Secrets in Learning English

1. Secrets inLearning English Chenzhou May 2014

2. Topics • Learning English • Teaching English

3. Learning English - 10 • English - Phonological • Exceptions • Phonemic / Phonic Awareness • Syllabic Awareness • Pronunciation & Pinyin • Over-focus on Words • Stress & Intonation • Pauses, punctuations • Reading and Results • English is Difficult

4. 1.English:Phono-Logical • English is built on Sound • 中、钟、忠、盅、衷、终、螽 • 仲、种、家、重 • Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious • Super cali fragi listic expi ali do cious • Antidisestablishmentarianism • Anti dis establish menta rianism

5. Chinese: Logo-Graphical • Shapes – very important • 王 / 三；甲 / 由； 小 / 少 • School begins with WRITING

6. LOGO - GRAPHICAL 家= 富= 富 富 福= 福 福 家 家 家 安= 女 東= 木 日

7. English: Phono-Logical • INTER NATIONAL • BREAK FAST • Sounds must be CORRECT • Sound to avoid confusion • WOMAN / WOMEN [英]['wɪmɪn]

8. 2. Exceptions • 1.5 million words! Phrases? • 10% Exceptions • Focus on Common Sounds • Focus on Vowels • Enough for Teaching • Use http://fanyi.baidu.com/#auto/zh/ http://www.howjsay.com/; http://www.thefreedictionary.com/pronunciation

9. 3. Phonemic / Phonic Awareness How do Chinese students spell? Apple: A-P-P-L-E

10. Native Speaker APPLE AP PLE

11. APPLY Native Speaker APPLE APPLICATION APPARENT APPARATUS

12. Native Speaker EXAMPLE APPLE PRINCIPLE DISCIPLE MULTIPLE

15. B H L S +and • B • F • L • S +end

16. B • F • K • M • B • Bl • F • P +ind +ond

17. ? + ay Bay Clay Day Fay Gay Hay Jay Lay May Pay • Play • Ray • Slay • Stay • Way

18. 4. Syllabic Awareness • English Words : multi-sound

19. Sy lla bles Morning Din ner Shower Thirty U sually Li sten Note book Week end Class mate Break fast Bed time Pair work

20. 5. Pronunciation & Pinyin • Pinyin developed Overseas • Most phonemes are the SAME

23. Vowels Differences • Long Short Vowels

24. 1a

25. 1b

26. Accuracy Important • SHEET= 床单 • I like your sheet. • I like your sh*t. • FORK = 叉子 • Whatbeautiful forks. • What beautiful f**ks.

27. Accuracy Important • I’ll wait for you. • I’llwet for you.(尿裤子）

28. Non-native Vowels • ur as in burn • oi as in boil • ow as in down • air as in stair • ear as in fear

30. Non-native Phonemes • j as in judge • ch as in church • th as in thin • th as in these • sh as in should • zh as in treasure, vision • v as in van

31. Accuracy Important • I gave my girl friend a veil. • I gave my girl friend a whale. (鲸鱼）

32. 6. Over-focus on Words • j as in judge • ch as in church • th as in thin • th as in these • sh as in should • zh as in treasure, vision • v as in van

33. Difficult Sounds • Not too Strong, e.g. • OIL • Zebras in the zoo …… • These things are thin. • My brother bothers me.

34. Consonant Sounds • Leading (Onset) – Stronger • Middle (Nucleus) – Weaker • Ending(Coda) – Weaker • Extra Sounds!

35. Connected Speech • My mother is a cook. • My Marther is a cooker. • I like this book very much. • I like this booker very march. • It was the best of all. • Eat waltz the best of wall. • e.g. oil, church • My brother bothers him. • My brother bothers Saheem.

36. 7. Stress & Intonation • Key words give meaning to sentence.

37. 月落乌啼霜满天 江枫渔火对愁眠 姑苏城外寒山寺 夜半钟声到客船

38. Key Words The Christmas lights are flashing, In gold and red and green, And high above the starlight Is silver and serene.

39. Key Words The Christmas lights are flashing, In gold and red and green, And high above the starlight Is silver and serene. ♪ ♫ ♪

40. Rhythm - Stress Now the wind is blowing, Now the wind is strong, Now the winter freezes, The darkness will be long. Now we see the starlight, In the midnight sky, The cold will be coming, With snow flying by.

41. Rhythm - Stress ♪ ♪ Now the wind is blowing, Now the wind is strong, Now the winter freezes, The darkness will be long. Now we see the starlight, In the midnight sky, The cold will be coming, With snow flying by.

42. What about Prose

43. It was Thursday afternoon and there was no school. In my father’s armchair I sat, watching the raindrops trickling down the window panes. Mother was making lemon tea as the clock struck four. The tune she sang was pure pleasure to hear and her voice soon put me into a trance. I closed my eyes and very soon drifted like a feather into Never Never Land.

44. It was Thursday afternoon and there was no school. In my father’s armchair I sat, watching the raindrops trickling down the window panes. Mother was making lemon tea as the clock struck four. The tune she sang was pure pleasure to hear and her voice soon put me into a trance. I closed my eyes and very soon drifted like a feather into Never Never Land.

45. It was Thursday afternoon and there was no school. In my father’s armchair I sat, watching the raindrops trickling down the window panes. Mother was making lemon tea as the clock struck four. The tune she sang was pure pleasure to hear and her voice soon put me into a trance. I closed my eyes and very soon drifted like a feather into Never Never Land.

46. It was Thursday afternoon and there was no school. In my father’s armchair I sat, watching the raindrops trickling down the window panes. Mother was making lemon tea as the clock struck four. The tune she sang was pure pleasure to hear and her voice soon put me into a trance. I closed my eyes and very soon drifted like a feather into Never Never Land.

47. It was Thursday afternoon and there was no school. In my father’s armchair I sat, watching the raindrops trickling down the window panes. Mother was making lemon tea as the clock struck four. The tune she sang was pure pleasure to hear and her voice soon put me into a trance. I closed my eyes and very soon drifted like a feather into Never Never Land.

48. It was Thursday afternoon and there was no school. In my father’s armchair I sat, watching the raindrops trickling down the window panes. Mother was making lemon tea as the clock struck four. The tune she sang was pure pleasure to hear and her voice soon put me into a trance. I closed my eyes and very soon drifted like a feather into Never Never Land.

49. It was Thursday afternoon and there was no school. In my father’s armchair I sat, watching the raindrops trickling down the window panes. Mother was making lemon tea as the clock struck four. The tune she sang was pure pleasure to hear andher voice soon put me into a trance. I closed my eyes and very soon drifted like a feather into Never Never Land.

50. 8. Pauses & Punctuations • Allow people to understand. • e.g. The King died in Spring. The Prince was born. • The King died. In Spring, the Prince was born.