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There are many acceptable varieties of English throughout the world. Whichever variety is
used in your country, the most important thing is that students' pronunciation must be good
enough for another person to understand what they are trying to say.
In a PPP lesson, teachers naturally include a good model of the pronunciation when they
are presenting new vocabulary, grammar or functional language. It is important to start by
helping your students recognize sounds before you expect them to produce them.
Spoken British English has 44 sounds, but there are only 26 letters in the alphabet for
written English. This sometimes makes English pronunciation and spelling different, so it is not
always best to write words on the blackboard at the early stages. Also, some sounds in English
do not exist in some other languages. This can make it very difficult for students to recognize
these sounds and even more difficult for them to pronounce them correctly. So some students
need to do a lot of work on these sounds, listening to them, trying to recognize them and trying
to copy them.
If you can understand and pronounce the symbols of the phonetic alphabet, this will help
you to pronounce any word in the dictionary. You can teach this phonetic alphabet to your
students and this will make teaching pronunciation much easier. However, you can teach
pronunciation effectively without knowing the phonetic alphabet. Pronouncing English well is
not just about getting the individual sounds right. Students need to know:
* which parts of a word are stressed (spoken louder and longer);
* which parts of a sentence are stressed;
* basic intonation patterns;
* what it means when we change the intonation in a sentence (the music of the language);
* how to link together the sounds within a sentence.
Students need practice in all these areas to improve their pronunciation.
1. The passage is most probably from ______.
A. a book for English learning
B. a book for English teaching
C. an ad for English teaching
D. a grammar book for English learning
2. Following up the passage, the author will probably ______.
A. say how to teach the phonetic alphabet
B. emphasize the importance of correct pronunciation
C. explain in detail how to practise the five suggestions
D. write about how to teach pronunciation without the phonetic alphabet
3. In the author's opinion, ______.
A. it is not necessary to pronounce every word correctly
B. the English phonetic alphabet is a must in teaching pronunciation
C. students should pronounce every word as precisely as native speakers
D. pronunciation means more than knowing how to pronounce every single word
4. Which of the following is the best title for the passage?
A. Suggestions on Teaching English Pronunciation.
B. Listening Comes First in Teaching Pronunciation.
C. The English Phonetic Alphabet and Pronunciation.
D. Other Things to Be Done besides Pronouncing Every Word.
