Brief Analysis of English Major Students’ Intonation Errors and Countermeasures Abstract: This paper analyses the discourse of 90 English major prostgraduate students from Xuzhou Normal University‚ and points out the problems about their English intonation‚ proposes to strengthen the awareness of the importance of students’ intonation‚ to improve their intonation situation with some teaching methods. Keywords: discourse analysis English major intonation Chapter One Introduction Intonation
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Blood Brothers is a popular play by Willy Russell. It was written and first performed in 1981. The play tells of twin brothers‚ separated at birth‚ with one kept in a low-class family and the other is adopted into a wealthy family. The characters of Mrs Johnston and Mrs Lyons‚ the mothers‚ are total opposites. Mrs Johnston is a struggling‚ single mother of seven‚ with another two on the way‚ whereas Mrs Lyons is a privileged‚ yet childless‚ married woman. The opening scene started with a funeral
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Chapter 1 INTRODUCTION 1.1 Phonetics and phonology They are branches of linguistics that study speech sounds. Phonetics studies physical aspects of speech sounds (the production and perception of speech sounds‚ differences in sound quality‚ clear / l / vs dark / l /‚ / u: / vs / ʊ /‚ / p / vs / ph /‚ etc.). Three main areas of phonetics: - Articulatory phonetics: dealing with the way in which speech sounds are produced (sounds classified according to the position of the lips and the tongue
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Topics: 1. PHONETICS AS A BRANCH OF LINGUISTICS We begin our study of language by examining the inventory‚ structure and functions of the speech sounds. This branch of linguistics is called phonetics. Phonetics (pronounced /fəˈnɛtɪks/‚ from the Greek: φωνή‚ phōnē‚ ’sound‚ voice’) is a branch of linguistics that comprises the study of the sounds of human speech‚ or—in the case of sign languages—the equivalent aspects of sign.[1] It is concerned with the physical properties of speech sounds or signs
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Inhalt 1. Introduction 1 2. Phonetics and phonology – the transmission of a message 2 2.1. A communication model 2 2.2. Phonological elements of communication 3 2.3. Prosodic elements of communication 4 3. Miscommunication – Problems in the auditory channel 6 3.1. Hearing and Listening 6 3.2. Channel- based and interactional- related miscommunication 8 3.3. Sender and receiver related miscommunication 8 3.3.1 Prosodic problems 9 3.3.2 Phonological problems 10 4. Analysis of miscommunication
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musical form‚ genre/style‚ pitch‚ tempo and articulation. Rhythm Rhythm is one of the most important elements of music. According to Roger Kamien in his book‚ Music: An Appreciation (4th Edition)‚ Rhythm is the flow of music through time; the pattern of durations of notes and silences in music. So therefore rhythm is an arrangement of sounds and silences to create specific musical patterns during a particular time or duration. Rhythm also includes beat‚ meter‚ accent‚ syncopation and tempo. Timbre/Instrumentation
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Unit 31 Assessment Task. Promote communication in health‚ social care or children’s and young peoples setting. Communication involves a sender and a receiver transmitting information through communication channels. Senders message can be used for various reasons‚ such as bring out changes in attitudes‚ motivate people or establish and maintain relationships. Receivers mission is to interpret message correctly. We communicate to express our emotions like courage or fear‚ joy or sorrow‚ satisfaction
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tone is pronounced separately. This situation makes it difficult for native speakers of English to understand Vietnamese leaner of English. It can be said that linking sounds problem derive from the lack of listening the sounds from native speakers accent. From all the above mentioned‚ pupils had the mistakes from the beginning of learning English when the first pronunciation
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What is communication? It is a process that involves exchange of information‚ thoughts as well as ideas and emotions. Based on the channels used for communicating‚ the process of communication can be broadly classified as verbal communication and non verbal communication. Non verbal communication is the most important method of communication that we have available as human beings. It is estimated that 55% of our communication is based on the non verbal communication methods‚ and only 38%
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It is possible as well that some critics believe Clinton’s voice represents her lack of capability to be president because her pitch is closer to that of a child’s than a man’s voice typically is. The correlations found in West and Zimmerman’s research on the nature of interruptions in conversations between men and women and parents and children reveals a potential explanation as to why women in politics may be received with less conviction. West and Zimmerman concluded that men interrupt women similarly
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