Teaching Pronunciation Skills

Meeting OneMarla Yoshida

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Amy Walker: 21 Accentshttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3UgpfSp2t6k

1. London, England2. London, England3. London, England4. Dublin, Ireland5. Belfast, Northern Ireland6. Scotland7. Italy8. Germany9. Prague, Czech Republic10. Moscow, Russia11. Paris, France12. Sydney, Australia13. Wellington, New Zealand14. Australia15. Texas16. Los Angeles, California17. Seattle, Washington18. Toronto, Canada19. Brooklyn, New York20. Charleston, South Carolina21. “Transatlantic Accent” 1945

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Practice makes perfect.

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Practice doesn’t make perfect.

Only perfect practice makes perfect.

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Fossilization happens when a language learner progresses to a certain point and has a hard time making further progress. He just keeps making the same mistake again and again.

The mistake seems frozen in time, like a dinosaur fossil.

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PteradactylsThursday, March 1, 12

Pteradactyl fossilThursday, March 1, 12

How do we learn pronunciation in a new language?

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Factors that affect the learning of pronunciation:

•Learner age

•Exposure to the target language

•Aptitude

•Attitude and motivation

•Influence of the native language

•The teacherThursday, March 1, 12

Some important concepts

•Phonology: The study of speech sounds in language.

•Phonologists study the sounds themselves and how they are produced, and also how the sounds work together as a system in a particular language.

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Some important concepts

•Phonemes: The distinctive sounds of a language. Changing from one phoneme to another changes meaning.

•Allophones: Variations of sounds that don’t change meaning.

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Some important concepts

•Consonants: Sounds in which the air stream meets some obstacles on its way up from the lungs.

•Vowels: Sounds in which the air stream moves out very smoothly. Every syllable needs a vowel.

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Some important concepts

•Minimal pairs: Two words that are almost the same, except for one phoneme. For example:

map & cap

map & mop

map & mad

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How do we produce the sounds of language?

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The Articulatory Systemhttp://www.uiowa.edu/~acadtech/phonetics/

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The vocal cords in action

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You can find class materials, tutorials and links to helpful websites on our class website:

http://teachingpronunciation.pbworks.com

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