1.To learn more about the phonetic features of the
target language (i.e.,
English) and of the first language (e.g., Mandarin) in a systematic way and find the
contrastive mechanism that
governs the pronunciation of both languages;
2.
2.To explore the fundamental phonetic “phenomena”
of both languages;
3.
3.To be aware of how and when pronunciation should be taught/brought in during instruction;
4.
4.Always remember that nothing is absolute in
language instruction. A “good” instructor is to be able to
help learners recognize different
values of a language, rather than to exclude
different accents of a language.