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An Analysis of the Importance of Phonemes and Phonetic Symbols in English Words Teaching 　　Abstract: The industry of English education is becoming more and more prosperous. However, some teachers neglect the importance of words teaching, especially the importance of phonemes and phonetic symbols. What is worse is that most of them teach English beginning with grammar, which makes the students weary of studying. This paper, aiming to solve the above problems, concentrates on the analysis of the importance of phonemes and phonetic symbols and the process in English words teaching. 　　Key words: phonemes; phonetic symbols; process; English words teaching 　　【中图分类号】G633.41 　　Since the 1970s, as a result of the reform-and-open policy, Chinese people show great enthusiasm in English study. Nevertheless, during their study, most of them ignore two basic concepts--phonemes and phonetic symbols. What`s worse, several teachers also pay little attention to these two concepts. In consequence, many students cannot speak the words correctly and have a very poor vocabulary even when they enter the universities or colleges. As we know, English is phonography, which means that the alphabets also represent speech sounds. In China, many students write pinyin beside an English word to help them memorize the pronunciation . For example, some write kao li zhi when they learn the word college. And they recite it mechanically in that way. Maybe they can know how to read it ,but they don`t understand the essence of the pronunciation of the word. In the long view, that is harmful to the students. Only when we pay special attention to the importance of phonemes and phonetic symbols can we improve the efficiency in English teaching and study. 　　1. The concepts of phonemes and phonetic symbols 　　Phoneme is the smallest phonetic unit in a language that is capable of conveying a distinction in meaning, as the m of mat and the b of bat in English. Phonetic symbol is a written character used in