The Objective of Teaching of Pronunciation
Activity 2. 1).The aim of teaching and improving pronunciation is to achieve a perfect imitation of a native accent.
2).The aim of teaching and improving pronunciation is to get the learner to pronounce accurately enough to be easily and comfortably comprehensible to other complement speakers.
? Which of the two ideas seems more correct to you? Discuss it in groups and present your opinion. Explain WHY.
Possible explanation: “Perfect” accents are difficult or not possible for most of us to achieve anyway and may not even be desirable.
Do you want to achieve a “perfect” native accent? If yes, why?
Activity 3. Learners often make pronunciation errors. Make a list of errors students often make. What are some possible reasons for these errors?
Error
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Reason
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1. devoicing of voiced consonants
2. mixing short and long vowels
3. ignoring diphthongs or pronouncing two sounds instead of one
4. lack of aspiration
5. mispronouncing( s instead of θ)
6. replacing some English sounds with Russian similar ones
7. palatalization
8. ignoring of phonetic phenomena: loss of plosion, nasal plosion, and lateral plosion.
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1. P.Ur:
- a particular sound doesn’t exist in the mother tongue
- a sound exists in the mother tongue, but not as a separate phoneme
-the learners are using their mother tongue intonation
2. my ideas:
-lack of practice
-no similar sounds in the mother tongue
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Teaching Pronunciation Presentation
Activity 4. a). Look at the table and decide which steps are more important than the others. Put them in order of priority.
Say the sound alone
Say the sound in a word
Contrast it with other sounds
Write words on the board
Explain how to make the sound
Get students to repeat the sound in chorus
Get individual students to repeat the sound
b). Put the number of the steps into each speech bubble
1. 'th-th'
2. 'think' 'than you'
3. Listen 't'- 'th'
4. Look-tongue between your teeth let the air go through: 'th'
5. Everyone- 'th'
6. Sri- can you say it?
E. Passov thinks that there are 4 important stages for pronunciation skills:
Sound perception in words, phrases in isolation to create the sound image
Imitation
Differentiation or perception of the peculiarity of the sound
Reproduction, usage of the sound in a phrase
Ya. Kolker, E. Youstinova, T. Enalieva think that there are 3 stages for pronunciation skills:
Awareness
Drill
Speech practice
Activity 5
How can you use these techniques and activities for Pronunciation practice?
What are the possible aims for these techniques and activities?
Complete the table
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