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1、There are several aspects of language and speaking that I would like to focus on today for considerations to allow you to improve moving forward.First, the area of pronunciation and delivery. Some of you, especially when you are nervous, should focus more on diction and pronunciation. Specifically,
2、try not to swallow your articles like a and the or little connectors like of Take a breath, take your time. and let each word be sounded. Similarly, make sure you sound final consonants, especially the -ed in your past tenses. This is one of the things that Chinese, even the good ones, the really go
3、od ones, when you start speaking quickly and passionately, forget. So, pay a lot of attention and be conscious that thats something that you may know that the grammars, grammatical and structural rules and not sound that final consonant or you may be a little fuzzy on what the past tenses, but that
4、some- thing that makes a big difference in a competition,Finally, in the area of pronunciation for all you students, not just the contestants here today, please, the word the, th-: put your tongue between your teeth. Its not da, its the; its not der. its their; its not utter. its other. You can do t
5、his, you can do this, Practice on the way to class, practice in the shower, practice wherever but dont say da, its the.Second category of feedback is I want to talk very briefly about lexicon and vocabulary. As I mentioned, I felt that your use of lexicon in todays presentation was quite sophisticat
6、ed and showed a lot of preparation. Most of you may have noticed that in the contemporaneous, spontaneous remarks and questions, the level of vocabulary came down a notch or two. Thats very natural: some- thing that we all have to work on. But there were a couple of I think. theres three examples th
7、at Id like to share with you to take home to work on. Number one, since the topic was ecology, when you talk about living in harmony with da za ren, is it the nature or nature? Nature! Is not the nature! The nature is shenrna shenma dongxi de xingzhi, so, that was like one of those errors that. umm,
8、 came up because of the theme of the speech, but thats something you can remember right now, Live in harmony with.nature. Second, some small things that I noted, some of you messed up emphasized with emphasis-its a common mistake. And one of the contestants was talking about how important it was to
9、be aware of the environment and that we should generate awareness of environment to help us think of ways to improve it, and she, I think it was she, said we should get a consensus of the environment, I think she probably meant sense. get a sense of the environment as an awareness. So, little things
10、 like that. Be careful semantically. If you reach the upper levels of language, its very easy to choose a wrong word and I guess my advice for you would be, When in doubt, check a dictionary for nuance and proper usage. because when youre in the lower levels youre not using those fancy words. But wh
11、en you get up in the upper levels, like today, theyre very important.Finally, my last category of feedback for you is in the area of discourse and organization. This is very important in speaking contests, its very important when youre translating at the upper levels, and its important in adult life
12、 when youre working in the world of work where youre no longer talking simply about yourself and your family, but other things, issues. Todays contestants demonstrated a wide variety of rhetorical styles in their prepared speeches. Many of the candidates showed a sophisticated use of linguistic regi
13、ster, and register is, as you know. using language that is appropriate for a specific purpose for a specific social context. The reason l mention register is that for learners of English as a second language, the higher the register, the more difficult it is to speak accurately, coherently, and pers
14、uasively. Right? So, today, one of the contestants made a very insightful remark and said, I quote, The higher level of English I speak, the more mistakes I make. Remember that? Actually. What she meant by this was that she was having trouble communicating sophisticated ideas and arguments in Englis
15、h without making errors in grammar or usage. University students learning English can improve their ability to speak naturally in high registers and high level of discourse and can sustain a high level of discourse by doing a few things and these are the three pieces of advice I will leave for you b
16、efore I conclude my remarks. So, this is advice teachers and students for how to build that competency and high level of discourse.Number one: Read texts that represent a high level of discourse. Soak up that language. But, remember that written text has a discourse that is separate from spoken discourse. Some of you were speaking today in very. kind of written-prose language, and you may not wa
