Better English Pronunciation for Communication A Practical Course for Students of English By Wang Guizhen Faculty of English Language

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Better English Pronunciation for
CommunicationA Practical Course for Students
of EnglishByWang GuizhenFaculty of English
Language CultureGuangdong University of
Foreign Studies
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Objectives of the Course

• This course is intended to help the students to
  improve their English pronunciation, including
  such elements as
• 1) the correct pronunciation of individual
  
• phonemes and words in English 2) the
  rhythmic patterns of the English language 3)
  patterns and functions of English intonation,
  
• To communicate more effectively with
• English pronunciation
  intonation

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Why English Pronunciation?

• There is a need
• - To improve intelligibility
• - To enhance listening comprehension
• There is a dream
• -To speak like a native speaker
• There is a must
• -To become more effective in oral
  communication

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• Listening
• Learning English pronunciation
• Learning a new way of listening and speaking
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• When we learn to speak English, we are
  learning a new way of listening and speaking. The
  purpose of this textbook is to try to make your
  ears sharper for the sounds of English and the
  way the sounds are organized to help you get
  familiar with pitch movements of English
  utterances and the message it conveys and to
  help you improve your English pronunciation and
  intonation. When you can hear English properly
  you will be able to improve your spoken English.

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Reading Aloud

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• 2??? 23
• 3??? 20
• 4??? 35
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• 1??? 20
• 2??? 23
• 3??? 5
• 4??? 35
• ???? 20

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• ??sunzi(??)???????????(???????)
• ??xiongdì(??)?????????? (???????)
• ??xiongdi(??)???????(???????)
• ??bàochóu(??)?????????
• ??bàochou(??)??????????,?????
• ??wénzì(??)?????????
• ??wénzi(??)????????

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A Syllable

• ba NAAAA na
• (short) (long)
  (short)

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• Stressed syllables
•         are long
•         have a pitch change
•         have full vowel sounds.
• Unstressed syllables
•         are short
•         often have a reduced vowel sound.

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• Far
• Farther
• Phone
• Photo

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• Listening
• Correct stress is important.
• In words with two or more syllables in
  English, one of the syllables will receive more
  stress than the others. Look up these words in
  the dictionary and you will see a mark indicating
  stress in front of this syllable. People often
  have difficulty understanding these words if the
  stress is wrong because a word is considered
  mispronounced if the wrong syllable stress is
  used. Correct stress is, therefore, as important
  as correct sounds.

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• Words Number of syllables
• 1. receive ( )
• 2. dictionary ( )
• 3. understanding ( )
• 4. because ( )
• 5. considered ( )
• 6. mispronounced ( )
• 7. correct ( )
• 8. important ( )

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Underline the primary stress of each word.
1.  blueprint 2.  driveway 3.  motorboat 4. 
textbook 5.  beefsteak 6.  notebook 7. 
greenhouse 8.  forestfire 9.  Football 10.paperbac
k
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• 1. receive ( )
• 2.    dictionary ( )
• 3.    understand ( )
• 4. because ( )
• 5. considered ( )
• 6. mispronounced ( )
• 7. correct ( )
• 8.    important ( )
• 9.    timetable ( )
• 10.  textbook ( )
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Decide how many syllables there are in each
sentence.
Example They worked all night ( 4 )   1. 
They were in the living room. ( ) 2.  Did you
need a map? ( ) 3.  The library's open from
Monday to Friday. ( ) 4.  They walked very
fast. ( ) 5.  All the students worked
hard. ( ) 6.  He's going to start a new
business. ( ) 7.  Gorge came first in the
competition. ( ) 8.  Did you see our
watches? ( ) 9.  Don't tell me that he's
asleep. ( ) 10.They'd rented it before we got
there. ( )
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Listen and repeat

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• 1.        HOSpital
• 2.        HANdicap
• 3.        iMAgine
• 4.        CHAllenge
• 5.        exHAUSted
• 6.        comMITment
• 7.        MAnager
• 8.        eMOtional
• 9.        NEWSpaper
• 10.    COMpanies
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Listen for the stress pattern

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• 1          potatoes ____________
• 2          bananas ____________
• 3          computer ____________
• 4          oranges ____________
• 5          monitor ____________
• 6          customer ____________
• 7          understand ____________
• 8          remember ____________
• 9          another ____________
• 10      devotion ____________
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• If vowel durations highly variable language
  sounds stress-timed Languages with vowel
  reduction English, Dutch, German
• If vowel durations similar language sounds
  syllable-timed Languages such as French and
  Spanish which do not have vowel reduction

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Pronunciation is important.
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• The rhythm of a language is characterized by the
  timing pattern of successive syllables.
• In some languages, every syllable is given about
  the same length, while in others, syllables vary
  in length.

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• Listen to the dialogue
• DHello.
• L Hello.
• DMy names David. David White.
• L My names Li Ping.
• DAre you a student of this university?
• L No, Im a teacher.
• DOh, I see. Shall I call you Miss Ping?
• L Actually, the family names Li, not Ping.
• DOh yes, they told me that. I just forgot. Miss
  Li then.
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Listen to the dialogue

• G Hi, Li Ping.
• L Hi, Gloria. Welcome back to Guangzhou. How was
  everything back home?
• G Just fine. My parents are fine and my sister
  had her wedding last week.
• L Oh, how nice. Are your parents coming to see
  you again soon?
• G Well, they dont have any plan yet, but I do
  hope theyll be able to come.
• L Good. Well, Im afraid class will begin soon.
  Ill have to go now.
• G Mm, Im in a hurry too.
• L Good to see you. Bye.
• G Bye. See you later.

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Thank you Good luck
gzwang_at_mail.gdufs.edu.cn