English Pronunciation 英語正音面面觀 以英語正音網站為例 A Site for Improving Spoken English Sunny Tseng 曾淳美
Why an English Pronunciation Site for College Students? There is a need -To improve intelligibility - To enhance listening comprehension There is a dream -To speak like a native speaker There is a must -To avoid sounding unprofessional in the international community
How Many Languages in the World? 6,800 known languages in 191 countries 2,261 languages have writing systems
Helps for Spoken English The tongue and mouth positions of English Students’ Other learned language pronunciation Chinese and Taiwanese Chinese and Hakka Chinese and Cantonese Japanese and Osaka Dialect
Combination of Chinese and Taiwanese sounds or clusters C Z ICRT Two bottles of beer Playing a game 你去 “ 死 ” 好了. ( 台語 ) ㄙㄧ ( 國語 ) “ 按 ” 電鈴 ( 台語 ) IC 兒 T ( 國語尾音 ) Two 八斗子 a beer Play 嬰兒 game
Content of the Site Alphabets 字母 Vowels 母音 Consonants 子音 Reduction 省音 Linking 連音 Stress 重音 Rhythm 節奏 Conversation 會話 Acronyms 常用字頭語 FAQ (Q & A) 常見問 題討論板 -Online Test 線上測驗 -Diagnosis 發音診斷 -Sample Diagnosis 診 斷樣本 -Online Diagnosis 線 上診斷