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1、How to Improve Your English Pronunciation Tu Pei Beijing Foreign Studies University1Five Questions1What is good English pronunciation?2Why is good pronunciation so important?3What impede or enhance the acquisition of a reasonable pronunciation?4What are the priorities for Chinese learners?5What are

2、the tips on good English pronunciation?21What is good English pronunciation?to develop a clear, understandable pronunciation with appropriate intonation and stressA lofty goalA modest, realistic goalsound like native speakers32Why is good pronunciation so important?is being understood by a listener

3、in a given situation Intelligibilityis the most sensible goal.Poor, unintelligible speech will make your attempts at conversing frustrating and unpleasant both for yourself and for your listeners.Intelligibility43What impede or enhance the acquisition of a reasonable pronunciation?1. The learners na

4、tive language2. The learners age3. The learners exposure4. The learners innate phonetic ability5. The learners attitude and motivation. 6. The learners speech habit.54What are the priorities for Chinese learners?weak formsstressintonation rhythm Priority aspects for Chinese learners 65What are the t

5、ips on good English pronunciation?Be aware of the major differences between Chinese and English pronunciationsBe aware of the special features of English that are most difficult for the Chinese learners75What are the tips on good English pronunciation?Chinese is a tone language while Englis

6、h 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.The Greens will never agree to that.5.18 . The GREENS will never agree to that

7、. The Greens will NEVER agree to that. The Greens will never AGREE to that. The Greens will never agree to THAT.9汉语： 声母+韵母+声调单音节词 （决定了它只有声调， 没有重音）英语： 辅音+元音单音节词，双音节词，多音节词 （决定了它必须有重音）105What are the tips on good English pronunciation?Example: coming letter beautifulreport myself forgetremember explosi

8、on modernization5.2 Word Stress115What are the tips on good English pronunciation?5.3 Sentence stressIn a normal English sentence certain words are stressed and certain words are unstressed.Normally stressed are content words. Normally unstressed are form words.12Examples: 1. Janet has gone to the B

9、akers. 2. I saw your brother yesterday. 3. Would you like a glass of beer? 4. I must be going. My wifes waiting for me at the corner of the street. 13Stress gives a natural rhythm to spoken English. Rhythm14 Rhythm The rhythm of spoken English is determined by the occurrence of stressed syllables. S

10、tressed syllables occur at more or less equal intervals in English. The other syllables in a sentence are reduced or blended to accommodate the regular beat of the stressed syllables.151.As a general rule English tries to avoid having stresses too close together.2. English stresses tend to recur at

11、regular intervals.165What are the tips on good English pronunciation?Example:5.4 Stress patternsSing a song.2. Id love to.3. Ive heard of it.4. I want to know.5. She asked me to go.6. I think it will be fine.175What are the tips on good English pronunciation?Example:Go homeGoing homeGoing back homeG

12、oing straight back home5.5 Stress timed language185What are the tips on good English pronunciation?Example:A cup of tea Johns at home.A glass of water I can speak English.A block of flats Id like some potatoes. The book that I want Ive been to France.Bread and butter We were leaving the house.5.6 We

13、ak forms19Weak Forms The weak form or forms of a word are used only in unstressed positions. The weak forms of the words are of much more frequent occurrence than their strong forms.20 /2/ and /*nd/ /2nd/ /nd/ /n/ bread and butter Ladies and gentlemen21 The average learner uses far too many strong f

14、orms; it is impossible to speak English fluently unless the phenomenon of weak forms is properly understood and their use acquired, preferably from the earliest stage.225What are the tips on good English pronunciation? Function 1: It indicates grammatical meaning, in much the same way as punctuation

15、 does in the written language.5.7 Intonation1. He lives in London. 3. He lives in London. Where?2. He lives in London. 4. He lives in London. Where?Function 2: It can also indicate the speakers attitude.1. Really?2. Whats your name?235What are the tips on good English pronunciation? Fall Rise /Fall-

16、rise / Rise-fall /5.8 Four basic tune movements Example: 1.His name is Peter. (a straightforward statement)2.His name is Peter. (a polite question)3.His name is Peter. (I dont believe you.)4.His name is Peter. (to convey certainty)24 Speech-flowStress,rhythm and intonation should really be considere

17、d as a whole, for they are very closely connected elements of a single aspect of the language that we might call Speech-flow.25 Speech-flowBroadly speaking, a reasonably correct speech-flow is more important for intelligibility than correct sounds.26Features that help you read smoothly speech flow-s

18、tress,rhythm,intonation weak forms 弱读 sound linking 连读 loss or incomplete plosion 失去或不完全爆破 consonant clusters 辅音连缀 elision 省音 pauses 停顿27Sounds:Other difficulties for Chinese learners Sounds: /i/ /i: / ship sheep /*/ /ai/ back bike /2:/ /0:/ work walk /u:/ $/ boot book /2$/u:/ show shoe /b/ /d/ bed

19、dead / r / / l / write light /n/ / l / nine line /tr/ / t1/ tried child /t1/ t3/ chain Jane /s/ /z/ said z /1/3/ pressure pleasure28Consonant clustersInitial sequences play/pry/climb/blow/bread/glass/fly/sky/smoke smile/snow/throw/three/stupid/splendidFinal sequences slept/fact/drugged/kept/cups/job

20、s/eggs/drives fields/jumped/shelves/films/closed/six/booked29SeasonsSpring is green,Summer is bright,Autumn is golden,Winter is white.Year in year out,We work and fight,For a new world, of red sunlight.重音/节奏/语调弱读辅音连缀连读失去或不完全爆破语流好，发音好30 Seasons Spring is green, Summer is bright, Autumn is golden, Win

21、ter is white. Year in year out, We work and fight, For a new world, of red sunlight.31 Its a Small WorldIts a world of laughter,a world of tears.Its a world of hopes; its a world of fears.Theres so much that we shareThat its time were awareIts a small world after all.32 Edelweiss /#eidlvais/Edelweis

22、s,edelweiss, every morning you greet me.Small and white, clean and bright,You look happy to meet me.Blossom of snow, May you bloom and grow, bloom and grow forever.Edelweiss, edelweiss, bless my homeland forever.33 Do Re Mi SongLets start at the very beginningA very good place to startWhen you read

23、you begin with ABCWhen you sing you begin with Do Re Mi34Whatever Will Be,Will BeWhen I was just a little girl, I asked my mother“What will I be?”“Will I be pretty?” “Will I be rich?”Heres what she said to me,(Que, Sera, Sera) “Whatever will be, will be.The futures not ours to see, (Que, Sera, Sera)

24、 What will be, will be.”35 Practice 2: Bed in Summer In winter I get up at night,And dress by yellow candle-light.In summer quite the other way,I have to go to bed by day. I have to go to bed and see,The birds still hopping on the tree,Or hear the grown-up peoples feet,Still going past me in the str

25、eet. And does it not seem hard to you,When all the sky is clear and blue,And I should like so much to play,To have to go to bed by day? -Robert Louis StevensonMy last but best tipPractice, practice and practice36Practice 1: RainThe rain is raining all around, It falls in field and tree.It rains on t

26、he umbrellas here, And on the ships at sea. -Robert Louis StevensonMy last but best tipPractice, practice and practice37 Practice 2: Bed in Summer In winter I get up at night,And dress by yellow candle-light.In summer quite the other way,I have to go to bed by day. I have to go to bed and see,The birds still hopping on the tree,Or hear the grown-up peoples feet,Still going past me in the street. And does it not seem hard to you,When all the sky is clear and blue,And I should like so much to play,To have to go to b