《英语语音》课程教学教案Unit 1Purpose: The students will learn some basic concepts in English pronunciation. We are going to learn something about syllables, stress and rhythm in English. At the same time, they will learn to say greetings and farewell with appropriate pronunciation and intonation in English.Objectives: Students will be able to : 1. Define - in their own words a definition for “syllable” and “stressed syllable”, then a definition for “rhythm” and “rhythmic pattern”;2. Compare – based on the understanding of the basic concept, compare the degrees of stress and different rhythmic patterns;3. Practice – imitate the typical stress patterns and rhythmic patterns in English.Resources/Materials: 1. Handouts: illustration of stress patterns and rhythmic pattern;2. Recordings of native speakersActivities and Procedures: 1. Begin by asking the class to find out how much the students know about stress patterns and rhythmic patters in English, make sure that it serves the purpose of stimulating the students to think about the issue and have the desire to find out the answers themselves.2. Display examples by playing the recording of the native speakers showing the typical stress patters and rhythmic patterns in English.3. Ask the students to listen to the tapes to mark out the stressed syllables in words.4. Ask the students to listen to the tapes to mark out the stressed words in sentences.5. Have the students imitate the stress patterns and rhythmic patterns to experience the rhythm in speech.6. Have the students share what they have learned by reading out the practice materials in pairs.7. Have the students listen to the conversations recorded by native speakers of English and try to get the rhythmic patterns in their speech.8. Have the students practice the guided conversation. Ask them to pay special attention to the stress the rhythm in speech. 9. Highlight the language function in the conversation in the practice.10. Have several pairs of the students present their conversation in the class.11. Comment on the students’ performance by highlighting the achievement of the students and the efforts they need for the improvement.12. Ask the students to do more practice after class and get ready for presentation during the next session.附: 要点、重点和难点Unit 1Basic Concepts: Syllables, Stress & RhythmIn this unit, we are going to learn some basic concepts in English pronunciation. We are going to learn something about syllables, stress and rhythm in English. At the same time, we are going to learn to say greetings and farewell with appropriate pronunciation and intonation in English.First of all, let’s look at the syllable in English.Please listen to the following word: driveway.Now, tell me, how many syllables there are in this word? Right. There are two.Please listen to the following sentence: Drive him away.Tell me, how many syllables there are in this sentence? Right. There are four.IntroductionSo. What is a syllable?A syllable is a word part and the basic unit of English rhythm. English words can have one, two, three or even more syllables. In the word ‘driveway’, there are two syllables. In the sentence ‘Drive him away’, there are four. What is a stressed