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- Mon Jun 27, 2011 2:10 pm
- Forum: Pronunciation
- Topic: A balance between prosody and segmental feature?
- Replies: 9
- Views: 17920
- Wed Jun 22, 2011 10:15 am
- Forum: Pronunciation
- Topic: A balance between prosody and segmental feature?
- Replies: 9
- Views: 17920
Prosody here means intonation, rhyme, connected speech, etc. Well I don't see why you can't teach that in the beginning, as I said above. I'm sorry for my unclear statement in the first posting. Actually, I don't contend that prosody should be avoided. What I'm wondering is teaching it in an explic...
- Tue Jun 21, 2011 12:39 am
- Forum: Pronunciation
- Topic: A balance between prosody and segmental feature?
- Replies: 9
- Views: 17920
- Mon Jun 20, 2011 5:50 am
- Forum: Pronunciation
- Topic: A balance between prosody and segmental feature?
- Replies: 9
- Views: 17920
A balance between prosody and segmental feature?
Many studies showed the important place of prosody in language communication for the reason that misunderstanding would occur when speakers are lack of suprasegmental knowledge. However, most of language teaching focuses on segmental features first, especially the instruction for beginners, and then...
- Mon Jun 20, 2011 5:16 am
- Forum: Computer Assisted Language Learning
- Topic: New Online: Learn English with Pictures
- Replies: 3
- Views: 6997
I consider that creating a section of grouping words by topic would be beneficial for learner's memorization. Here are two suggestions for the site. One is that giving some sentences for each word would make learners understand better of the usage or context of a word. The other is the video clip of...
- Fri Jun 17, 2011 6:39 pm
- Forum: Computer Assisted Language Learning
- Topic: Podcasts in the classroom
- Replies: 8
- Views: 14406
I'm afraid there is no best way for using Podcast in language teaching. The effect of Podcast facilitates student's learning depends on the consistency of teacher's utilization and instructional goal. That is, ways of using Podcast vary according to teaching objectives. As for listening practice, te...
- Fri Jun 17, 2011 5:22 pm
- Forum: Computer Assisted Language Learning
- Topic: what are students' linguistic challenges in online class?
- Replies: 3
- Views: 9507
I'm wondering whether you could provide much information about your target students and the orientation of on-line course. That would be helpful for narrowing down the focus of discussion. As for the instructional model, you could emply both synchronous and asychronous compatibly. The effects of the...