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by Jennifer M. Wei

Teaching English Pronunciation. by Jennifer M. Wei. English Department Soochow University Taipei ,Taiwan wei@mail.scu.edu.tw. Outline. Anatomy of English consonants and vowels. First language interference and why imitation is no guarantee for good pronunciation.

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  1. Teaching English Pronunciation by Jennifer M. Wei English Department Soochow University Taipei ,Taiwan wei@mail.scu.edu.tw

  2. Outline Anatomy of English consonants and vowels First language interference and why imitation is no guarantee for good pronunciation.

  3. use classics to stimulate interests in speaking English Outline How to put theory into practice: sharing teaching techniques use songs for teaching blending and linking. how to make a diagnosis, PP. 238-240 from Manual of American English Pronunciation Click and Point English

  4. Anatomy of English consonants voicing:the state of the vocal cord point of articulation:from bilabial to velar manner of articulation:stop, fricative, affricate, liquid, sibilant (Variety of English 3,7,8) University of Iowa: Sounds of English

  5. Anatomy of English Vowels stressed vs. unstressed vowels:/i/ /I/ tongue position: high vs. low/i/ /a/ movement of the tongue:front /i/ vs. back /u/ lip rounding Click and Point English

  6. The problem of acquiring a good English speech rhythm may be divided into five parts Giving proper emphasis to stressed syllables, and making them recur rather regularly within a thought group. Weakening unstressed words and syllables, and obscuring the vowels in most of them. Organizing words properly into thought groups by means of pauses.

  7. The problem of acquiring a good English speech rhythm may be divided into five parts Blending the final sound of each word and syllable with the initial sound of the one following within the same thought group. Fitting the entire sentence into a normal intonation pattern. • (from Manual of American English Pronunciation, P. 31) • Go to Click and Point English

  8. How to put theory into practice: sharing teaching techniques use songs for teaching blending and linking (from Heal the World) more PPT examples use classics to stimulate interests in speaking English

  9. How to put theory into practice: sharing teaching techniques how to make a diagnosis, pp. 238-240 from Manual of American English Pronunciation; demo of students’ presentations and from http://classweb.gmu.edu/accent Other resources and links from Click and Point English http://www.scu.edu.tw/foreign

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