300-500 words each.
topic 1: The Phonology of English and the Phonemic Script:
-Describe a pronunciation problem you had in learning a foreign language. How did you overcome that difficulty? What did your teacher do to help you with pronunciation?
-Explain why the English alphabet alone is not a very good guide to the pronunciation of English. Give examples (beyond what you may have seen here).
-What are some of the advantages of using the Phonetic Chart in class to help your students with their pronunciation problems?
-Describe a specific student/teacher interaction in which it would be used.
-see file mod 9.2 for reference
topic 2 Teaching Sound Recognition and Pronunciation:
-Research and then tell what the rules are for the pronunciation of final ´ed´ in past tense verbs that you saw in this section. How would you teach this to your students? Look in our Resource Center for the rule.
-List the minimal pairs you´d use to teach the following for initial, medial or final location:
/ i / and / I /
/ p / and / f /
/ r / and / l /
/ r / and / h /
/ v / and / b /
-see file 9.3 for reference
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