1. Accent and Tone of English 英語的重音和聲調 碩研英語一甲 Ma0c0205 李燕俞 (Amber)

2. Introduction Almost students speak English in a toneless and singsong tone. They can ’ t distinguish the tone between Chinese and English. The most problematic: Reading together

3. Why? Reasons: 1. The tone of reading Chinese in elementary school. 2. Chinese and English have no difference in speech sounds.

4. Differences Chinese - tone language English - intonation and stress- timed language

5. Tone language: in every word and morpheme. Intonation language: in a tone unit. *Are you planning a busy day?

6. Stress-timed language Stress syllable: clear, long Light syllable: cloudy, short * Record: [ ‘ r ɛ k ɚ d]-Noun [r ɪ ‘ k ɔ rd]-Verb *Records show progress.

7. Tone Low(1) Medium(2) High(3) Ultra-high(4) 1.Can you do it?(2-3- ) 2.The movie was good.(2-3-1) 3.Good morning.(2-3-2) 4.Well.(2 ) 5.Do you want some tea, coffee, or milk?(2-3- - )

8. Accent 重音 - 主重音 ( ) 、次重音 ( ) 輕音 - 輕音 ( ^ ) 、弱音 ( 不用記號 )

9. Distinguish ㄤ : 亮，強，長，揚，降 重音 : 宏亮較強，聲音較長

10. 層次 1. 字 (tea, they) (teacher, conversation) 2. 複合詞 (darkroom, gold watch) 3. 語調單位 : - 快慢 - 句子有幾個地方需要加強 *The food wasn ’ t good, but I ate it.

11. How to decide? Content words: stress (O) Function words: stress (X)

12. Applications 1.Conversation 2.Read aloud 3.British poem 4.Sing song

13. Conclusion More practice!