INTRODUCTION Pronunciation is an essential part of language. According to Fries (1945)‚ the main problem in learning a new language is not the vocabulary but it is instead the mastery of the sound system‚ which is to understand the stream of speech and to hear distinctive sound features. Pronunciation is important to avoid misunderstandings when communicating. It is seen as a prerequisite for the development of speaking skill (Celce-Murcia & Goodwin‚ 1991). Pronunciation‚ according to Microsoft
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The importance of the English Language today. English is one of the most important languages in the world. It can even be said to be the single most important language. Yes‚ other languages are important too‚ but not for the same reasons as English is important. English is important because it is‚ maybe‚ the only language that truly links the whole world together. If not for English‚ the whole world may not be as united as it is today. The other languages may be important for their local values
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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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SUBJECT/ CLASS/ TIME THEME/TOPIC/ LEARNING OUTCOMES/ OBJECTIVES SPECIFICATION/ACTIVITIES REMARKS ENGLISH LANGUAGE YEAR 2 8.30-9.30 THEME : WORLD OF KNOOWLEDGE TOPIC : MY HOBBIES CS : 2.1 By the end of yr6 pupil will be able to apply knowledge of sound to recognice the text. LS : 2.1.3 Able to blend phonemes and segment words into phonemes and spell. LEARNING OUTCOME : By the end of class students should be able to: Pupil able to segment words correctly
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Name : Rinaldo Kusumah Putra Class : 4E NPM : 10420222 MORPHOPHONEMIC TYPES Morphemes may have more than one variant in different environments‚ we can have another definition of morpheme‚ i.e. a morpheme is a group of allomorphs which have similar meaning or show semantic similarity‚ and are in complementary distribution. The change in form from the base into other allomorphs is called ‘morphophonemic’ change or alternation‚ while the study of morphophonemic change of morphemes
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What Is the Place And Importance Of English In Daily Life? To anyone who lives in an English speaking country‚ it is of vital importance. Language is always very important‚ because it is the communication. If you cannot speak the language of a place‚ it will be very difficult to communicate with the people. And so it is an absolute neccesity.We communicate with others every day. Whether we just say ’hello’ or have a long conversation‚ or whether we give or follow instructions‚ or weather at home
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I. AN INTRODUCTION Suppose the eye of a moderately skilled adult reader (henceforth‚ THE READER) were to fall on this sentence‚ and that he were to read it aloud. - One second after his initial fixation‚ only the first word will have been uttered. But during that second‚ a number of events will have transpired in the mind of the Reader. If we knew the train of events‚ we would know about the different reading processes. If we knew these processes‚ we would know what the child must learn to
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Contents Thesis Statement: English listening comprehension is influenced by the listener’s rudimentary knowledge of the language‚ the cultural knowledge‚ and the psychological factor‚ all of which should be well grasped for a clear understanding. 1. Introduction 1 2. English Listening Comprehension 2 2.1 Definition 2 2.2 Listening Process 4 2.3 Importance of Listening Comprehension 6 3. Factors Affecting English Listening Comprehension 7 3.1 Rudimentary Knowledge of English 7 3.1.1 Pronunciation
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♪ Intonation ♪ Intonation contours in English Not all rises and falls in pitch that occur in the course of an English phrase can be attributed to stress. The same set of segments and word stresses can occur with a number of pitch patterns. Consider the difference between: • You’re going. (statement) • You’re going? (question) The rise and fall of pitch throughout is called its intonation contour. English has a number of intonation patterns which add conventionalized meanings
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Стр. 1 из 185 Chapter 1 American Intonation The American Speech Music CD 1 Track 4 What to Do with Your Mouth to Sound American One of the main differences between the way an American talks and the way the rest of the world talks is that we don’t really move our lips. (So‚ when an American says‚ "Read my lips!" what does he really mean?) We create most of our sounds in the throat‚ using our tongue very actively. If you hold your fingers over your lips or clench
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