英语语音基础 1. who are you? 2. who am i? 3. what do you have to be ready with? 4. how to...
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1 What is good English pronunciation? to develop a clear, understandable pronunciation with appropriate intonation and stress A lofty goal A modest, realistic goal sound like native speakersTRANSCRIPT
英语语音基础英语语音基础1.1. Who are you?Who are you?2.2. Who am I?Who am I?3.3. What do you have to be reaWhat do you have to be rea
dy with?dy with?4.4. How to Improve How to Improve
Your English PronunciationYour English Pronunciation
Five Five QuestionsQuestions
What is good English pronunciation?
Why is good pronunciation so important?
What impede or help the acquisition of a good pronunciation?
What are the priorities for Chinese learners?
What are the tips on good English pronunciation?
1 What is good English pronunciation?
to develop a clear, understandable pronunciation with appropriate intonation and stress
A lofty goal
A modest, realistic goal
sound like native speakers
2 Why is good pronunciation so important?
is being understood by a listener in a given situation
Intelligibility
is the most sensible goal.
Poor, unintelligible speech will make your attempts at conversing frustrating and unpleasant both for yourself and for your listeners.
Intelligibility
3 What impede or enhance the acquisition of a reasonable pronunciation?
The learner’s native language
The learner’s age
The learner’s exposureThe learner’s innate phonetic ability
The learner’s attitude and motivation
The learner’s speech habit
4 What are the priorities for Chinese learners?
weak forms
word stresssentence stress
intonationrhythm
Priority aspects for Chinese learners
5 What are the tips on good English pronunciation?
Be aware of the major differences between Chinese and English pronunciations
Be aware of the special features of English that are most difficult for the Chinese learners
5.2-5.8
5.1
5 What are the tips on good English pronunciation?
Chinese is a tone language while English is a highly stressed language.
Apart from the vowel qualities and consonant qualities, stresses play a very important role in conveying the meaning of a sentence in English.
Example:
The girl gave the money to her father.
5.1
5 What are the tips on good English pronunciation?
Example:
coming letter beautiful
report myself forget
remember explosion modernization
5.2 Word Stress
5 What are the tips on good English pronunciation?
Example:
1. Janet has gone to the Baker’s.2. I saw your brother yesterday.3. Would you like a glass of beer?4. I must be going. My wife’s waiting for me at the corner of the street.
5.3 Sentence stress
In a normal English sentence, certain words are stressed and certain words are unstressed. Normally stressed are content words. Normally unstressed are form words.
5 What are the tips on good English pronunciation?
Example:
5.4 Stress patterns
1. Sing a song.
2. I’d love to.
3. I’ve heard of it.
4. I want to know.
5. She asked me to go.
6. I think it will be fine.
5 What are the tips on good English pronunciation?
Example:
Go home
Going home
Going back home
Going straight back home
5.5 Stress timed language
5 What are the tips on good English pronunciation?
Example:
A cup of tea John’s at home.
A glass of water I can speak English.
A block of flats I’d like some potatoes.
The book that I want I’ve been to France.
Bread and butter We were leaving the house.
5.6 Weak forms
5 What are the tips on good English pronunciation?
Function 1: It indicates grammatical meaning, in much the same way as punctuation does in the written language.
5.7 Intonation
Example:
• He lives in London.
• He lives in London.
3. He lives in London. Where?
4. He lives in London. Where?
5 What are the tips on good English pronunciation?
5.7 Intonation
Function 2: It can also indicate the speaker’s attitude.
Example:
• Really?
• What’s your name?
5 What are the tips on good English pronunciation?
Fall Rise Fall-rise Rise-fall
5.8 Four basic tone movements
Example:
1. His name is Peter. (a straightforward statement)2. His name is Peter. (a polite question)3. His name is Peter. (I don’t believe you.)4. His name is Peter. (to convey certainty)
Unit 1
How to pronounce:
How to pronounce:
Further practice:
Unit 2
How to pronounce
Further practice:
3.Phonetic knowledge
Unit 3
How to pronounce:
Practice
Practice:
Exercise 1 :
Exercise 2 :
Phonetice Knowledge:
1、一般疑问句的语调
续:
读音规则
Questions are welcome!
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