Pronunciation in SpeakingSpecial Consideration for Teaching Speaking

by Min-Jung, Kim

Exemplary show case for proper pronunciation

Listen and think about communication problem from a Italian man’s cultural difference and in precise pronunciation.

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Why pronunciation is important in speaking profi-ciency?

-> Mispronunciation of the word or incorrect intonation leads misunderstanding in communication.

-> Good pronunciation facilitates functional skills in com-munication competence. It helps a speaker’s credibility as a competent communicator.

-> Articulating a standardized pronunciation gives added value of good impression to listener. It moves on a speaker’s self competence and affect the public relations.

<Norma, L. F. (1987). Teaching pronunciation through functional oral communication techniques>

Why it is difficult to learn precise pronounce?

-> L2 Learner’s native language has different systematic variations in which his/her linguistic habits have been fos-silized for many years. Aural-oral ways of L2 learners can’t catch correct sounds at the beginning stage of learn-ing . Also structurally different linguistic systems impede to be in automatically controlled pronouncing words or phrase in speaking naturally .

-> There are hundreds of variation on regional accents and dialects of L2 language. Such internal variations are shown in even well-defined dialects of a given language, because the users bear extra linguistic variables such as age, region, socio-economic status, group identification.

Kordula. D. K. (2001), retrieved from course documents on blackboard 542D>

How to teach pronunciation skill?

Rationale

-> Although integrated instructions for fluency, accuracy and pronunciation for speaking proficiency has been claimed for the last decade or so, educational programs for correcting pronun-ciation have given for a relatively limited period in learning process or were available for the students with a certain level of fluency. It was because teaching method were short-term ob-jective related to precisely presenting phonological features.

-> Difficulties in grammatical structures and different level of vocabularies in the pronunciation exercise could not lead to the integrated learning process.

<Chela-flores, B. (2001) . Pronunciation and language learning : An integrative approach>

Integration of pronunciation into a language program

Pedagogical meaning of this method

->Like grammar and vocabulary, the learner should gradually learn and be immersed into pronunciation. It could be achieved by satis-fying listening and oral intelligibility to deal with immediate phono-logical needs. It should be started from beginning level of learning.

-> As a result, instruction should be focus on meaningful units or tone groups., rather than isolated segments or words. Rhythmic patterns are presented as a basic realization of the tone group . And meaning-ful chunks with strength of speech are composed of listening units.

-> This integrates grammatical structures and vocabularies through communicative activity.

<Chela-flores, B. (2001) . Pronunciation and language learning : An integrative approach>

How to teach pronunciation skill?Integration of pronunciation into a language program

Individual pronunciation drilling practice

-> Utilizing voice recognition language learning software programs or voice recording player to acknowledge weaknesses in correct pronunciation.

-> Placing proper stress on syllables and finding the rhythm or into-nation pattern of standard English through many reading prac-tice.

-> Participating in communication community to practice and exam-ine yourself.

To my peers,Q> What’s your own specific pronunciation practice to make your

pronunciation better?

Reference Chelaflores, B. (2001). Pronunciation and language learning : An integrative

approach . International Reviews of Applied Linguistics in Language Teaching, v39(2), 85-101, retrieved from http://web.ebscohost.com.libproxy.lib.csusb.edu/ehost/pdfviewer/pdfviewer?sid=56e536e2-1a17-4192-8196-1cc2da51835c%40sessionmgr10&vid=4&hid=15.

Kordula. D. K. (2001). Excerpted from PowerPoint script, retrieved from course documents on blackboard 542D.

Norma, L. F. (1987) Teaching pronunciation through functional oral commu-nication techniques. resented at annual meeting of Western Speech com-munication Association, Mt. San Antonio College, Walnut, retrieved from http://www.eric.ed.gov/PDFS/ED281386.pdf.