Teaching pronunciation.ppt

LanguageTeachingTheorizationThroughtheCaseStudy,AcompulsorycourseforMAprograminEnglisheducationHangzhouNormalUniversityLiuQixuan,Unit6TeachingPronunciation,Learningpoints:TheroleofpronunciationThegoalofteachingpronunciationAspectsofpronunciationPracticingsoundsPracticingstressandintonation,I.TheRoleofPronunciation,Questionnaire,StudentsneedtobeabletoreadIPA.StudentsneedtobeabletowriteIPA.StudentsneedtoknowphoneticsinordertolearnEnglish.Poorpronunciationmaycauseproblemsforthelearningofotherskills.Adultlearnersneedtofocusonpronunciation,butyounglearnersdont.Boothconsistencyandaccuracyinpronunciationareveryimportant.Stressandintonationarenotimportantforbeginninglearners.StudentsshouldlearnRP.Stressinpronunciationissometimesasimportantasgrammar.Badpronunciationcanleadtoseriousmisunderstandings.,TwoViews,Studentsdontneedtolearnpronunciation.Failureinpronunciationisthehindrancetolanguagelearning.,Studentsneedacertaindegreeoffocusonpronunciation.ThefocusshouldbeonthestudentsabilitytoidentifyandproduceEnglishsoundsthemselves.Phoneticrulescanbeintroducedatasuitablestage.,Stressandintonationareasimportantassoundsthemselves.e.g.A:Wouldyoupleaseturndowntheradioalittlebit?B:Sorry.,II.Thegoalofteachingpronunciation,Cansecondlanguagelearnersacquireanativelikepronunciation?Whatisthereason?,II.Thegoalofteachingpronunciation,Consistency:ThepronunciationshouldbesmoothandnaturalIntelligibility:Thepronunciationshouldbeunderstandabletothelisteners.Communicativeefficiency:Thepronunciationshouldhelptoconveythemeaningthatisintendedbythespeaker.,III.Aspectsofpronunciation,SoundsPhoneticsymbolsRulesStressIntonationrhythm,Waysofpractice,MechanicalpracticeMeaningfulpractice,IV.Practicingsounds,1)Focusingonasound:practicingindividualsounds.Teachingsteps:-modeling-imitating-explanation,2)Perceptionpractice:,Identifyinganddistinguishingbetweendifferentsounds.Teachingactivities:Usingminimalpairs:twowordswhichhaveonlyonedifferentsoundWhichorder?SameordifferentOddmanoutcompletion,SeatbeatleaddeepkeepsheepKeeptheseat,eatthemeat,threesheepPleasespeakEnglish,keepitasecretWeeatmeat,peas,beansandcheeseformeals.,Practice:,ArtcartfastlastclassglassAlargeparcelPasstheglass,aftertheparty,halfpastfivetomatoesandbananasWholaughsbestwholaughslastThepartystoppedathalfpastfive.Alargearmymarchedpastthefarmyard.,Practice:,Notenotgoatgothopehopown-oncoat-cotTop/shop/hot/lot/cost/lost/song/longCostalot/gotajob/acollegeconcert/acoffeeshop/amodelhospitalWewantqualityratherthanquantity/Lotsandlotsofwatchesandclockshavegonewrong.,Practice:,3)Productionpractice,Activities:ListenandrepeatFillintheblanksMakeupsentencesUsemeaningfulcontextUsepicturesUsetonguetwisters,Tonguetwister:,aphraseorsentencewithalliterationorasequenceofnearlysimilarsounds.Ithelpsdevelopspeechskillsflyaway,Jill,Comeback,Jack;comeback,Jill.Twolittleblackbirdssatonahill,Onena