syllable?In English words with more than one syllable, one of them will receive more stress than the others. Stressed syllables are those that are marked in the dictionary as stressed. For example, in the word ‘driveway’, the first syllable is a stressed syllable while the second syllable is not. Stressed syllables in English are usually longer, louder, and higher in pitch.Listen to the following example:ba NAAAAﻩﻩnaﻩﻩﻩ Syllable 1ﻩSyllable 2ﻩ Syllable 3ﻩﻩ (short)ﻩﻩ (long)ﻩﻩ (short)The word "banana" has 3 syllables. Syllable 1 is not stressed and so is short. Syllable 2 is stressed and so is long with a clear vowel sound /B:/. Syllable 3 is not stressed and so is also short.Here is a short summary about the stressed and unstressed syllables:ﻩStressed syllables are strong syllables. Unstressed syllables are weak syllables. Stressed syllables:- are long- have a pitch change- have full vowel sounds. Unstressed syllables:- are short- often have a reduced vowel sound.Now let’s look at the rhythm in English.We all know that correct pronunciation of the individual English sounds is important in communication. The way the sounds are organized, however, is often more crucial for understanding. The rhythm of English, for example, is one of the two major organizing structures that native speakers rely on to process speech. What is rhythm?Rhythm can be found everywhere in life: the sound of a clock, the beating of the heart, the strokes of a swimmer, and of course in poetry and music. But rhythm in language is less familiar because it is less obvious. The rhythm of a language is characterized by the timing pattern of successive syllables. In some languages, every syllable is given about the same length, while in others, syllables vary in length. In English, strong beats are called stress -- the heart of the rhythmic pattern.第1单元ﻩ基本概念:音节、重音与节奏本单元将向人们简介英语语音语调的基本概念, 重要简介英语语音的音节、重音和节奏规律。
一方面,让我们先来看看英语的音节:单词driveway有两个音节句子Drive him away有四个音节ﻩ何谓“音节”?音节是一种言语单位,常常比一种语音长,但比一种单词短一种英语单词可以有一种、两个三个或更多的音节就像我们刚看到的单词driveway有两个音节, 句子Drive him away有四个音节同步,音节又是英语发音节奏的最基本的单位何谓“重读音节”?如果一种英语单词中拥有两个或两个以上的音节,其中一种音节会比其周边的音节要响亮些重读音节一般在词典中有所标注例如,单词driveway的第一种音节就是重读音节,而它的第二个音节就是非重读音节英语中的重读音节在发音过程中往往要比非重读音节要长某些,响亮某些,同步音调也稍高某些例如,“banana”一词有三个音节第一种音节是非重音,因此发音所需时间比较短第二个音节是重读,因此元音/B:/发的比较长,清晰响亮第三个音节同样属非重音,因此发音所需时间也很短可见,重读音节与非重读音节分别有如下特性:重读音节: ⒈声音响亮 ⒉延续时间较长 ⒊音调较高非重读音节: 1.延续时间较短 2.元音发音弱化英语话语节奏:学会发好每一种英语音素,是学好英语语音的基本,对的的发音在语言交流中非常重要。
然而,语音的组合方式对于听者的理解也起着至关重要的作用英语的话语节奏就是其中之一何谓“英语话语节奏”?节奏在我们的平常生活中无所不在:滴答转动的钟表声,砰砰不断的心脏跳动,游泳的划水节拍,优美诗句和音乐的韵律,这些都是节奏的体现话语节奏与前面我们所提到的平常生活中显而易见的节奏不同之处在于:语言中的话语节奏不是那么明显与绝对语言中的节奏特性是由一连串音节的长短来体现的有某些语言的话语特点是:每一种音节的音长呈大体相似的趋势,这种音节彼此距离大体相等的现象被称为“以音节定期”节奏汉语的话语节奏就有这样的倾向例如,当我说:“面包加牛奶”,这里含5个音节,所需的时间暂且定为5个时段如果我要说:“一片面包加一杯牛奶”,这里含9个音节,所需的时间就是9个时段英语的话语节奏则显不同的趋势例如,在“bread and milk”短语中,音节数是三个,其中“bread”与“milk”是重读音节在“some bread and some milk”这一短语中,音节数是5个,其中重读的也是“bread”与“milk”虽然这两个短语的音节数不同,但是在话语中,它们所需的时间却是大体相似的,由于它们有一种共同点:重读音节数相似。
