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Pronunciation Issues (When to teach pronunciations (Discrete slots…
Pronunciation Issues
When to teach pronunciations
Discrete slots
Inserting short, separate bits of pronunciation work into lesson sequences.
Integrated phase
Making pronunciation issue an integral part of the lesson
Whole lesson
Making pronunciation become the main focus of the class
Opportunistic teaching
Spending a short time on some pronunciation issues that have arisen during lesson
Common pronunciation problems
Student's hearing
Problems
Hearing pronunciation features
Difference of sounds
Solutions
sounds' demonstration, diagram, explanation
draw students' attention to the sound every time the sound appears
Students' saying
Problem
Physical unfamiliarity to make sound with parts of the mouth
Solution
Teacher shows and explains exactly where sounds are produced
Intonation problem
Problems
Difficulties in hearing "tunes"
Difficulties in identifying rising and falling tones
Solution
Help students recognize moods and intention --> imitate
Perfection Vs Intelligibility
Intelligibility
Good use pronunciation to make themselves understood
Some sounds are more important than others.
Stressing words and phrases correctly is vital.
Intonation is a vital carrier of meaning.
Perfection
Depends on students' attitude to how well they speak or how well they hear
Helping individual student
Get student self-identify their problems
Help students with difficult words
Encourage them to bring difficult words to the lesson
Correcting students
Help Ss in a constructive and useful way
Showing how to pronounce words with their mouth
Providing words in phonological context
Offering opportunities for students to hear the sound correctly
Teaching phonemic symbols
Advantages
Students can read the word from dictionaries
Easier for teachers to explain mistakes during lessons
Use symbols for tasks and games