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PRONUNCIATION
TEACHING
PRONUNCIATION
1. What role does pronunciation play in language
learning?
2. What is the goal of teaching pronunciation?
3. What aspects of pronunciation do we need to
teach?
4. How can teachers help the students to practice
pronunciation?
THE ROLE OF PRONUNCIATION
The big black bear bit the back of a big black pig.
When the big black bug bit the back of the big black bear,
The big black pig bit back the big black bear.
PRACTISING STRESS AND
INTONATION
Practising stress:
• Use gestures. (by clapping hands or using arm movements.)
• Use the voice. (by raising the voice)
• Use the blackboard. (by underlining or colouring)
Practising intonation :
• Use hand or arm movement.
• Use arrows (↘ for falling, ↗for rising)
• Draw lines under/above the words: