Pronunciation tips

課前準備

l 一本筆記本,把老師上課提到、補充的相關單字寫下來。(不用特別去背,練習拼寫單字為目的)

l A4文件夾,每次上課講義都好好收起來唷

l 若有影音材料,上課會使用筆電來播放,也會存留備份。

Sounds of English

l 音標:一套描述發音的符號,例如:注音符號、漢語拼音、KK音標、國際音標。學會音標,就可以唸出每一個字。

l 要學哪一種英文音標?

KK:除了台灣,目前世界各國都不再使用來標音了

IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) phonics:世界各國通用,也拿來標記非英語語言

l Watch pronunciation tips film clips from BBC learning English (the part of short vowels)

http://downloads.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/learningenglish/pronunciation/pdf/sounds/sounds_chart.pdf

How to use electronic E-E dictionaries (Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Dictionary, LDOCE, for example)

Why use electronic dictionaries?

l 有真人發音,還可以錄製自己的發音比較

l 解釋字義的用字範圍都在常用單字裡

l 查詢方便而快速、有不懂的字馬上可以點選再查

l 大量例句、片語

l 培養英文思考的能力

l Longman Language Activator: 同義詞群組

Example: Look up the word “Landmark” in LDOCE

l What are the meanings? Some useful phases?

Example: definition search of the word 「水龍頭」

Homework

Read your textbook out loud everyday.

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Watch the pronunciation tips films everyday.

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Look up a word in your textbook in LODCE everyday.

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