这种重读音节彼此距离相等的现象就是“以重音定期”节奏掌握这一英语话语的节奏规律对于提高我们英语口语的流利限度和自然限度以及英语听力理解迅速解码的能力至关重要正由于如此,我们将重音与节奏的学习放在中心与突出的位置,从第一单元的概念简介开始,贯穿整个语音课程学习的始终Unit 2Purpose: The students will learn the stop consonants in English.Objectives: Students will be able to : 1. Define - in their own words a definition for “stops”;2. Compare – based on the understanding of the basic concept, compare stops and other consonants;3. Practice – imitate the sounds and do practice.Resources/Materials: 1. Textbook: Wang, Guizhen, An English Pronunciation Course, Higher Education Press, Beijing, ;2. Handouts: illustration of the phonemes in focus;3. Recordings of native speakersActivities and Procedures: 1. Stimulating: Begin by asking the class to find out how much the students know about what they are required to learn. Make sure that it serves the purpose of stimulating the students to think about the issue and have the desire to find out the answers themselves.2. Display examples by playing the recording of the native speakers showing the typical pronunciation in English.3. Ask the students to listen to the tapes to make a good discrimination of the sounds in focus.4. Have the students imitate the sound in focus.5. Have the students share what they have learned by reading out the practice materials in pairs.6. Have the students listen to the conversations recorded by native speakers of English and try to get the sounds in focus correct in their pronunciation.7. Have the students practice the guided conversation. Ask them to pay special attention to the sounds in focus in speech. 8. Highlight the language function in the conversation in the practice.9. Have several pairs of the students present their conversation in the class.10. Comment on the students’ performance by highlighting the achievement of the students and the efforts they need for the improvement.11. Ask the students to do more practice after class and get ready for presentation during the next session.附: 要点、重点和难点Unit 2ﻩConsonants: StopsIn this unit, we will learn the stop consonants in English. The stop consonants are made by completely stopping the airflow at some point in the mouth and then, for most productions, releasing it into the sound that follows. There are six stops in English: /p/ and /b/ are formed by the lips, /t/ and /d/ are made on the gum ridge behind the upper teeth, and /k/ and /g/ occur at the back of the mouth where the tongue makes a weal with the soft palate. /p/, /t/, /k/ are voiceless stops as they are not accompanied by vibration from the larynx, while /b/, /d/, /g/ are the voiced stops. These stops are among the most frequent sounds in English and have fairly consistent spellings./p/ and /b/You pronounce the /p/ and /b/ by stopping the airstream with you lips, building up pressure and suddenly releasing the air. They can be used at the beginning, middle and end of words. The following are some of the allophonic variations of /p/ and /b/. Allophonic variations of /p/:AllophoneﻩOccurrenceﻩﻩ ﻩﻩﻩﻩﻩ ﻩﻩExample[pH]ﻩ ﻩAspirated release in initial word and stressed positions poke[p-] ﻩ Unreleased in word final position ﻩﻩ top ten[p ]ﻩﻩ Unaspirated release in clusters, esp. after /s/ﻩﻩ ﻩspot[p:] ﻩLengthening, when an arresting /p/ is followedﻩﻩ by a releasing /p/ﻩ ﻩﻩﻩﻩ Stop Pete.[p(] ﻩ Nasal release, before a syllabic nasalﻩ ﻩ ﻩStop him.Allophonic variations of /b/:AllophoneﻩOccurrenceﻩ ﻩﻩﻩ ﻩﻩﻩExample[b-] ﻩﻩUnreleased in word final positionﻩ ﻩ rob[b:]ﻩ lengthened when an arresting /b/ is followed ﻩ by a releasing /b/ ﻩ Rob Bob.