英语语音-unit-1-Objectives-of-the-Course

ObjectivesoftheCourseThiscourseisintendedtohelpthestudentstoimprovetheirEnglishpronunciation,includingsuchelementsas1)thecorrectpronunciationofindividualphonemesandwordsinEnglish2)therhythmicpatternsoftheEnglishlanguage3)patternsandfunctionsofEnglishintonation,sothatthestudentswillbeabletocommunicatemoreeffectivelywithgoodpronunciationandintonation.Coursecontent1.Englishphonemes:correctdiscriminationandpronunciation2.StressofEnglishwordsandsentences:basicrulesandfunctions3.Englishrhythmicpatterns:basicfeaturesandfunctions4.Englishintonation:structures,functionsanduseTextbook《英语语音》APracticalCourseofEnglishPronunciation屠蓓编著外语教学与研究出版社2010Referencebooks1.Cruttenden,A.,Gimson’sPronunciationofEnglish,EdwardArnoldLimited&ForeignLanguageTeachingandResearchPress,20012.Gimson,A.C.,AnIntroductiontoPronunciationofEnglish,London:Arhold,1970.3.O’Connor,J.D.BetterEnglishPronunciation,CambridgeUniversityPress,1967Assessment1.WrittenExam(30%):Discriminationofphonemesandthemeaningofsentences,markingoftheprominenceandintonationofsentences.2.OralExam(70%):Readingofshortpassagesanddialogues,oralinterview,etc.EnglishWestGermaniclanguageAbout325millionnativespeakers:Britain,56milliontheUSA,232millionCanada,24millionAustralia&NewZealand17millionThesoleofficiallanguageinmorethantwodozencountriesThemostimportantlanguageofcommerceThemostwidelylearnedsecondlanguageElementsofgoodEnglishpronunciationtopronouncecorrectlytheindividualspeechsoundsofEnglishtopronouncecorrectlythespeechsoundsintheircombinationsinisolatedwordsaswellasinsentencestospeakfluentlywithcorrectrhythm,includingthecorrectplacementofstressesandpausesandthetransitionofsoundsaccordingtothecontexttospeakwithappropriateintonationaccordingtothecontextSyllable&StressedSyllableWhatisasyllable?AwordpartandthebasicunitofEnglishrhythmWhatisastressedsyllable?baNAAAAnaSyllable1Syllable2Syllable3(short)(long)(short)StressedSyllables&UnstressedSyllablesStressedsyllablesarestrongsyllables.Unstressedsyllablesareweaksyllables.Stressedsyllables:arelonghaveapitchchangehavefullvowelsounds.Unstressedsyllables:areshortoftenhaveareducedvowelsound.Fig9:EnglandwasatwarwithAmerica.(Bynon-nativespeakerofEnglish)Fig10:EnglandwasatwarwithAmerica.(BynativespeakerofEnglish)