Pax et bonum all!
I am an adult educator, and am looking for information or opinions on ways to teach pronunciation. I recently read a book on linguistics that listed the several ways in which sounds are created, such as 'labio-dental' and the like, but I cannot find the entire list. Does anyone know where I can find this info.
Also, is there info on particular exercises for specific language groups, such as Vietnamese learners of English, whom seem to have a considerable problem speaking English?
Thanks a bunch!
Pronunciation skills
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You don't make it clear what you do as an "adult eduator", but I assume from your post that you are teaching English in Vietnam. What training do you have?
Type IPA or International Phonetic Association in a search engine and you should get everything on phonetics.
If you want to limit it to English I suggest reading "Sound foundations by Adrian Underhill. Use the chart. I wouldn't recommend using all the activities, though. Just what you need.
I teach Poles and find that I can teach the open and closed vowels by putting the fingers and thumbs of my hands together to form a ring which I can deform appropiately, and by running my finger across my front teeth and saying, "Your tongue goes here," for the "th" sounds.
The Vietnamese are the largest non-Polish ethnic group in Poland, but I'm afraid I've only ever taught one Vietnamese student and that was for a cover lesson. I do remember, however that she had a lot of pronounciation problems. I do actually come across quite a lot of Vietnamese as they often work as market traders where I live, but I haven't come across any that speak English yet.
You don't make it clear what you do as an "adult eduator", but I assume from your post that you are teaching English in Vietnam. What training do you have?
Type IPA or International Phonetic Association in a search engine and you should get everything on phonetics.
If you want to limit it to English I suggest reading "Sound foundations by Adrian Underhill. Use the chart. I wouldn't recommend using all the activities, though. Just what you need.
I teach Poles and find that I can teach the open and closed vowels by putting the fingers and thumbs of my hands together to form a ring which I can deform appropiately, and by running my finger across my front teeth and saying, "Your tongue goes here," for the "th" sounds.
The Vietnamese are the largest non-Polish ethnic group in Poland, but I'm afraid I've only ever taught one Vietnamese student and that was for a cover lesson. I do remember, however that she had a lot of pronounciation problems. I do actually come across quite a lot of Vietnamese as they often work as market traders where I live, but I haven't come across any that speak English yet.