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Common Mistakes in English Pronunciation in an EFL Classroom. 吳淑娟 南投縣國民教育輔導團英語領域輔導員 南投縣愛蘭國民小學英語教師. Take a picture ? Tack a picture?. A person with good pronunciation can communicate more successfully and get his message across more effectively and comprehensibly.
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Common Mistakes in English Pronunciation in an EFL Classroom 吳淑娟 南投縣國民教育輔導團英語領域輔導員 南投縣愛蘭國民小學英語教師
Take a picture ? Tack a picture? • A person with good pronunciation can communicate more successfully and get his message across moreeffectively and comprehensibly. • perception vs. production. • long vowels? short vowels? • tense vowels? lax vowels? • sound / minimal pairs / reading passage
Common mistakes in Consonants (1) • [] []family • [] & [] [] bill, beer • [] []bowl, hole • []world • [] , [] []wean, swim, Lin • [] [] , []bang, rang, sing • [] []sometimes, him, name
Common mistakes in Consonants (2) • [] 但前一個母音鼻音化Ex: turn • [][] Ex: usually, treasure • [] Ex: anymore • [] Ex: fine • [][] Ex: here(kids’ mistake) • [] Ex: world • [] Ex: English, big, red, big bird
Common mistakes in Vowels (2) • [] [] Ex: text, red, desk • [] [] talked, ball • [] [] hope, boat • [] [] cop • [] [] fool, soup • [] [] [] spoon, moon • [] []under, cup • [] [] type • [][] Ex: time
Common mistakes in Vowels (1) • [][]sheet, peep, meet, wean, piece, feeling, please • [] []smithy, give, office • [] []dinner, ribbon, big, English • [][] [] take, sail, name, pain, “H”, famous, briefcase, milkshake • [][] treasure, red, letter • [] [] Ex: man, pan, math, lacks • [] [] Ex: sad
Word Pairs for Practice • ball / bowl • sing / sin • sad / said • fool / full • world / word • bang / ban • rang / ran • pen / pain • beat / bit • meal / mill • feeling / filling • wean/win • piece / piss • peep / pip • sell / sail • tech / take
Others • coda (non-syllabic element): big, rain, sound, tap • released / unreleased stops: stand up, jump rope, I’d like, good job • aspirated / unaspirated: sp- / st- / sk- 不送氣 space, student, street, strike, sky, score
Linking of the Sounds • Did you.... • Nice to meet you • My name is…. • That is.... • What letter is it… • I’m a… • hand-out
Conclusion • A good English teacher not only needs to have a good pronunciation of Englishbut s/healso needs to have a good (sensitive) ear.