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1、Phonetics Knowledge Is Helpful to Students In English LearningThesis： This paper discusses that phonetics knowledge can help the students learn well and remember English words easily， improve their listening and develop their listening and develop their spoken English（the skills of communication） ，w
2、hich can make them fill with interest and confidence in the study of English. Outline： .The denfination of phonetics A. Denfination in dictationary B. Denfination in the book .The reasons for mastering phonetics knowledge A. Requirement of the syllabus B. Requirement of students C. Requirement of te
3、achers .The great help of phonetics in learning English words， improving listening and spoken English A. The help of pronunciation in learning English words B. The help of stress and intonation in listening improvement C. Correct phonetics makes students good at spoken English Conclusion Through all
4、 the evidence above， a conclusion can be drawn that students must master some phonetics knowledge， which can help them remember English words well， improving their listening and develop their spoken English， also can make them fill with interest and confidence to open their mouth to speak and speak
5、fluently anywhere， . The denfination of phonetics Phonetics is the study of speech sounds and their production.（Oxford：1989）.In the book， An Introduction to Lingistics， phonetics is definited as the study of the phonetic medium of language which has three branchesarticulatory phonetics， acoustic pho
6、netics and auditory phonetics. Articulatory phonetics studies the human speech oragans， and the way in which the speech sounds are produced. Accoustics phonetics deals with the physical properties of the speech sounds； it studies the sound waves through the use of such machines as a spectrograph. Au
7、ditory phonetics is the study of the perception of sounds by the human ear.（Dai Weidong：1985） In fact， it is too abstract for a middle school student to learn them. A middle school student should learn some simple and specific phonetics knowledge such as pronunciation（we called phonetic transcripts
8、of words） ， stress and intonation， and so on. . The reasons for mastering phonetics knowledge The National English Teaching Syllabus for Middle Schools requires that listening test should be included in all the tests or examinations， and it should covere not less than 20 percent. Spoken English and
9、listening practice are emphasized in the students book. So students must pay much attention to phonetics. There are people who claim that students do not need to learn pronunciation because pronunciation will take care of itself as the students develop overall language ability. However， failure in p
10、ronunciation is a great hindrance in language learning. Phonetics rules regarding what sounds a letter or a cluster of letters should be pronounced are helpful for students to develop the ability to cope with English pronunciation.If they master the ability，the students will feel that it is easy to
11、remember English words.The more interest they have，the better they study，as the saying says， ”Interest is the best teacher.” But in fact，many students are poor in phonetics so they usually speak in”mute English”.The following facts explain the reasons for”mute English”.The following facts explain th
12、e reasons for”mute English”.First，students often complain that they do not know how to pronounce the new English words，so it is very hard for them to remember new words.Secondly，a survey from the students in our school says 78 percent of the students have not learnt phonetics knowledge systematicall
13、y when they began learning English at primary school.Thirdly，many teachers ever experienced that students always wore a long face when doing listening practice or dictation，even though they were told what to dictate before， they cold not get a good mark or some even could not spell out one word. Fou
14、rthly， during the listening examination，it is too easy for students to lose much of mark because of the misunderstandings caused by their poor phonetics：stress and intonation. .The great help of phonetics in learning English words， improving listening and spoken English All of the faces tell us that
15、 middle school students are expected to master the phonetics knowledge： the different sounds between British English and American English， pronunciation， stress， intonation， liaison， shorten forms and weak forms， etc. These knowledge can help students remember English words much easier. If the phone
16、tics is accurate， it can help the practice of listening，speaking，reading and writing，especially listening and speaking. In phonetics learning we always teach students R.P.（Received Pronunciation）system English. But now G.A.（General Amrican）system is widely used in many listening materials， including the teaching materials for middle schools. Swan， the British scholar，said， “American English is becoming more and more popular.” Sometimes it makes the students q
