English Pronunciation for Communication

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1、EnglishPronunciationforCommunication--AnIntroductionEnglishPronunciationforCommunicationisacompulsorycourseofferedtothefirstyearEnglishmajorswithanaimtohelpthestudentstoimprovetheirEnglishpronunciationandintonationformoreeffectivecommunication.Thestudentswillundergoint

2、ensivetraininginthepronunciationofindividualphonemesinEnglish,intherhythmicpatternsoftheEnglishlanguageandinthepatternsandfunctionsofEnglishintonation,sothatthestudentswillbeabletocommunicatemoreeffectivelywithgoodpronunciationandintonation.Tohavegoodpronunciationmeans

3、1)topronouncecorrectlyalltheindividualspeechsoundsinEnglish;2)topronouncecorrectlythespeechsoundsintheircombinationsinisolatedwordsaswellasinsentences;3)tospeakfluentlywithcorrectrhythm,includingthecorrectplacementofstressesandpausesandthetransitionofsoundsaccordingtot

4、hecontext;and4)tospeakwithappropriateintonationaccordingtothecontext.Beforeweattaingoodpronunciation,itisessentialthatweshouldperceivethedifferencesbetweenthesoundsinthenewlanguage.Thisiswhatthepresentcoursesetsouttodo:drillsoflisteninganddiscriminationcomebeforeallatt

5、emptsatperformance.AsmostofthestudentshavealreadygoneoversomepracticeinEnglishpronunciation,wewillconcentrateonsomeofthedifficultsounds.AndasweallknowthatEnglishrhythmisnewanddifficulttomostofus,wewillpayspecialattentiontothetrainingofthefeaturesthatarerequiredfortheap

6、propriaterhythm.Theuseofcorrectintonationalsoformsanimportantpartofthecourse.Suchaperceptualapproachrequiresfromthelearneronlytheminimumoftheoreticalknowledge.Forthisreason,thetheoreticalcommentaryinthiscourseisrestrictedtoessentials.Formoredetailedtheoreticalinformati

7、on,suchasmightbeneededbyaninstructororamoreadvancedstudent,theuserisreferredtothefollowingbooks:AnIntroductiontothePronunciationofEnglish(A.C.Gimson,1970),BetterEnglishPronunciation(J.D.O'Connor,1967)andEnglishPhoneticsandPhonology(P.Roach,1983).1.Englishphonemes:discr

8、iminationandpronunciationCorrectdiscriminationofEnglishphonemesisthefirststeptowardsthecorrectpronunciation.Thestuden