[b(]ﻩﻩ Nasal resonance, before a syllabic nasal ﻩﻩRob him./t/ and /d/The /t/ sound is one of the most frequent in English and occur in all three positions at the word level. It has many variations and is a very interesting and productive sound in the language. /d/ is not as frequent in English nor does it have the number of varieties that /t/ has. You pronounce them by blocking the airstream with the tongue and upper gum ridge, building up air pressure and suddenly releasing it. The following are some of the allophonic variations of /t/ and /d/:Allophonic variations of /t/:Allophone Occurrenceﻩﻩ ﻩﻩ ﻩﻩ Example[tH]ﻩ ﻩAspirated release in word initial and stressed positions tape[t-] ﻩﻩUnreleased in word final position ﻩ coat[t ] ﻩﻩUnaspirated release in consonant cluster, esp. with /s/ stop[t0] ﻩ Dentalized before /P/ﻩﻩ ﻩﻩﻩﻩeighth[t(] ﻩ Nasal release, before a syllabic nasal ﻩﻩﻩbutton[R]ﻩ Flapped, intervocalicallyﻩ ﻩﻩﻩﻩﻩﻩletter[?]ﻩﻩﻩGlottal stop, before syllabic [n] or [l]ﻩﻩﻩ button[t:]ﻩﻩ Lengthening, when an arresting /t/ is followed by a releasing /t/ ﻩ let Tim[tSr8] Affrication of initial position /tr/ ﻩ ﻩ trainAllophonic variations of /d/:Allophone Occurrence ﻩ ﻩ ﻩ ﻩ Example[d9]ﻩ ﻩDentalized before an interdentalﻩﻩ ﻩﻩ width[d-] Unreleased in word final positionﻩﻩ ﻩﻩﻩdad[ dél ] Bilateral release with /l/ ﻩ ﻩﻩﻩ ﻩpadlock[d(]ﻩﻩ Nasal release, before a syllabic nasal ﻩ bread'n butter[R ]ﻩ Flapped, intervocalicallyﻩ ﻩ ﻩ ﻩladder[d:] ﻩLengthening, when an arresting /d/ is followedﻩﻩ ﻩ by a releasing /d/ ﻩ sad Dave[d3r]ﻩ Affrication of initial position /dr/ ﻩﻩ drain/k/ and /g/You produce /k/ and /g/ by blocking the breath-stream with the back of the tongue and soft palate, building up the pressure, and suddenly releasing it. The "hard-c", as in cat, and the letter "k" account for most of the spellings of /k/, but there is also a silent-k in words such as know and knight. The spelling of /g/ is consistent in English, although there is a silent version in words such as gnash and gnat. Both /k/ and /g/ can occur at the beginning, middle, and end of words in English. The following are some of the allophonic variations of /k/ and /g/:Allophonic variations of /k/:AllophoneﻩOccurrenceﻩ ﻩ ﻩﻩﻩﻩﻩ Example[kH]ﻩﻩﻩAspirated release in word initial and stressed positions keep[k-]ﻩ ﻩUnreleased in word final position take[k]ﻩﻩﻩUnaspirated release in consonant cluster, esp. with /s/ﻩsky[k:] Lengthening, when an arresting /k/ is followed ﻩﻩ ﻩby a releasing /k/ ﻩ ﻩ take Kim[k(]ﻩ Nasal release, before a syllabic nasalﻩﻩﻩ ﻩbeacon[ kél ] ﻩ Bilateral release with /l/ﻩ ﻩ ﻩﻩclock[c] or [k]ﻩ Assimilated to a front soundﻩﻩﻩﻩﻩﻩkeen[?]ﻩ ﻩGlottal stop, before syllabic [n]ﻩ ﻩﻩﻩbacon[k¤¤¤¤¤] Rounded, before a rounded sound ﻩﻩﻩ ﻩquarterAllophonic variations of /g/:AllophoneﻩOccurrence ﻩ ﻩ ﻩﻩﻩ ﻩExample[g-]ﻩ ﻩUnreleased in word final position and some clusters ﻩflag[g:]ﻩ Lengthening, when an arresting /g/ is followed ﻩ ﻩ by a releasing /g/ ﻩ ﻩﻩbig grapes[gél ] ﻩBilateral release before /l/ ﻩ ﻩ ﻩﻩglad[g(] ﻩﻩNasal release, before a syllabic nasalﻩﻩ ﻩpig and goat[ï] or [g] Assimilated to a fronted sound ﻩﻩﻩ geese[g¤¤¤¤¤]ﻩﻩ Rounded, before a rounded soundﻩ ﻩﻩ ﻩgoosePronunciation difficultiesThe English stops do not generally cause an intelligibility problem among the Chinese EFL learners but some learners may devoice final position voiced stops so that tab may be pronounced as tap, code as coat and /li:g/ as /li:k/. Lengthening the vowel before the voiced stops will aid in the perception of a voiced final stop. /i:/ in need, for example, is usually a little bit longer than /i:/ in neat when they are in similar phonetic contexts. Another difficulty with the Chinese EFL learners is the pronunciation of the stops in consonant clusters. Drill the sounds in all positions, paying close attention to the strength of production and the degree of voicing.第2单元 辅音 : 塞音在这一单元,我们将学习英语的爆破音,也叫塞音。
英语的爆破音共有三对,发音措施是:使气流在口腔某处成阻,再让气流冲决阻碍,爆破生音,因此叫爆破音英语的六个爆破音中:/p/和/b/的发音部位是双唇;/t/和/d/的发音部位是舌尖和齿龈;/k/和/g/发音时,则是用舌后部触软腭形成阻塞而爆破生音其中/p/,/t/和/k/是清辅音,由于发这三个音时声带无需振动相反的,/b/,/d/和/g/在发音时,声带振动,是浊辅音/p/和/b/当你发/p/和/b/两音时,双唇合拢而形成阻塞,然后让气流冲决阻碍,爆破生音这两个音可出目前词首、词中和词尾三个部位,/p/和/b/在不同的语音环境中有不同的变体:/p/的音位变体①/p/在词首且在重读音节中时,是送气音如poke;②当处在词尾时,也许失去爆破,如top tea;③在/s/后形成辅音连缀时,/p/在发音时不送气,如spot;④当两个/p/相邻时,无需产生两次爆破,而只是延长发音的时间,如stop Pete;⑤当/p/后紧跟着的是鼻音时,此时爆破不在口腔,而在鼻腔,就是我们一般说的“鼻腔爆破”,如Stop him;/b/的音位变体:①当处在词尾时,不完全爆破,如rob the man;②当两个[b]相邻时,无需产生爆破,只是延长发音时间,如rob Bob;③/b/在鼻音前时,爆破不在口腔,而在鼻腔,如rob him;/t/和/d//t/和/d/是齿龈爆破音. 发这两个音时,用舌尖抵齿龈成阻,让气流爆发而出。
/t/的音位变体①/t/在词首且在重读音节中时,是送气音如tape;②当处在词尾时,也许失去爆破,如sit still;③在/s/后形成辅音连缀时,/t/在发音时不送气,如stop;④当处在/ /之前时,呈齿音化发音,如eighth;⑤当/t/后紧跟着的是鼻音时,此时爆破不在口腔,而在鼻腔,就是我们一般说的“鼻腔爆破”,如button;⑥当处在两个元音之间时,/t/听起来近似闪音,如letter;⑦当/t/位于成音节/n/或/l/前时,便成了声门爆破音,如little;⑧当两个/t/相邻时,无需产生两次爆破,而只是延长发音的时间,如let Tim;⑨当处在辅音组合/tr/中时,发音兼具爆破与摩擦的特性,如train;/d/的音位变体:①当处在齿间音(如/W/ /T/)之前时,呈齿音化发音,如width;②当处在词尾时,不完全爆破,如Dad said so.③当与/l/组合时,成为舌侧爆破音,如padlook;④/d/在鼻音前时,爆破不在口腔,而在鼻腔,如bread’n butter;⑤当两个/b/相邻时,无需产生爆破,只是延长发音时间,如sad Dave⑥当处在辅音组合/dr/之中时,发音兼具爆破和摩擦的特性,如drain。
/k/和/g/发/k/和/g/两音时,用舌根顶住软腭堵住气流的出路,然后舌根猛地离开软腭使气流爆发而出/k/是清辅音,/g/是浊辅音/k/的音位变体①/k/位于词首,且在重读音节中时,是送气音,如keep;②当处在词尾时,也许失去爆破,如take three;③在/s/后形成辅音连缀时,/k/在发音时不送气,如sky④当两个/k/相邻时,无需产生两次爆破,而只是延长发音的时间,如take Kim;⑤当/k/后紧跟着的是鼻音时,此时爆破不在口腔,而在鼻腔,就是我们一般说的“鼻腔爆破”,如beacon;⑥当与/l/音组合时,成为舌侧爆破音,如clock;⑦后跟前元音时,/k/的发音部位前移,如keen;⑧位于成音节/n/时,便成了声门爆破,如bacon;⑨位于圆唇音之前时,发音时亦呈圆唇,如quarter./g/的音位变体①当处在词尾时,不完全爆破,如lag behind;②当两个/g/相邻时,无需产生爆破,只是延长发音时间,如big grapes③当与/l/组合时,与成为舌侧爆破音,如glad;④/g/在鼻音前时,爆破不在口腔,而在鼻腔,如pig and goat;⑤后跟前元音时,发音部位前移,如geese;⑥位于圆唇音之前时,发音时亦呈圆唇,如goose.发音难点解析中国学生在学习英语爆破音时要注意的问题重要有如下两点:一、爆破音的学习,就发音部位来说,并不难掌握:英语的爆破音与汉语的声母(b,p,d,t,k,g)极为相近。
所不同之处重要体目前发音措施上总的说来,英语的三对爆破音的区别特性是清辅音和浊辅音;而区别汉语三对声母的特性则是送气音与非送气音当英语的爆破音位于词首时,清辅音的送气比汉语的相应音更为有力;浊辅音一般只有轻微的声带振动当英语的爆破音位于词尾时,爆破也许非常地轻微,此时,协助辨别清浊辅音的一种重要特性就是位于爆破音前的元音的长度例如,在相似的语音环境中,need中的/i:/一般比neat中的/i:/稍长某些此外,当浊辅音位于两个元音之间时,声带振动则是必须的二、在学习中要注意的另一种问题是这三对爆破音的音位变体这些音位变体的重要形式我们已经接触过例如,什么时侯爆破音会失去爆破:take them;鼻腔爆破音应怎么发:garden;旁流爆破音应怎么发:people;在辅音连缀中,当/p t k/出目前/s/之后,“送气”会削弱,如speak, sky, star掌握了以上发音措施,我们就能对的地发好英语的爆破音了Unit 3Purpose: The students will learn the consonants: “fricatives” and “affricates” in English.Objectives: Students will be able to : 1. Define - in their own words a definition for “fricatives” and “affricates”;2. Compare – based on the understanding of the basic