An analysis on the front vowels’ errors in Junior Middle school students’ English pronunciation

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1、Ananalysisonthefrontvowels’errorsinJuniorMiddleschoolstudents’Englishpronunciation　　English，speakitbetter！WhenIwasastudent，myteachersalwayssaidittous！Andnow，Iamateacher，Ialwayssayittomystudents！But，howtospeakitbetter？Theanswerispronunciation.Asweallknow，langu

2、ageisthetoolofcommunication，speakingisthebestandconvenientway！Eachofushasamind，aprivateworldfilledwiththoughts，feelings，andmemories.Speakingtoeachotherisoneofthemostinterestingthingsthatwehumanbeingsdo.So，ifyouwanttogetthebestcommunication，youshouldarticulate

3、correctly.Itisthebasic！Then，thescienceofphoneticsappeared.Intheyearof1886，inLondon，ThePhoneticTeachers’AssociationwasfoundbythephoneticsteachersofEuropecountries，later，itischangedintoInternationalPhoneticAssociation.Themostimportantachievementofthephonetician

4、sis，in1888，theypublishedtheirworkInternationalPhoneticAlphabet（IPA）.OnesymbolonephonemeistheprincipleofInternationalPhoneticAlphabet（IPA）.Thereare44phonemesinInternationalPhoneticAlphabet（IPA）.Theycanbeusedtorepresentthesoundsofanylanguage.InEnglish，thereare2

5、6letters.Thephonemesinclude9consonantsandvowels.Theconsonantsare24，thevowelsare20.Thevowelsaredividedintotwogroups：thepurevowelsandthediphthongs.Inthepurevowels，therearethefrontvowels，thebackvowelsandthecentralvowels.Inthediphthongs，therearetheclosingdiphthon

6、gsandthecentringdiphthongs.Inthisarticle，I’dliketocategorizetheerrorswhichthejuniormiddleschoolstudentsoftenmadeinEnglishlearningaccordingtomysurveyaboutthefrontvowels.　　1.Thefrontvowels　　InEnglishlanguage，whiletheconsonantsoundsaremostlyarticulatedviaclosure

7、orobstructioninthevocaltract，vowelsoundsareproducedwitharelativelyfreeflowofair.Theyarealltypicallyvoiced，loud.Withthemajorityofsinglevowelsounds，thevocalorgansremainrelativelysteady，sothesoundsareclear.thefrontvowelsarethecardinalvowels，themostbasicvowels.Be

8、causeofthetonguetipinfluenced，thefrontvowelssoundloudandclearthanothers，whichgivestheeyeofyourspeaking.Atthesametime，ifyouarticulatethemexactly，yourEnglishappearsasenseofsweetness，verybea