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1、1,March 3, 2010_Li Xin,Welcome to our Course of English Phonetics AY 20092010 (2),An Introduction to English Phonetics,Session 1 An Introduction,2,I think-I sink, The, That, Thanks Good morning, Afternoon, Evening Helen, George, Sophie Holiday, Weekly At eight oclock School, Girl, World/Word I was a
2、 student, Im a teacher.,Warming-up exercise: Can you read them correctly?,3,If one doctor doctors another doctor, does the doctor who doctors the doctor doctor the doctor the way the doctor he is doctoring doctors? Or does he doctor the doctor the way the doctor who doctors doctors?,Warming-up exerc
3、ise: Can you read them correctly?,4,Watch two videos, and identify the sounds that the speakers are confused with.,Warming up exercises: Can you hear them correctly?,5,How many English letters in the IPA? How many English phonemes in the IPA? What are they? Can you draw the mouth cavity and mark the
4、 specific speech organs? How do you pronounce ? Can you write down the phonetic transcription for “pronunciation”? What makes a good general pronunciation? Which variety of English are you learning or speaking? What are its features? What are the features of your spoken English? What are your requir
5、ements for your own pronunciation?,Quiz (Discuss with your partners):,6,Can you identify the numbered organs?,What is English phonetics? -the science of English speech-sounds. description of the organic formation of English sounds; investigations into the laws of sound changes and the rules of stres
6、ses; explanation of the syllable construction; study of the intonation patterns; classification and systematization of all the studied phenomena and internal relations. Why should we learn English phonetics?,English Phonetics,- provide general rules of English pronunciation, expressive reading, and
7、public speaking; - provide the basis of learning for the other aspects of English language; - make preparations for future comparative study between English language and other languages; - make good preparations for becoming a good teacher; “Without phonetics there can be no morphology of a spoken l
8、anguage, without intonation no syntax.” “To speak any language a person must know nearly 100% of its phonetics, while only 50-90% of its grammar and 1% of the vocabulary may be sufficient.”,Aims of phonetic study,9,Experimental method Direct method Analytical method,Methods of phonetic study,10,Do y
9、ou know what are some of the English-speaking countries? Which variety of English is most researched and most easily understood?,Varieties of English:,Received Pronunciation (RP),used by the Southern English people, particularly the London middle class, spoken by BBC announcers, at universities and
10、public schools in London.,Notes: RP also has different ways of pronunciation. It is changing with the time. (pp. 4-6),11,Different social functions condition different styles of pronunciation. Serious recitation, public speaking, solemn occasions - formal style Slower conversation - informal style R
11、apid conversation - colloquial style What are the features of each style? And which one is more suitable for EFL learners?,Styles of English:,12,How many letters are there in the English alphabet? How many sounds/phonemes in English? The same letter represents different sounds; The same sound may be
12、 spelled in different ways; Some letters are not pronounced in certain types of spelling; There are redundant letters; Thus, the International Phonetic Symbols / International Phonetic Alphabet,Phonetic transcription:,13,Broad transcription 宽式注音 (phoneme transcription音位注音法): - each symbols represent
13、s a phoneme. - for teaching Narrow transcription 严式注音 (phonetic transcription语音注音法): - more exact symbols, used to represent the variant of a phoneme - for research,2 types of transcription:,14,Vowels: Monophthongs Front vowels Central vowels Back vowels Diphthongs Consonants: Stops Fricatives Affri
14、cates Laterals Nasals Approximants Semi-vowels,English phonemes:,Aims of the course,The course aims at helping students mastering theories on English phonetics including the bases of speech-sounds, English phonemes, syllable theories, sound changes, and prosodic features, perfecting students English
15、 pronunciation. It aims at preparing students for future pronunciation teaching and further linguistic study.,16,The Course Assessment,Formative assessment: 40 % Class participation, two performances(mid-term and final) Summative Assessment: 60 % Final test.,17,Reading: Chapter 1 & 2. Prepare a recording that you like the best. It should be no more than 5 minutes. It may be a news broadcast, a conversation, a story-telling, a speech, or others.,Homework,Thank you for listening,
