Listening, Speaking, and Pronunciation-Fall 2004
Course Description
This course is designed for high-intermediate ESL students who need to develop better listening comprehension and oral skills, which will primarily be achieved by detailed instructions on pronunciation. Our focus will be on
(1) producing accurate and intelligible English,
(2) becoming more comfortable listening to rapidly spoken English, and
(3) learning common expressions, gambits, and idioms used in both formal and informal contexts.
Lecture Notes
During the fall of 2004, four sessions of 21F.224 were recorded especially for OpenCourseWare. In these sessions, Professor Yoo works with students on some of the exercises covered in the handouts. The videos capture typical dynamics of the classroom, including the professor's lectures, students working together in small groups, and students participating in a classroom debate. Below are links to the videos.
Session 1 Lecture 18: Word Stress (cont.); Stress in Compounds.
Session 2 Lecture 19: Stress in Compounds (cont.); Sentence Stress and
Rhythm.
Session 3 Lecture 20: Rhythm (cont.); Prominence.
Session 4 Lecture 21: Prominence (cont.); Student Debate.
Comment:
Since it was about my course which I study, I choose the topic to watch.
Although the teacher wasn't an English teacher, still I could learn something which I didn't know before.
The teacher taught you how to pronouce words. Which place should stress and which place should become schwa, etc.
I think if one wants to improve his or her accent, I suggest they must watch the videos because it is worth it.
Here is some of my notes:
prepotsition doesn't get any stress
She was 'looking (at me).
She 'looked 'away (from me).
Verb.+Prepositions
He called (on the phone).
She turned (on a red light). (Schwa)
Verb+ Particle
She called off (the meeting).
She turned on (a red light).
Turn it on.---it can move
That's talk about the problem.(Particle)
That's talk the problem about. (X)
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