Instructor: Ching Kang Liu (National Taipei University)
Tel. (2)8674-6633; E-mail: ckliu@mail.ntpu.edu.tw
Office: Room 6633, Humanity Hall
Class Schedule: Jan. 19-21, 2009
Location for the workshop: Language Center
References
Celce-Murcia, M., Brinton, D. M.,, & Goodwin, J. M. (1996). Teaching Pronunciation. NY: Cambridge University Press (Crane
in Taipei.)
Avery, P. & Ehrlich, S. (1992). Teaching American English
Pronunciation. NY: Oxford University Press.
Shockey, L. (2003). Sound Patterns of Spoken English. MA:
Blackwell Publishing. Website with course materials http://web.ntpu.edu.tw/~ckliu/pronunciation/ccu2008.htm
This course will be a mixture of lectures, discussions
and practices. It is assumed that all attendants are already familiar
with most common knowledge of English phonetic symbols (e.g., KK or IPA) and basic rules of English pronunciation.
This course, therefore, focuses on revisiting the English phonetic
theories and how they can be applied to instruction of English pronunciation
in class or to self-modification of the trainee's English pronunciation.
The instructor will introduce and explain the materials
covered in each lecture, including basic theories, physical features
of sounds, and explaining how to employ different instruments to aid instruction
of English pronunciation.
2. Practice
There are two types of practice: one is the drill
part in class led by the instructor; the other, drills outside class.
All the materials needed for self-paced drills will be available
on the website posted above and all attendants are expected to do
the drill after each section of the class materials is completed.
A Tentative Weekly
Calendar (Subject to change for instruction reasons)
Find one or two partners to practice vowels and consonants together both in class and outside of the class.
Read the assigned minimal pairs and sentences and make sure that both you yourself and your partner can pronounce "satisfactorily" before you come back to class the next day.
Put down the "deviated sounds" or "errors" to be discussed in class.
9:10-10:30
Initial screening test:;
Components of sound
10:40-12:00
English vowels & phonetic facts;
Analyses of error patterns
13:30-15:00
English consonants, phonetic facts, & phonological rules;
Place and manners of articulation
Improve your English pronunciation by applying what we have learned in class to the real situations. Use PRAAT if necessary. But always remember a saying that you have known perfectly: Practice makes perfect. My saying to be added here: High motivation makes you excel.
9:10-10:30
Accent Awareness:
Accent Enhancement
In depth assessment
10:40-12:00
Re-examination: Target phonemes & pronunciation components to communicative effectiveness
13:30-15:00
Re-diagnosing common pronunciation problems in English produced by your partner/new partners or by yourself
15:10-16:00
Report & Evaluations of progress
16:10-17:00
Closing
17:10-17:30
Reach goals: understand the pronunciation components, speak with more clarity and improved verbal fluidity & Increase the confidence in communication.