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MEI- 03 English Teaching Methods Speaking and Listening Skills
By Mitzy Glenn, María González and Deyanira Mora
1Educational material created for ULATINA Centro Interamericano de Posgrados.2013
Pronunciation and Listening Comprehension
Teaching Emphasis, Grouping and Pause to First Grade
• Intonation and Communication: Native speakers vs. nonnative speakers • Language learners: frustrated, embarrassed,
discouraged. Reading vs. speaking
Relating Pronunciation and Listening Comprehension
Relating Pronunciation and Listening Comprehension
• Communication and comprehension= listening skills and pronunciation.
Both parties Process of reassessment Matching systems of speech signals
Intonation: The “Musical” Signals of English
• Elements: Pitch patterns (melody) Timing (rhythm)• Learners: “Speaking the new language with
the music of the old language” Musical patterns: use and recognition= comprehension.
Marking New Information- Old Information
• Old information: ideas discussed or mutually understood.
• New information: new thoughts- main attention.
Sentence stress: The shift of emphasis in a conversation- to follow each others’ thoughts (listener and speaker)
• 4 Physical signals: 1. Pitch change 2. Length of the vowel3. Clarity of the vowel: atom- atomic4. Loudness
Content words - stressedWords carrying the meaning Example
MAIN VERBS sell, give, employ
NOUNS car, music, Mary
ADJECTIVES red, big, interesting
ADVERBS quickly, loudly, never
NEGATIVE AUXILIARIES don't, aren't, can't
Structure words - unstressedWords for correct grammar Example
PRONOUNS he, we, they
PREPOSITIONS on, at, into
ARTICLES a, an, the
CONJUNCTIONS and, but, because
AUXILIARY VERBS do, be, have, can, must
Word Stress RuleWord type Where is the stress? Examples
Two syllables
Nouns on the first syllablecenter object flower
Verbs on the last syllablerelease admit
arrange
Compound
Nouns (N + N)
(Adj. + N)on the first part
desktop pencil case bookshelf
greenhouse
Adjectives (Adj. + P.P.)
on the last part (the verb part)
well-meant hard-headed old-fashioned
Verbs (prep. + verb)
understand overlook
outperform
Thought Groups and Pause• Natural divisions we make when reading a text,
speaking to other people, or giving a speech in front of a class.
• To divide the message people want to convey.
• Musical signals are used to mark the end of thought groups; the speaker marks the end of a group with a pause.
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References Al-Sibai, D. (2004) Intonation:A Suprasegmental Aspect of the English Language.
Catford, J. C. (1992). Prosodic Features. In A Practical Introduction to Phonetics (pp. 172-186). Oxford: Clarendon Press.
Gilbert, J.B (1984) Clear Speech. New York: Cambridge University Press.
Hewings, M. (1995, August) Tone Choice in the English Intonation of Non-Native Speakers. International Review of Applied Linguistics in Language Teaching , 33, 251-265. Retrieved
Ranalli, J. M. Discourse Intonation: To Teach or not to Teach? Birmingham: University of Birmingham. Retrieved May 14, 2004, from http://www. cels.bham. ac.uk
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