3766 - 英語發音及聽力增進 英授 Taught in English

Pronunciation and Listening

教育目標 Course Target

By the end of the course, students will demonstrate improvements in their pronunciation of American English. They will show increased awareness of the differences between accurate and less than accurate pronunciations, in terms of word and sentence stress, intonation, consonants and vowels. They will also be able to pronounce consonants and vowels of English sounds which are particularly troublesome for Chinese learners with increased accuracy.

By the end of the course, students will demonstrate improvements in their pronunciation of American English. They will show increased awareness of the differences between accurate and less than accurate pronunciations, in terms of word and sentence stress, intonation, consonants and vowels. They will also be able to pronounce consonants and vowels of English sounds which are particularly troublesome for Chinese learners with increased accuracy.

課程概述 Course Description

This course intends to improve Chinese EFL students pronunciation and listening comprehension of American English. The emphases of the course are on the sounds that are central to intelligibility and sounds that are challenging for most speakers of Chinese. The course leads students to discover, recognize, pronounce and comprehend American English word stress, sentence stress, intonation patterns, and high-frequency vowels and consonants with increased accuracy. It offers extensive listening and speaking practice so that students can carry key pronunciation patterns over to listening and speaking American English in different contests. The learning activities such as guided conversations, pair and small group practices, information gap activities, peer interviews, and short oral reports will invite students to enjoy improving their command of accurate pronunciation and comprehension in spoken American English.

This course intends to improve Chinese EFL students pronunciation and listening comprehension of American English. The emphases of the course are on the sounds that are central to intelligibility and sounds that are challenging for most speakers of Chinese. The course leads students to discover, recognize, pronounce and comprehend American English word stress, sentence stress, intonation patterns, and high-frequency vowels and consonants with It offers extensive listening and speaking practice so that students can carry key pronunciation patterns over to listening and speaking American English in different contests. The learning activities such as guided conversations, pair and small practices group, information gap activities, peer interviews, and short oral reports will invite students to enjoy improving their command of accurate pronunciation and comprehension in spoken increased accuracy. American English.

參考書目 Reference Books

Guilbert, J. B. (2012). Clear Speech 4th ed. New York: Cambridge University Press.
TED Talks: https://www.ted.com/talks/browse?language=zh-tw
www.esl-lab.com
Other useful materials and web links will be provided during the semester

Guilbert, J. B. (2012). Clear Speech 4th ed. New York: Cambridge University Press.
TED Talks: https://www.ted.com/talks/browse?language=zh-tw
www.esl-lab.com
Other useful materials and web links will be provided during the semester

評分方式 Grading

評分項目
Grading Method
配分比例
Percentage
說明
Description
Mid-Term Exam
Mid-Term Exam
15 It covers the Units 1-8
Final Exam
Final Exam
15 It covers Units 9-15
Attendance
Attendance
15 Each absence is -10 points, each time being late, -5 points. Each time raise hand to participate is +1
Quizzes
Quizzes
15 Every 3-4 units, we have a quiz
Listening Journal
Listening Journal
40 This is the most important part of this course. No late work is allowed

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課程資訊 Course Information

基本資料 Basic Information

  • 課程代碼 Course Code: 3766
  • 學分 Credit: 3-0
  • 上課時間 Course Time:
    Wednesday/10,11,12[LAN109]
  • 授課教師 Teacher:
    曾瑾玲
  • 修課班級 Class:
    共選修2-4,碩博
選課狀態 Enrollment Status

目前選課人數 Current Enrollment: 23 人

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