TEACHING PRONUNCIATION Presented by NHL, Teacher of Tran Phu School Why to teach pronunciation? What to teach? When to teach pronunciation? How to teach pronunciation? 1. Why to teach pronunciation? – to improve intelligibility – to create the best impression in particular situations – because of the inconsistent relationship between pronunciation and writing (different spelling but same pronunciation) confusion Pronunciation’s problems – (1) using the wrong sound – (2) leaving sounds out – (3) adding sounds – (4) putting stress on the wrong syllable in a word – (5) putting stress on the wrong syllable in a sentence – (6) using the wrong intonation pattern – (7) combinations of these problems 2. What to teach? 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 24 2. What to teach? 1 2 3 4 5 6 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 12 vowels and 8 diphthongs. 7 8 9 10 11 12 Accents Consonant Sequences Clusters 1. Initial Sequences 2. Final Sequences 3. Sequences in the middle of words 4. Sequences between words Suprasegmental features 1. Stress within Words 2. Rhythm, Stress and Intonation within Sentences Suprasegmental features Suprasegmental features CONTEXT 3. When to teach pronunciation? a. How long should a pronunciation activity last? -> Not more than 5 or 10 minutes at the most. b. Where should pron. practice come in a lesson? -> It depends on whether the focus on pronunciation is incidental. + teaching grammar + teaching vocabulary + teaching listening / speaking / reading -> 4. How to teach pronunciation? 1. Dictation Lists 2. People Pairs 3. Pairs / Minimal Pairs 4. Backchaining 5. Finger Correction 6. Symbols 7. Games 8. Songs / Karaoke 9. Playing with the Tongues 10.Poems … . TEACHING PRONUNCIATION Presented by NHL, Teacher of Tran Phu School Why to teach pronunciation? What to teach? When to teach pronunciation? How to teach pronunciation? . inconsistent relationship between pronunciation and writing (different spelling but same pronunciation) confusion Pronunciation s problems – (1) using