Theoretical phonetics. Study guide for second year students. Борискина О.О - 48 стр.

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Part 3
• Are you able to link words appropriately?
• Does the knowledge of sintagmatic relations between vowel and consonant
sounds in discourse help master sound production?
• May lack of awareness of the English discourse linking rules bring about
misunderstanding in cross-cultural communication, low self-esteem, lack of
confidence, frustration in ELL?
• What, in your opinion, contributes more to a learner’s language proficiency:
sound articulation accuracy or command of phonetic modifications in discourse?
• How would you rate mispronouncing as the cause of misunderstanding in
cross-cultural communication?
• Do you find differences in articulatory transitions between English and
Russian significant? Illustrate these differences in case of aspiration,
palatalization and labialization?

Part 4
• What difficulties with word stress in English do you encounter?
• Do you find differences in degrees of word stress between English and
Russian significant?
• How do you obscure unstressed vowels in English?
• Does the knowledge of word stress nature and accentual tendencies in
Modern English help manage misstressing?
• What strategies and techniques do you use to cure misstressing of English
words?
• Does misstressing contribute to misunderstanding in cross-cultural
communication, low learner’s self-esteem, lack of confidence and frustration in
ELL?

Part 5
• Many ESL/EFL teachers think that prosody is a more important part of
pronunciation than consonants and vowels. What do you think?
• What difficulties with Intonation in English do you encounter?
• Do you find any of the English prosodic features difficult to manage?
• Are you able to reduce unstressed function words in discourse?
• Does the study of prosodic features may help you eliminate Russian accent?
How?
• What fluency-oriented tasks may lead to better performance in interactive
situations?
• What authentic discourse samples would you suggest to teach prosody?
• Draw up Your Pronunciation Development Profile. It will enable you to
measure your progress with your speaking habits in extended discourse.