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By: Mrs.Badache Lynda University of Batna
May 2013
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First impressions
Pronunciation is definitely the biggest thing that people notice when you are speaking English.You can live without advanced vocabulary, you can use simple words to say what you want to say. You can use ‘simple’grammar.But there is no such thing as "simple pronunciation ». If the pronunciation is poor , neither Grammar nor vocabulary would help you !Here is an anecdote about this: After coming back from a vacation in the USA, a friend of mine said:"Whenever I spoke to a person in America, they kept asking me What? What? I would repeat my sentence again and again. Finally they would say Ah-ha! and then say my sentence, using exactly my words! It was very humiliating. I knew my words and grammar were good, but nobody would understand me, just because of my Pronunciation.
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ContentContent
LearnersLearners TasksTasks
GoalsGoals
What to take into account when....
Should pronunciation be taught and acquired early? Or is it something we can worry about later?
WHEN TO ACQUIRE ?
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In the absence of a good model and without guidance, the learner will perceive, produce and internalize sounds of the target language based on the native language sounds.For this reason, if not given emphasis at the very beginning, pronunciation will never be acquired well.
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When accuracy is neglected, the result will be fossilized pronunciation errors.
Since pronunciation habits are formed early, it seems obvious that it is at that point that the development of a good pronunciation should be emphasized.
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HOW TO ACQUIRE?
• Naturally: as a result of exposure and interaction in the environment of the target language and its culture.
• By teaching: providing a good pronunciation model (instructors with native-like pronunciation, recordings, etc.), explaining differences, using phonetic symbols to make pronunciation visible, limited peer interaction, effective error correction, exercising accurate pronunciation.
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SPELLING INTERFERENCEThe written language is a significant source of input to EFL students.The higher the spelling inconsistency is, the more negative the influence on pronunciation will be. The English spelling does not serve as a guide to pronunciation. On the contrary, it can often be misleading. For instance:
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SPELLING VS. PRONUNCIATION
“s” has got five different ways of pronunciation:1. /s/ as in basic, past, say2. /z/ as in because, rose3. /ᶘ/ as in sugar, sure4. /ᶚ/ as in casual, usually,
television5. /mute/ as in aisle, island
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The frustration of the EFL learner never ends:
1. bough / baʊ /2. cough / kɒf /3. dough / dəʊ/4. rough / rʌf /5. through / θruː /6. hiccough /ˈhɪkʌp /
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“Comfortable” Intelligibility
• Convey message•“Positive face” •Expectations on the listener
• Understand message•Tolerance•Expectations on the speaker
Foreign Speaker Native listener
‘threshold level’ acceptability accessibility
interactiinteractionon
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1. Features of pronunciation
2. Criteria for selection teachability intelligibility integration
differences with L2 perception - production
institutional requirements time availability
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Biological
Factors affecting pronunciation learning
Psycho-sociological Background
•Age •Closeness to L1 acquisition•Phonetic coding ability
•Motivation•Attitude•View of the foreign country
• prior instruction• opportunities for practice outside the classroom•amount of exposure
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TasksTasks
contextualised
integrated within the language class
Requirementsdifferent
learning styles
communicative learner-centred
SequenceSequencePresentation –Practice – Remedial
workDescription and analysis
Listeningdiscrimination
Controlled andGuided practice
Communicative Tasks
Identificationof feature:
awareness raising
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What makes Pronunciation difficult to teach?•The lack of adequate language teacher training in
pronunciation, with the result that teachers may lack knowledge and confidence.•Teachers are often left without clear guidelines and are confronted with contradictory purposes and practices for pronunciation instruction ,no systematic way of deciding what, when and how to teach it (Derwing & Foote,2011). •A common problem is deciding whether to focus on segmentals or on suprasegmentals, and to what extent? •A related challenge is how to address production and perception.
Conclusion
• It all brings us to the overall conclusions that:1. Pronunciation is more important than it
seems to be and has always been acknowledged that it is a fundamental part of one’s oral ability in the target language.
2. The students need intensive contact with good pronunciation models in the beginning of the learning process.
3. The goal of teaching pronunciation is to enable students to become “not perfect pronouncers of English but intelligible , communicative, confident users of spoken English for whatever purposes they need.
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Thank you for your attention !