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Hearing / Pronunciation--Problems and Solutions Adapted from presentations for The English Pronunciation Transcription Association And The Ibaraki Prefecture Board of Education Frank Berberich [email protected] Tokiwa University Department of English and American Studies. Today’s plan. - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
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Hearing / Pronunciation--Problems and Solutions
Adapted from presentations for The English Pronunciation Transcription Association
And
The Ibaraki Prefecture Board of Education
Frank [email protected]
Tokiwa UniversityDepartment of English and American Studies
• What is Hearing / Pronunciation?
• Why teach it?
• Some physiology and psychology
• Language pairs – Japanese-English
• Five problems in the J-E language pair
• Some solutions
Today’s plan
• Some Physiology and Psychology
–The auditory system
–Perception and cognition
•The telephone theory
•The continuum theory–Categorical perception
•The Auditory System
• Some Physiology and Psychology
–The auditory system
–Perception and cognition
•The telephone theory
•The continuum theory–Categorical perception
The telephone theory
A direct link from sensor to thinker
The continuum theory
Processing happens along the path between the sensor and thinker
Perception and cognition
•The Auditory System
A continuumof change
change
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change
• Some Physiology and Psychology
–The auditory system
–Perception and cognition
•The telephone theory
•The continuum theory–Categorical perception
• VVV???BBBBBBBBB??GGGGGGGGGGGG??YY?OOORRRRRRRR
What is green, blue?
Categorical PerceptionCategorical perceptionof color
Discrimination--same or different?
Recognition--/ba/, /ga/, or /ba/?
J-E /r/ /l/
Recognition--“It’s [ra].”
Discrimination--Same or different?
/ra/ /la/
Change about 10 months
Change about 10 months
When change Hin/Sal > E-kids
Chinchilla
• What is Hearing / Pronunciation?
• Why teach it?
• Some physiology and psychology
• Language pairs – Japanese-English
• Five problems in the J-E pair
• Some solutions
•Language Pairs
J K E D
J E
• What is Hearing / Pronunciation?
• Why teach it?
• Some physiology and psychology
• Language pairs – Japanese-English
• Five problems in the J-E pair
• Some solutions
• Five problems in the J - E pair–English speech and writing are different ghoti / ?/
linking: This is a book / thi si za book /
–Phonemes (sounds) --- /th/, /l/, /sh/, /s/–The “extra” vowel -- /thi su i su a boo ku/–The second language of Japan and カ
タカナ -- カメラ or カムラ ?–Rhythm and timing -- "The CAT is ON
the MAT"
• What is Hearing / Pronunciation?
• Why teach it?
• Some physiology and psychology
• Language pairs – Japanese-English
• Five problems in the J-E pair
• Some solutions
• Some solutions–Phonics–Contrastive pairs -- the pointing game
–Preparation sounds -- /t/ /l/–Cutting the “extra” vowel -- a famous word
–Counting syllables -- poetry–Dictation -- a little different way
•Examples of Phonics
• Some solutions–Phonics–Contrastive pairs -- the pointing game
–Preparation sounds -- /t/ /l/–Cutting the “extra” vowel -- a famous word
–Counting syllables -- poetry–Dictation -- a little different way
The pointing game
(1) (2)• she• sheep• shield• sheen• sheer
• see• seep• sealed• seen• sear
• Some solutions–Phonics–Contrastive pairs -- the pointing game
–Preparation sounds -- /t/ /l/–Cutting the “extra” vowel -- a famous word
–Counting syllables -- poetry–Dictation -- a little different way
Using Japanese preparations for English sounds
To make an English /th/ (‘the’) sound, prepare with Japanese / タ /, loosen, aspirate, voice
For /l/, prepare with / タ /, loosen, voice, vowel
For /r/, prepare with / カ /, loosen,voice
Question: What are some “big payoff” sounds?
Question: What are some “big payoff” sounds?
Those that are:
frequentnot in Japanese
Question: What are some “big payoff” sounds?
Those that are:
frequentnot in Japanese
Examples:
/th/, /v/, /f/, /s/, ….
• Some solutions–Phonics–Contrastive pairs -- the pointing game
–Preparation sounds -- /t/ --> /l/–Cutting the “extra” vowel -- a famous word
–Counting syllables -- poetry–Dictation -- a little different way
Two versions of a famous word
• Some solutions–Phonics–Contrastive pairs -- the pointing game
–Preparation sounds -- /t/ --> /l/–Cutting the “extra” vowel -- a famous word
–Counting syllables -- poetry–Dictation -- a little different way
•A Poem
Twinkle, twinkle little star,
How I wonder what you are.
Up above the earth so high,
Like a diamond in the sky.
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• Some solutions–Phonics–Contrastive pairs -- the pointing game
–Preparation sounds -- /t/ --> /l/–Cutting the “extra” vowel -- a famous word
–Counting syllables -- poetry–Dictation – you know this…
Hearing / Pronunciation--Problems and Solutions
THANK YOU!
Frank [email protected]
Tokiwa UniversityDepartment of English and American Studies
