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1. David F. Dalton pointed out that Arabic speakers would find it difficult to distinguish between / p / and / b / , Japanese speakers will not be aware of the difference between / l / and / r / and Spanish speakers will hava a trouble realising consonant clusters like [ sts ].

Topic : Teaching English Language.
Subtopic : Teaching English pronunciation.
Author: David F. Dalton
Date : January, 1997.
Quotation : We can predict that Arabic speakers will have difficulty distinguishing between / p / and / b / , Japanese speakers will not perceive the difference between / l / and / r / and Spanish speakers will have a problem realising consonant clusters like [ sts ]
Summary : The author indicated the common mistakes in pronunciation by ESL speakers like Arabic, Japanese and Spanish.
Response: I like it.
Comment: From my viewpoint, the author’s findings are very important when stating the pronunciation difficulties of people around the world. Therefore, the readers can be aware of these mistakes and typical features in spoken languages. And learners should know, learn and improve pronunciation gradually basing on the difficulties. Question: What is the pronunciation trouble made by Vietnamese speakers?
Cross reference:
+ David, F.D. (January, 1997). Some techniques for Teaching Pronunciation. The Internet TESL Journal. Retrieved October 17, 2013, from http://iteslj.org/Techniques/Dalton-Pronunciation.html
+ Michael, S. & Bernard, S. ( 2001). Learner English (2nd ed.). A teacher’s guide to interference and other problem. Cambridge University Press.
+ Pronunciation: Common Mistakes by French Speakers. Retrieved October 17, 2013, from http://eslbyamber.blogspot.com/2012/11/pronunciation-common-mistakes-by-french.html

2. Exercise should be simple, accessible , fun and combine reception and production. Some students (usually adults) do feel embarassed to pull ridiculuous faces when practising vowel sounds (this may be personal or cultural or both) but I have generally found that this soon passes and students enjoy the pronunciation work. Where possible, exercises should be communicative in that they should (and do generate differences of opinion and disagreement about what was said/heard
Topic: Teaching English language.
Subtopic : Teaching English pronunciation.
Author: David F. Dalton
Date : 1st January, 1997
Summary: Pronunciation exercises ought to be motivated and communicative to involve students in although some of the students feel shy to carry out that.
Response: I appreciate the findings.
Comment: the author found out the facts in teaching English pronunciation particularly doing pronunciation activities which are popular but not many people solve it effectively. Moreover, he gave the standards of pronunciation exercises in class so that they can help students improve gradually.
Question : What will people do to make the exercise fun and accessible?
Cross reference :
+ David, F.D. (January, 1997). Some techniques for Teaching Pronunciation. The Internet TESL Journal. Retrieved October 17, 2013, from http://iteslj.org/Techniques/Dalton-Pronunciation.html
+ Finn, O. (March 30, 2009). Spanish Classroom Pronunciation Activity Involving the Entire Class. In Rebecca Scudder (Ed.). Retrieved October 17, 2013 from http://www.brighthub.com/education/languages/articles/30721.aspx.