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Pronunciation Workshop - Coggle Diagram
Pronunciation Workshop
Learner's role
Success in pronunciation will depend on how much effort the learner puts into it.
If learners take no action their changes are minimal
Goals
The goal should always be
should always be
native-like pronunciation
Be comfortably intelligible
Factors that affect pronunciation learning
The native language
Sound systems of English and other languages.
Combination of sounds and features
such as
rhythm and intonation
The age factor
Adults will never have a native-like accent
even though
other aspects of their language such as syntax or vocabulary
Aspects of pronunciation
Suprasegmental and segmental features
Stress
Intonation
Crucial in signalling
speaker meaning
Voice quality
Gestures
Inteligibility
It is being understood by a listener
at a
given time in a given situation
It is the same as understandability
Pronunciation practice
What is pronunciation?
It refers to the production of sounds
that
we use to make meaning.
Key issues in pronunciation teaching and learning
Learner's
level of perception is more English-like in comparison to a non-proficient speaker.
Monolingual Spanish speakers perceived the English /iy/ and /ɪ/ as the Spanish
/i/
the vowel /æ/ as the Spanish /a/
and the vowel /ε/ as the Spanish /e/
Motivation and exposure
Rhythm