Pronunciation Difficulties

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Hangzhou and apply today to be certified to teach English abroad. You could also be interested in: This is how our TEFL graduates feel they have gained from their course, and how they plan to put into action what they learned: M.P. - Greece said: Unit thirteen discusses pronunciation and phonology. Phonology includes intonation, which is the variation in volume and pitch in sentences that can predict the nature of what they are about to say. Another area is stress, which is the sentence or word?s ?strong part.? Learning how to introduce stress and intonation correctly helps students speak more naturally. Speaking naturally can also include sound joining and linked speech. The International Phonemic Alphabet (IPA) can help students with...  [Read more]

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Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Haddam Kansas and apply today to be certified to teach English abroad. You could also be interested in: This is how our TEFL graduates feel they have gained from their course, and how they plan to put into action what they learned: said: This unit explains how intonation and stress are used in English to express meaning and elicit responses, and emphasise certain parts of a sentence respectively, and introduces the International Phonetic Alphabet used for teaching pronunciation. The unit also gives examples on how the different aspects of pronunciation can be taught to English language students, such as through mouth diagrams. I found the IPA to be particularly useful for providing an objective basis on which to teach pronunciation, as...  [Read more]

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Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Union Nebraska and apply today to be certified to teach English abroad. You could also be interested in: This is how our TEFL graduates feel they have gained from their course, and how they plan to put into action what they learned: said: I learned a lot about intonation and stress in this chapter. I can see how it would be useful for students, especially as they are wanting to become more proficient with English, to be able to understand intonation, stress, and fine tuning pronunciation. The chapter points out that not every student cares so deeply about sounding like a native speaker, so for some it is important to make sure that they are able to communicate effectively even if there are some difficulties with pronunciation. Other...  [Read more]

  When learning the English language students are regularly confronted by vocabulary that is new and unfamiliar to them. In order to learn how to pronounce these words correctly the students needs to hear them modeled correctly by the teacher. 3x3 or choral drilling is a technique that is often used to aid students in learning correct pronunciation. The 3x3 technique involves the teacher clearly enunciating the new word to the class who then repeat the word back as a group. The process is then repeated twice more. After the choral drilling the teacher then indicates an individual student to repeat the word to the rest of the class. This process is again repeated twice more with different students. In addition to teaching the pronunciation of new words, 3x3 drilling can also...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Jobs Adana Turkey and apply today to be certified to teach English abroad. You could also be interested in: This is how our TEFL graduates feel they have gained from their course, and how they plan to put into action what they learned: said: This unit describes two important aspects in the English language such as pronunciation and phonology which are often ignored in the classroom. The teacher should pay attention to this aspect in teaching. Learn how the teacher to achieve an efficient supply of educational material, so it is better assimilated by the students and what to focus on. Given helpful examples of correct pronunciation, intonation, stress and articulation in the English language.This unit covers the reasons and methods of...  [Read more]

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Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Jobs Khenchela Algeria and apply today to be certified to teach English abroad. You could also be interested in: This is how our TEFL graduates feel they have gained from their course, and how they plan to put into action what they learned: said: In this unit, I learned about teaching pronunciation and phonology. First, the unit introduced intonation, which carries the message of the sentence. Next, it described how depending on where in the sentence a stress is placed, the meaning of the sentence changes. Then, I learned about how some sounds change when combined when speaking, which is known as sound joining. Next, the phonemic alphabet was presented, which is a useful guide to pronunciation. Then, the unit discussed articulation and...  [Read more]

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