《英语教学法》Unit 6 Teaching Pronunciation课件

Unit6TeachingPronunciation
Themainpointsinthisunit:
Someideasabout:
1.theroleofpronunciation
2.Thegoalofteachingpronunciation
3.Aspectsofpronunciation
Teachingskillsin:
1.practicingsounds
2.practicingstressandintonation
Unit6TeachingPronunciationT
PronunciationQuestionnaire
DoTask1.(p90-91):Discussthestatementsingroupsandshareyourideasinclass.
PronunciationQuestionnaire
TherehavebeentwodifferentviewsonteachingpronunciationinChina.Whichdoyouagreemore?
1.Pronunciationisofgreatimportance.Ifachildcannotlearncorrectpronunciationatthebeginning,he/shewillnotlearncorrectEnglishwell.
2.WelearnEnglishforcommunication.Socorrectpronunciationisnotveryimportantifotherscanunderstandyourwords
Therehavebeentwodifferent
Someideasabouttheroleofpronunciation:
1.pronunciationisanesntialpartoftheEnglishlanguage
2.Chinestudentsneedacertaindegreeoffocusonpronunciation.
3.Don’tteachpronunciationasphonetics.
4.Phoneticrulesarehelpfulbutnotsuitableforbeginners.
5.Stressandintonationareasimportantasthesoundsthemlves.
Moreideas:
1.pronunciationixtremelyimportanttoChinestudentsbecauitisregardedasthefaceforanEnglishspeaker.Goodpronunciationprovidesonewithconfidence,strengthandmotivationtouEnglishinfrontofothers.
2.pronunciationlearningshouldbecombinedwithvocabulary,solearningtoreadandwritephonetictranscriptsofwordsandunderstandingphoneticrulesarebothveryuful.
Someideasabouttheroleofp
Someideasaboutthegoalofteachingpronunciation:
1.ourgoalisnottorequireSstohaveanative-likepronunciationdueto3reasons:
A.criticalperiod(Benneberg1967)
B.theamountofexposuretoEnglish
C.thephysiologicaldifferences
Canyouthinkofsomemorereasons?
thevarietyofworldEnglishes
thecommunicationpurpo
Someideasaboutthegoaloft
TheCriticalPeriodHypothesis:ifhumandon’tlearnaforeignlanguagebeforeacertainage,thenduetochangessuchasmaturationofthebrain,itbecomesimpossibletolearntheforeignlanguagelikeanativespeaker.Thisistrueforacquiringnative-likepronunciation,butthereislesvidencethatitistrueforacquiringthegrammarorthevocabularyofaforeignlanguage.Everyoneagreesthatallpeoplewholearnaforeignlanguageafterpuberty(12-13)willalwayshaveanaccent.Itwillbeeasyforthenative-speakertoidentifythatthepersonisnotanative-speakerofthatlanguage.
TheCriticalPeriodHypothe
Theteachingofpronunciationshouldfocusonthestudents’abilitytoidentifyandproduceEnglishsoundsthemlves.
Therefore,ourrealisticgoalistoequallyimprove:
A.consistency:smoothandnatural.
B.intelligibility:understandabletolisteners.
C.communicativeefficiency:helpconveythemeaningthatisintendedbythespeaker.
Theteachingofpronunciation
6.3Aspectsofpronunciation
Sounds(48phonemes:vowels,consonants)
Phoneticsymbols
Phoneticrules(eg.vowelalphabet,clusterofletters)
Stress(word-stress,phra-stress,ntence-stress)
Intonation(falling,rising)
Rhythm
6.3AspectsofpronunciationSo
Task3
commonproblems:difficulty
reasons:differences,lackofpractice,notknowhow,soundsnotfoundinChine
solutions:explainhow,contrastandanalysis,showexamples,
twokindsofpractice(mechanicalpractice&meaningfulpractice)
6.4techniquesinteachingsounds
Task36.4techniquesinteac
Mechanicalpractice→meaningfulpractice
Prenting&practicing
Listen&repeat
Listen&readaloud
Readaloud&errorcorrection
Detectivelistening
Upicturesofthemouth,mouthmovementormirror
ComparisonofsimilarsoundsorC/E
Uwords
Tonguetwisters
Productionpracticep97
Fillintheblanks
Makeupntences
Umeaningfulcontext
Pictures
TonguetwistersTonguetwisters:
Songs
Games
Perceptionpracticep96
minimalpairs
whichorder?
sameordifferent?
oddoneout
completion
Smalltip:uvariationinpracticingsound:
Differentspeed
Differenttones
Repeat3times
Mechanicalpractice→meaningf