Unit16[教学].docVIP

English Pronunciation for Communication -- An Introduction English Pronunciation for Communication is a compulsory course offered to the first year English majors with an aim to help the students to improve their English pronunciation and intonation for more effective communication. The students will undergo intensive training in the pronunciation of individual phonemes in English, in the rhythmic patterns of the English language and in the patterns and functions of English intonation, so that the students will be able to communicate more effectively with good pronunciation and intonation. To have good pronunciation means 1) to pronounce correctly all the individual speech sounds in English; 2) to pronounce correctly the speech sounds in their combinations in isolated words as well as in sentences; 3) to speak fluently with correct rhythm, including the correct placement of stresses and pauses and the transition of sounds according to the context; and 4) to speak with appropriate intonation according to the context. Before we attain good pronunciation, it is essential that we should perceive the differences between the sounds in the new language. This is what the present course sets out to do: drills of listening and discrimination come before all attempts at performance. As most of the students have already gone over some practice in English pronunciation, we will concentrate on some of the difficult sounds. And as we all know that English rhythm is new and difficult to most of us, we will pay special attention to the training of the features that are required for the appropriate rhythm. The use of correct intonation also forms an important part of the course. Such a perceptual approach requires from the learner only the minimum of theoretical knowledge. For this reason, the theoretical commentary in this course is restricted to essentials. For more detailed theoretical information, such as might be needed by an instructor or a more advanced student, the u