Teaching Plan for English Pronunciation Practice

TeachingPlanforEnglishPronunciationPractice《英语语音》课程教学教案Unit1BasicConcepts:Syllables,Stress&RhythmUnit2Consonants:StopsUnit3Consonants:FricativesandAffricatesUnit4Consonants:Nasals,Approximants&Literal(s)Unit5Vowels:FrontVowels&CentralVowelsUnit6Vowels:BackVowelsUnit7Vowels:DiphthongsUnit8StressedSyllables&UnstressedSyllablesUnit9StressedWords&UnstressedWordsinaSentenceUnit10StrongFormsandWeakFormsUnit11LinkingUnit12RhythmofEnglishSpeechUnit13TypesofIntonationinEnglishUnit14IntonationUnitsofEnglishUnit15Functions&UsesofEnglishIntonationUnit1LessonPlanBasicConcepts:Syllables,Stress&Rhythm(教案：附要点、重点和难点)Date:Sept.16-20Class:Classes1,2&3,Grade2002Subject:EnglishPronunciationPracticePurpose:ThestudentswilllearnsomebasicconceptsinEnglishpronunciation.Wearegoingtolearnsomethingaboutsyllables,stressandrhythminEnglish.Atthesametime,theywilllearntosaygreetingsandfarewellwithappropriatepronunciationandintonationinEnglish.Objectives:Studentswillbeableto:1.Define-intheirownwordsadefinitionfor“syllable”and“stressedsyllable”,thenadefinitionfor“rhythm”and“rhythmicpattern”;2.Compare–basedontheunderstandingofthebasicconcept,comparethedegreesofstressanddifferentrhythmicpatterns;3.Practice–imitatethetypicalstresspatternsandrhythmicpatternsinEnglish.Resources/Materials:1.Textbook:Wang,Guizhen,AnEnglishPronunciationCourse,HigherEducationPress,Beijing,2000;2.Handouts:illustrationofstresspatternsandrhythmicpattern;3.RecordingsofnativespeakersActivitiesandProcedures:1.BeginbyaskingtheclasstofindouthowmuchthestudentsknowaboutstresspatternsandrhythmicpattersinEnglish,makesurethatitservesthepurposeofstimulatingthestudentstothinkabouttheissueandhavethedesiretofindouttheanswersthemselves.2.DisplayexamplesbyplayingtherecordingofthenativespeakersshowingthetypicalstresspattersandrhythmicpatternsinEnglish.3.Askthestudentstolistentothetapestomarkoutthestressedsyllablesinwords.4.Askthestudentstolistentothetapestomarkoutthestressedwordsinsentences.5.Havethestudentsimitatethestresspatternsandrhythmicpatternstoexperiencetherhythminspeech.6.Havethestudentssharewhattheyhavelearnedbyreadingoutthepracticematerialsinpairs.7.HavethestudentslistentotheconversationsrecordedbynativespeakersofEnglishandtrytogettherhythmicpatternsintheirspeech.8.Havethestudentspracticetheguidedconversation.Askthemtopayspecialattentiontothestresstherhythminspeech.9.Highlightthelanguagefunctionintheconversationinthepractice.10.Haveseveralpairsofthestudentspresenttheirconversationintheclass.11.Commentonthestudents’performancebyhighlightingtheachievementofthestudentsandtheeffortstheyneedfortheimprovement.12.Askthestudentstodomorepracticeafterclassandgetreadyforpresentationduringthenextsession.附:要点、重点和难点Unit1BasicConcepts:Syllables,Stress&RhythmInthisunit,wearegoingtolearnsomebasicconceptsinEnglishpronunciation.Wearegoingtolearnsomethingaboutsyllables,stressandrhythminEnglish.Atthesametime,wearegoingtolearntosaygreetingsandfarewellwithappropriatepronunciationandintonationinEnglish.Firstofall,let’slookatthesyllableinEnglish.Pleaselistentothefollowingword:driveway.Now,tellme,howmanysyllablesthereareinthisword?Right.Therearetwo.Pleaselistentothefollowingsentence:Drivehimaway.Tellme,howmanysyllablesthereareinthissentence?Right.Therearefour.IntroductionSo.Whatisasyllable?AsyllableisawordpartandthebasicunitofEnglishrhythm.Englishwordscanhaveone,two,threeorevenmoresyllables.Intheword‘driveway’,therearetwosyllables.Inthesentence‘Drivehimaway’,therearefour.Whatisastressedsyllable?InEnglishwordswithmorethanonesyllable,oneofthemwillreceivemorestressthantheothers.Stressedsyllablesarethosethataremarkedinthedictionaryasstressed.Forexample,intheword‘driveway’,thefirstsyllableisastressedsyllablewhilethesecondsyllableisnot.StressedsyllablesinEnglishareusuallylonger,louder,andhigherinpitch.Listentothefollowingexample:baNAAAAnaSyllable1Syllable2Syllable3(short)(long)(short)Thewordbananahas3syllables.Syllable1isnotstressedandsoisshort.Syllable2isstressedandsoislongwithaclearvowelsound/:/.Syllable3isnotstressedandsoisalsoshort.Hereisashortsummaryaboutthestressedandunstressedsyllables:Stressedsyllablesarestrongsyllables.Unstressedsyllablesareweaksyllables.Stressedsyllables:-arelong-haveapitchchange-havefullvowelsounds.Unstressedsyllables:-areshort-oftenhaveareducedvowelsound.Nowlet’slookattherhythminEnglish.WeallknowthatcorrectpronunciationoftheindividualEnglishsoundsisimportantincommunication.Thewaythesoundsareorganized,however,isoftenmorecrucialforunderstanding.TherhythmofEnglish,forexample,isoneofthetwomajororganizingstructuresthatnativespeakersrelyontoprocessspeech.Whatisrhythm?Rhythmcanbefoundeverywhereinlife:thesoundofaclock,thebeatingoftheheart,thestrokesofaswimmer,andofcourseinpoetryandmusic.Butrhythminlanguageislessfamiliarbecauseitislessobvious.Therhythmofalanguageischaracterizedbythetimingpatternofsuccessivesyllables.Insomelanguages,everysyllableisgivenaboutthesamelength,whileinothers,syllablesvaryinlength.InEnglish,strongbeatsarecalledstress--theheartoftherhythmicpattern.第1单元基本概念：音节、重音与节