English-Rhythm.ppt

Unit12 RhythmofEnglishSpeech RhythmofEnglishSpeech Purpose ThestudentswilllearnrhythmofEnglishspeech Objectives Studentswillbeableto Define adefinitionforrhythmofEnglishspeechintheirownwords Compare basedontheunderstandingofthebasicconcept comparedifferenttypesofspeechrhythminconnectedspeech Practice imitatethestresspatternsanddopractice TeachingMethods Instruction comparisonandactivities Materials textbook audiomaterialsandothers Definition Therhythmofalanguageischaracterizedbythetimingpatternofsuccessivesyllables Itisnothappinessthatmakesusgrateful butthegratefulnessthatmakesushappy AlbertClarke 我们不是因为快乐而感恩 而是感恩让我们变得快乐 Comparison Somelanguagesaresyllable timed 以音节计时的语言 汉语 法语 德语 Englishisastress timedlanguage 以重音计时的语言 Comparethefollowingwords Chinese 工作 父亲 翻译家German dieAufgabe derVater derUbersetzerEnglish work father translatorComparethefollowingsentences Chinese 我父亲是个翻译工作者 German MineVaterarbeitestalseinUbersetzer English Myfatherworksasatranslator RhythmofEnglish RhythminEnglishspeechisbasedonstress Onlythestressedsyllables ratherthanallthesyllablesintheexpression determinesthelengthofpronouncingtimeofEnglish 12341and2and3and41anda2anda3anda41andthena2andthena3andthena4 TomJohnSteveSamThomsonJohnsonStevenSamsonThomsonandJohnsonandStevenandSamsonThomsonandthenJohnsonandthenStevenandthenSamson Howtoto WhenEnglishspeakersarespeaking therefore theyusually makesomepartsofwordsstrongerandclearerthanotherparts weakformofsyllables joinpartsofthewordstogether linkinginaword arrangewordsintogroupsandjointhemtogether sensegroupandlinkinginagroup makesomewordsstrongerandclearerthanotherwords weakformofunstressedwords Let scomparethefollowing ActivityI SeeListening CheckingonP134 Sentences Doyouthinkyouwouldbeabletofinishitinamonth Shesaidthatshewouldlikeustotakeitaway Heturnedtotheleftattheendofthestreet Ishouldn thavethoughtthatshecouldappreciatetheapproach Whathappens IfaChineseEFLlearnerfailstofollowtherulesandsayallEnglishwordsinasentenceinastrongway Englishspeakersmaynotunderstandwhathesays orthinkthatheisimpoliteorangry Misunderstandingmayariseorcommunicationmaybreakdownbecauseofthat ActivityII SeeListening Speaking StressPatterns RhythmforCommunicationonP141inthetextbook Musicallanguage Hip hop Rap talking Yeah forthoseofyouthatwanttoknowwhatwe reallaboutIt slikethisy all c mon ThisistenpercentluckTwentypercentskillFifteenpercentconcentratedpowerofwillFivepercentpleasureFiftypercentpainAndahundredpercentreasontorememberthenameMikeHedoesn tneedhisnameupinlightsHejustwantstobeheardwhetherit sthebeatorthemicHefeelssounlikeeverybodyelse aloneInspiteofthefactthatsomepeoplestillthinkthattheyknowhimButfuckem HeknowsthecodeIt snotaboutthesalaryIt sallaboutrealityandmakin somenoiseMakin thestoryMakin surehiscliquestaysupThatmeanswhenheputsitdownTak spickin itup Let sgo Jazz 1 BigMouthJohnBrownWhodidyousee IsawJohn Johnwho JohnBrown Ican thearyou IsaidJohnBrown Ican thearyou IsaidJohnBrown Ican thearyou IsaidJohnBrown IsaidJohnBrown JohnBrown JohnBrown Whatdidhesay Who JohnBrown JohnBrown Yes Whatdidhesay Hedidn tsayanything Nothing Notaword Idon tbelieveit Idon tbelieveit BigMouthJohnBrowndidn tsayaword Notaword Idon tbelieveit Idon tbelieveit BigMouthJohnBrowndidn tsayaword BigMouthJohnBrowndidn tsayaword 2 RainItwasraining raining raininghard Itwasfallingonmyhead Itwasfallingonthestars Itwasfallingonthesun Itwasfallingonmyshoes Igotsoakingwet Igotsoakingwet ButIstayedoutside Istayedoutside Therainwassweet Therainwaswarm Therainwassoft Itremindedmeofhome Emotionallanguage Ifeelsoembarrassed I mfrustrated Mycomputer sbeencrashingallday I mheartbroken I vebeenfightingwithmygirlfriendagain I mlonely I vebeenlivingonmyownforyears I mconfident I vebeenstudyingreallyhard I mfurious Someone sbeenusingmycar I mexhausted I vebeenrunningintheparkforanhour I mexcited I vebeenthinkingaboutmyvacation I mirritated He sbeenplayingthatmusicforhours I mconfused I vebeentryingtoreadthisbook I membarrassed I vebeenwearingmyjacketinsideout Poeticlanguage Sayinggoodbyetocambridgeagain doc Rh