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English Pronunciation Course,By Huang Lina Foreign Language Department, Hanshan Teachers College ,A Big Head and a Big Mouth,An idiom is a group of words with a special meaning. The words in the idiom do not have their usual, ordinary meanings. English is full of idioms. You know some already and you will certainly learn more. Many idioms mention parts of the body: the head, the hands, the heart, and so on. You might hear a girl say, “My bothers getting a big head.” The boys head isnt growing! A big head is an idiom: the boy thinks he is very important and special. His sister doesnt think he is. She says that hes getting too confident.,Objectives of the Course,This course is intended to help the students to improve their English pronunciation, including such elements as 1) the correct pronunciation of individual phonemes and words in English 2) the rhythmic patterns of the English language 3) patterns and functions of English intonation, so that the students will be able to communicate more effectively with good pronunciation and intonation.,Course content,English phonemes: correct discrimination and pronunciation Stress of English words and sentences: basic rules and functions English rhythmic patterns: basic features and functions 4. English intonation: structures, functions and use,Textbook,英语语音教程 English Pronunciation & Intonation Practice 王桂珍 编著 高等教育出版社 2005,Reference books,Roach, P. English Phonetics and Phonology: a practical course, Foreign Language Teaching and Research Press,2000,Assessment (成绩评定）,Written Exam: Discrimination of phonemes and the meaning of sentences, marking of the prominence and intonation of sentences. Oral Exam: Reading of short passages and dialogues, oral interview, etc,English,West Germanic language About 325 million native speakers: Britain, 56 million the USA, 232 million Canada, 24 million Australia & New Zealand 17 million The sole official language in more than two dozen countries The most important language of commerce The most widely learned second language,Elements of good English pronunciation,to pronounce correctly the individual speech sounds of English to pronounce correctly the speech sounds in their combinations in isolated words as well as in sentences to speak fluently with correct rhythm, including the correct placement of stresses and pauses and the transition of sounds according to the context to speak with appropriate intonation according to the context,Phonemes: 20 vowels & 24 consonants Combination of sounds: camera Sound linking: Was all of it eaten? Word stress: present vs present Rhythmic pattern: How did you manage to finish it? Weak forms: fish and chips Sentence stress: Were you there last night? No, John was there. Intonation: I beg your pardon. I beg your pardon?,English vowels & vowel classification,The English pure vowels can be classified according to the height of the raised part of the tongue the part of the tongue raised the position of the lips,Ive got a week off. Dont rush into anything. Wrap it in a scarf. Your aunt is very ill. Its about a family on a farm. It ends at a quarter to eleven. The actors were all on the stage at the end. Put it in a big envelope and lock it up.,i:,e,u:,: ,I,: ,:,high,mid-high,mid-low,low,front,mid,back,Reading Practice,I shall have to try and get some cash from our bank at lunchtime. Then we can let them have the money that they want as soon as they like. What are they asking us to pay them?,Reading Practice,I shall have to try and get some cash from our bank at lunchtime. Then we can let them have the money that they want as soon as they like. What are they asking us to pay them? (15/41),We learn English pronunciation and intonation in order to forget them! -HOW ? -Practice, Imitate, Communicate Imitation!,- Miss Austen. (Film extract) - Oh, Mr Lefroy. - And reading. - Yes. Ive been looking through your book of the wood. Mr Whites Natural History. - Oh. Well, how do you like it? - I cannot get on. It is too disturbing. - Disturbing? - Mmm. Take this observation. (CLEARS THROAT) “Swifts on a fine morning in May, flying this way, that way, “sailing around at a great height perfectly happily. Then. “Then one leaps onto the back of another, grasps tightly, “and forgetting to fly, they both sink down and down in a great, dying fall, “fathom after fathom, until the female utters.“ -Yes? - “.the female utters a loud, piercing cry “of ecstasy.“ Is this conduct commonplace in the natural history of Hampshire? (STUTTERS) - Your ignorance is understandable since you lack. What shall we call it? The history? - Propriety commands me to ignorance. - Condemns you to it and your writing to the status of female accomplishment. If you wish to practise the art of fiction, to be the equal of a masculine author, experience is vital. - I see. And what qualifies you to offer this advice? - I know more of the world. (LAUGHS SARCASTICALLY) - A great deal more, I gather. - Enough to know that your horizons must be. widened. by an extraordinary young man. - By a very dangerous young man, one who has, no doubt, infected the hearts of many a young. young woman with the soft corruption. - Read this and you will understand.,- To improve i