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- 1. 1English Pronunciation forstudents in University of Technology in Taiwan: Problems, Distracting Factors, and Learning StrategiesPresenter: Lulu Chang Instructor: Dr. Pi-Ying Teresa HsuJune 1, 2011PronunciationNOQSZPJMABDEFGHIKRVCLTWXYU
- 2. ContentIntroduction 1. Background 2. MotivationLiterature ReviewMethodology2
- 3. BackgroundEnglish education areasked to be learned for almost all non-English speaking countries. Speaking English intelligibly or comprehensibly has become more and more important with globalization. (Ladegaard & Sachdev, 2006; Leontovich, 2005)3
- 4. BackgroundNon-native speakers ofEnglish are more likely to carry the pronunciation rules from their mother tongue into their English speech.(Fromkin, Rodman, & Hyams, 2003)4
- 5. Background5Learner who hascomplete idea of the standard is able to express precisely by the various pronunciations so that it would be attribute the happening of self-correction. (Ellis, 1994)
- 6. Motivation6Poor pronunciation couldhave made non-native speakers experience the problems like complete breakdown in communication, ineffective speech performance, and false judgment about personal qualities, non-anticipatory reactions from listeners.(Celce-Murcia, Brinton, & Goodwin, 2000)
- 7. MotivationLearners who canspeak with accurate pronunciation have better understanding of their interlocutors, express themselves sufficiently and own higher emotional quotient and motivation in learning and working. (Wu, 1993)7
- 8. ContentIntroductionLiterature Review 1. Phonology awareness 2. Pronunciation problems 3. Tongue twisters/ Songs 4. Purpose of the study 5. Research QuestionMethodology8
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- 10. Pronunciation problems-for Taiwanesestudents (examples) English Sound - Common Error -/th/ “thin” /s/ “sin”/th/ “thin” /f/ “fin”/r/ “rice” /l/ “lice”/r/ “church” /x/ “chuch”/sh/ “Shelly” /s/ “selly”/s/ “see” /T/ dead in taiwaneseNative language will produce difficulty in target language learning.(Chen, 1999)10
- 11. Tongue twisterMinimal pairis what we so called tongue twister. The concept of minimal pair has effectiveness theoretically existence to benefits students.(Browyer, 2004)11
- 12. Minimal pair/Tongue twisteri:/ I(Browyer, 2004)s / th(Browyer, 2004)12
- 13. Children songsAlphabet Soundsfrom Sounds Like Fun: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U3S3OX6HQm4&feature=related12345 :http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NDSOMy7WN_QMost of the children songs was designed for English learning. 13
- 14. Purpose of Study14toexplore the English pronunciation problems on the Technical university students
- 15. to examine theeffect of tongue twister and sing songs on students’ pronunciationResearch QuestionsWhat are Taiwan technical university students’ English pronunciation problems in segmental aspects?1.What are Taiwan technical university students’ English problems in prosodic aspects?2.What are the error types of Taiwan technical university students’ English pronunciation problems?3.What are the factors responsible for Taiwan technical university students’ English pronunciation problems?4.What are the improvements in each groups? And what kind of instrument help students perform better in pronunciation and in what way?5.15
- 16. ContentIntroductionLiterature ReviewMethodology 1. Participants 2. Procedures 3. Instrument 4. Statistical Analysis 16
- 17. Participants1760 students1. Chaoyunguniversity of technology2. freshmen3. non-English major4. basic level
- 18. 18ProcedurePre-testWord recognition test(atthe beginning of semester)1 semesterGroup 1Tongue twistersGroup 2Children songsSame word recognition test(at the end of semester)Post-test
- 19. Instrument:Word recognition testused by Chaoyung English Center (100 words)words in the test were picked from:Ministry of EducationBrown CorpusCEDALCobuildEnglish Dictionary for Advanced LearnersThis word recognition test had been wildly used by researchers, Sun, L.-Y., Chang, C., and Ho, C.-S. (2002) 19
- 20. Samples of theword testArm101Meaning0Total:21020
- 21. Statistical AnalysisDescriptive AnalysisWhatare Taiwan technical university students’ English pronunciation problems in segmental aspects?1.What are Taiwan technical university students’ English problems in prosodic aspects?2.What are the error types of Taiwan technical university students’ English pronunciation problems?3.What are the factors responsible for Taiwan technical university students’ English pronunciation problems?4.21
- 22. What are theimprovements in each group? And what kind of instrument help students perform better in pronunciation and in what way?5.22Statistical AnalysisT-test
- 23. Thank you forthe attention!23
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