TEACHING PRONUNCIATION Presented by NHL, Teacher of Tran Phu School Why to teach pronunciation? What to teach? When to teach pronunciation? How to teach pronunciation?     1. Why to teach pronunciation? – to improve intelligibility – to create the best impression in particular situations – because of the inconsistent relationship between pronunciation and writing (different spelling but same pronunciation)  confusion Pronunciation’s problems – (1) using the wrong sound – (2) leaving sounds out – (3) adding sounds – (4) putting stress on the wrong syllable in a word – (5) putting stress on the wrong syllable in a sentence – (6) using the wrong intonation pattern – (7) combinations of these problems 2. What to teach? 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 24 2. What to teach? 1 2 3 4 5 6 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 12 vowels and 8 diphthongs. 7 8 9 10 11 12  Accents  Consonant Sequences Clusters 1. Initial Sequences 2. Final Sequences 3. Sequences in the middle of words 4. Sequences between words  Suprasegmental features 1. Stress within Words 2. Rhythm, Stress and Intonation within Sentences  Suprasegmental features Suprasegmental features CONTEXT 3. When to teach pronunciation? a. How long should a pronunciation activity last? -> Not more than 5 or 10 minutes at the most. b. Where should pron. practice come in a lesson? -> It depends on whether the focus on pronunciation is incidental. + teaching grammar + teaching vocabulary + teaching listening / speaking / reading -> 4. How to teach pronunciation? 1. Dictation Lists 2. People Pairs 3. Pairs / Minimal Pairs 4. Backchaining 5. Finger Correction 6. Symbols 7. Games 8. Songs / Karaoke 9. Playing with the Tongues 10.Poems … . TEACHING PRONUNCIATION Presented by NHL, Teacher of Tran Phu School Why to teach pronunciation? What to teach? When to teach pronunciation? How to teach pronunciation? . inconsistent relationship between pronunciation and writing (different spelling but same pronunciation)  confusion Pronunciation s problems – (1) using