TEACHING AND LEARNING PRONUNCIATION

help learners perceive sounds

need to be able to give some hints

provide feedback

help learners to know what to pay attention to and what to work on

help learners to establish priorities, deciding what to concentrate on and when to leave well enough alone

decide and suit the activities according to the learner's styles

give students information about their progress

Consonant cluster, that is when two consonants occur at the end of a word

when English people say words in a natural way, speakers don't pause between the words

stress words, it is done by saying that syllable slightly louder, holding the consonants very clearly

rhythm, there is a tendency for the strong beats to fall on nouns, verbs, adjectives and adverbs ans for the weak beats to fall on prepositions, articles and pronouns

weak forms, a word with only one syllable is unstressed in a sentence, its pronunciation is often quite different form when it is stressed

sentence stress, a word may be given less weight because it has been said already, or it may be given more weight because the speaker wants to highlight it

intonation, speakers can change the pitch of their voice as they speak, making it higher or lower in pitch at will

Purposes

learning English for a practiccal purpose

working

Factors that affect pronunciation learning

native language: the more differences, the more difficulties the learner will have

the age factor: the more the younger people is involved, the more quickly pronunciation will have

the amount of exposure the learner receives is very important. Advantages: when is exposed to English surroundings, have a better pronunciation. Disadvantage: If the learner is not surrounded by the English environment, it is possible that pronunciation is not so expsed clearly

some people have a better ear for foreign languages then others

a study suggests that when a person is younger, he / she will have a better learning

motivation is very important for learning a foreign language and the desire to do well is a kind of "achievement motivation"

every person has different varieties and different accents

the way we speak is really a part of our identity