UNIT 2. TEACHING PRONUNCIATION

Question 1

What does the following description refer to?

involves a variety of challenges such as time, willingness, fear of frustrations, difficulties, boredom, psychological factors ,innate phonetic ability to perceive and produce sounds different from the native sound system.

Answer 1

teaching pronunciation

Question 2

What does the following description refer to?

The function of this items is what is being used for. It is indicated by intonation and stress.

Answer 2

Utterance

Question 3

What do the following items refer to?

Native Language
Age
Exposure
Innate phonetic ability 
Identity and language ego
Motivation

Answer 3

Aspects that affect Pronunciation

Question 4

What does the following description refer to?

The most influential factor that affects pronunciation

Answer 4

Native Language

Question 5

What does the following description refer to?

children between the age of 11 and 13 have an excellent chance of sounding like a native speaker.

Answer 5

Age

Question 6

What does the following description refer to?

Quality and intensity of exposure.

Answer 6

Exposure

Question 7

what does the following description refer to?

An “ear” for language

Answer 7

Innate phonetic ability

Question 8

What does the following description refer to?

students need to become aware of the second identity.

Answer 8

Identity and language ego

Question 9

What does the following description refer to?

and concern for good pronunciation

Answer 9

Motivation

Question 10

What do the following items refer to?

Integrated lesson
Remedial Lessons
Practice Lessons

Answer 10

Models to teach pronunciation

Question 11

What does the following description refer to?

Pronunciation forms an essential part of the language analysis and the planning process and the language presentation and practice within the lesson.

Answer 11

Integrated lessons

Question 12

What does the following description refer to?

Or reactive lessons, where a pronunciation difficulty that arises in class is dealt with there and then, in order to facilitate the successful achievement of classroom tasks.

Answer 12

Remedial lessons

Question 13

What does the following description refer to?

A particular feature of pronunciation is insolated and practiced for its own sake, forming the main focus of a lesson period.

Answer 13

Practice lessons

Question 14

What does the following description refer to?

One of the main ways in which pronunciation is practiced in the classroom is through this aspect. In its most basic form, it simply involves the teacher saying a word or structure, and getting the class to repeat it.

Answer 14

Drilling

Question 15

What does the following description refer to?

means listening to a model, provided by the teacher, or a tape or another student, and repeating what is heard. This is a repetition drill, a technique that is still used by many teachers when introducing new language items to their students. The teacher says the word or phrase and the students repeat it.

Answer 15

Drilling

Question 16

What does the following description refer to?

it consists of the choral or individual repetition of patterns. Students are not required to understand the meaning of words. The main purpose is to achieve automaticity and the mastery of sounds or words.

Answer 16

Repetition drill

Question 17

What does the following description refer to?

the teacher provides a sentence or structure, which the students repeat

Answer 17

Substitution drilling

Question 18

What does the following description refer to?

• in this technique, students display more creativity and have to change, or substitute the structure.

Answer 18

Moving slot substitution drilling

Question 19

What does the following description refer to?

Encouraging students to bring up a previously studied word, phrase or structure. The teacher generally uses prompts, pictures, mime, etc to help the process along, and can give the relevant item to the students if none of them is able to offer it.

Answer 19

Eliciting

Question 20

What does the following description refer to?

It can be used for sentences that prove difficult for students to pronounce, either because they are long, or because they include difficult words and sounds.

Answer 20

Chaining

Question 21

What does the following description refer to?

is a term that “describes a variety of techniques which enable the teacher to get learners to provide information rather than giving it to them”.

Answer 21

Eliciting

Question 22

What does the following description refer to?

helps to develop a learner-centered classroom and a stimulating environment, while making learning memorable by linking new and old information.

Answer 22

Eliciting

Question 23

What does the following description refer to?

questions and answer drills might be set up across the class, with one student asking and another responding, and so on.

Answer 23

Open Pair Drilling

Question 24

What does the following description refer to?

Is another important and useful variation. This involves drilling a structure but substituting items of vocabulary into the sentence being dealt with.

Answer 24

Substitution drilling