《英语发音规律》PPT课件.ppt
名师外语讲座系列,How to Improve Your English Pronunciation,Presented by Prof.Tu Pei,Five Questions,1,What is good English pronunciation?,2,Why is good pronunciation so important?,3,What impede or enhance the acquisition of a reasonable pronunciation?,4,What are the priorities for Chinese learners?,5,What are the tips on good English pronunciation?,1,What is good English pronunciation?,To develop a clear,understandable pronunciation with appropriate intonation and stress,A lofty goal,A modest and realistic goal,To sound like native speakers,2,Why is good pronunciation so important?,Intelligible,Intelligibility is the most sensible goal and is being understood by a listener in a given situation.,Unintelligible and poor speech will make your attempts at conversing frustrating and unpleasant both for yourself and for your listeners.,Unintelligible,3,What impede or enhance the acquisition of a reasonable pronunciation?,The learners native language,The learners age,The learners exposure,The learners innate phonetic ability,The learners attitude and motivation,The learners speech habit,4,What are the priorities for Chinese learners?,weak forms,word stress,sentence stress,intonation,rhythm,5,What are the tips on good English pronunciation?,The major difference between Chinese and English pronunciation.Chinese is a tone language.English is a highly stressed language.,5,What are the tips on good English pronunciation?,Example:coming letter beautifulreport myself forgetremember explosion modernizationphotograph*photographer*photographic*,5.1 Word Stress,5,What are the tips on good English pronunciation?,Example:1.Janet has gone to the Bakers.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.,5.2 Sentence stress,Normally stressed are content words.Normally unstressed are form words.,5,What are the tips on good English pronunciation?,Example:,5.3 Stress patterns,Sing 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.,5,What are the tips on good English pronunciation?,Example:Go homeGoing homeGoing back homeGoing straight back home,5.4 Stress timed language,5,What 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.,5.5 Weak forms,5,What are the tips on good English pronunciation?,It indicates grammatical meaning,in much the same way as punctuation does in the written language.,5.6 Intonation,Example:He lives in London.He lives in London.He lives in London.Where?He lives in London.Where?,5,What are the tips on good English pronunciation?,5.6 Intonation,It can also indicate the speakers attitude.,Example:My brother is coming tomorrow from the United States.Really?Whats your name?,5,What are the tips on good English pronunciation?,Fall Rise Fall-rise Rise-fall,5.7 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),RainThe rain is raining all around,It falls on field and tree.It rains on the umbrellas here,And on the ships at sea.-Robert Louis Stevenson,5.8 Practice,practice and practice,5,What are the tips on good English pronunciation?,Bed in Summer-Robert Louis Stevenson(1)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.,5.8 Practice,practice and practice,5,What are the tips on good English pronunciation?,Bed in Summer(2)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.,5.8 Practice,practice and practice,5,What are the tips on good English pronunciation?,Bed in Summer(3)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?,5.8 Practice,practice and practice,5,What are the tips on good English pronunciation?,5.8 Practice,practice and practice,5,What are the tips on good English pronunciation?,Its a Small World(After All)1Its 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.Chorus:Its a small world after all(3 times)Its a small,small world.,5.8 Practice,practice and practice,5,What are the tips on good English pronunciation?,Its a Small World(After All)2There is just one moon and one golden sunAnd a smile means friendship to everyone.Though the mountains divideAnd the oceans are wideIts a small world after all.Chorus:Its a small world after all(3 times)Its a small,small world.,Thank you!,