

2. Perception practice(理解练习) Distinguish sounds

Using minimal pairs.

Which order

Same or different

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