Petra Pesova

Starting Teaching Pronunciation to Czech Learners of English

Connected Speech - a stressed-time language symptom - in a syllable language environment

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

"... this can t be me speaking, I sound so well in English now!" "Having known this, I had scored better in my listening tests, do you think there is a connection between pronunciation and listening?"..."Why did we learn this in French in the third lesson and never in English... These and the alike are comments of my middle-aged adult students after having gone through a lesson on connected speech, which unfortunately is not a very popular topic in the Czech Rep. The reasons may vary, from lack of time to teach and focus on pronunciation, or due to the fact that Czech is a phonetic language as opposed to English being a stressed-time language, lack of experience in pronunciation learning, non-native teachers' fear of pronunciation lessons and other. The work also shows research with a group of young adult learners, their will, attitude, progress, enthusiasm, boredom, motivation at different stages of the year-long project of introducing and practising the rules of connected speech. The book is bringing examples and shortcuts for both teachers and learners of English.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: LAP Lambert Academic Publishing
• Seitenzahl: 100
• Erscheinungstermin: 31. Oktober 2013
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 220mm x 150mm x 6mm
• Gewicht: 167g
• ISBN-13: 9783659474651
• ISBN-10: 3659474657
• Artikelnr.: 39858739

Autorenporträt

I am a Czech woman who is well-versed in English and Music from both the CR and UK. I have nine years of English teaching experience with preschool children all the way to adults,in the Czech Rep and North Wales. I've authored a book on nursery rhymes,designed an English-learning CD-ROM. Now I concentrate on the inner motivation through Montessori.