A Survey on English Phonetics Teaching Strategies in Primary Schools 小学英语语音教学策略调查研究 Abstract Phonetics teaching, which mainly includes phoneme teaching, stress teaching, rhythm teaching, intonation teaching, liaison teaching and so on, is the fundamental part in English teaching. It is not only the first step for students to enter the world of English learning, but also affects whether students have interest in learning English. The study was aimed at investigating the current situation of primary school English phonetics teaching, finding and discussing some English phonetics teaching strategies in primary school through making a survey on primary school English teachers. In this study, questionnaire methodology was introduced. After analyzing the questionnaire, the author found that the current situation of primary school English phonetics teaching was not optimistic. Students’ phonetic ability needed to be strengthened and teachers’ English phonetics teaching strategies were relatively simple. Teachers could teach phonetics by utilizing imitation strategy and combining with songs and chants. What’s more, in order to apply the phonetics teaching strategies into primary school English teaching, it should provide enough and special time for phonetic teaching at first. Then it was necessary to improve teacher’s literacy and strengthen the teacher's phonetic ability and phonetics teaching ability and so on. Key words: primary school; phonetics teaching; strategies Contents Acknowledgments……………………………………………………….……I Abstract.....…………………………………………………….……….……......II 摘 要………………………………………………………………………………. III 1. Introduction………………………………………………………...………..1 1.1 Background of the study ……………………………………………………….1 1.2 Purpose and Significance of the Study …………………………………………1 1.3 Structure of the Paper……………………………………………………………2 2. Literature Review……………………...………...........................................................4 2.1 Definition of the Related Basic Concepts……………………………………….4 2.1.1 The Phonetics………………………………………………………………4 2.1.2 The English Phonetics Teaching Strategies………………………………..5 2.2 The Theoretical Foundation…………………………………………………….5 2.2.1 Constructivist Teaching Theory……………………………………………5 2.2.2 Learning Motivation Theory………………………………………………6 2.3 Empirical Studies on English Phonetics Teaching Strategies in Primary Schools ……7 3. Research Methodology………………………………………………………10 3.1 Research Questions……………………………………………………………10 3.2 Subjects……………………………………………………………………….10 3.3 Instrument………………………….…..…………….…………………10 3.4 Data Collection………………………………………………………….……11 4. Results and Discussion……………………….……………………….…...12 4.1 Analysis of the Results………………………………….…………..................12 4.1.1 Background Information of the Teachers………………….……………….12 4.1.2 Teachers’ Knowledge about Phonetics Teaching ……………………….…12 4.1.3 Teachers’ Attitude towards English Phonetics Teaching …………………13 4.1.4 Measures for English Phonetics Teaching ……………………………….15 4.1.5 The Effect of Phonetics Teaching .................................................................17 4.1.6 The difficulties in English phonetics teaching ………………………….…18 4.2 Discussion……………………………………………………………………..19 4.2.1 The Problems Existing in English Phonetics Teaching in Primary Schools....19 4.2.2 The Suggestions for English Phonetics Teaching Strategies in Primary Schools………………………………………………………………………….……20 5. Conclusion……………………………………………….……………………24 5.1 Research Findings…………..…………..………………………………………24 5.2 Research Limitations……….……….…………………………………………..25 5.3 Research Suggestions…………………...………………...…………………….25 References………………………………………………..………………………26 Appendixes………………………………………………..………………………27 |
A Survey on English Phonetics Teaching Strategies in Primary Schools小学英语语音教学策略调查研究
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