concept, compare them with other consonants;3. Practice – imitate the sounds and do practice.Resources/Materials: 1. Textbook: Wang, Guizhen, An English Pronunciation Course, Higher Education Press, Beijing, ;2. Handouts: illustration of the phonemes in focus;3. Recordings of native speakersActivities and Procedures: 1. Stimulating: Begin by asking the class to find out how much the students know about what they are required to learn. Make sure that it serves the purpose of stimulating the students to think about the issue and have the desire to find out the answers themselves.2. Display examples by playing the recording of the native speakers showing the typical pronunciation in English.3. Ask the students to listen to the tapes to make a good discrimination of the sounds in focus.4. Have the students imitate the sound in focus.5. Have the students share what they have learned by reading out the practice materials in pairs.6. Have the students listen to the conversations recorded by native speakers of English and try to get the sounds in focus correct in their pronunciation.7. Have the students practice the guided conversation. Ask them to pay special attention to the sounds in focus in speech. 6. Highlight the language function in the conversation in the practice.7. Have several pairs of the students present their conversation in the class.8. Comment on the students’ performance by highlighting the achievement of the students and the efforts they need for the improvement.9. Ask the students to do more practice after class and get ready for presentation during the next session.附: 要点、重点和难点Unit 3(要点、重点和难点)Consonants: Fricatives and AffricatesThis is Unit 3. In this unit, we are going to learn two groups of consonants: fricatives and affricates. At the same time, we are going to learn how to describe an object and to learn how to talk about one’s job with appropriate pronunciation and intonation in English.IntroductionWhat do you know about fricatives and affricates in English?Well, if the stops completely block the airstream for a time in the pronunciation, the fricatives only partially block it, thus causing the friction-like noise characteristic of these sounds. There are nine fricative consonants, forming the largest set of consonants in English. /tF/ and /dV/ are affricate sounds, which you produce by blocking off the breath-stream between the tongue and gum ridge, for a stop and a fricative. The term affricate means "blend", in this case, consisting of a stop and a fricative. /tF/ and /dV/are the two English affricates and they differ primarily in terms of voicing./f/ and /v//f/ and /v/ are labio-dental sounds. /f/ is voiceless and /v/ is voiced. They are fricative sounds that you produce by forcing the breathstream between you upper teeth and lower lip. They can be used at the beginning, middle and end of words. /f/ is not a problem sound for most of the students but /v/ may sometimes cause problems. It may substitute for another bilabial such as /w/, or a bilabial /b/ may be substituted for /v/. There is also a tendency to devoice /v/, especially at the ends of words./W/ and /T//W/ and /T/ are interdental sounds. They are fricatives that。