Part II. Cracking Phonetic Confusion
1. “Reading Method” in listening practice
Ø import ability (reading/listening) and export ability (writing/speaking)
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Ø Reading logic in listening practice
2. Confusion I. Speed
Ø VOA standard and VOA special
Ø Romantic and rap
Ø Cracking: FOLLOW THE SPEED AND IMMITATION
Step One: read the text fluently
Step Two: read and listen while speak out the text
Step Three: just listen and speak out the text
3. Confusion II. Familiar and unfamiliar
Ø Oceanic
Ø Debris
4. Confusion III. American accent and others
Ø Glass, class, fast
Ø Hot, box, rock
Ø Door, dollar, more
Ø neither; either secretary, dictionary, tomato, history
5. Confusion IV. Phonetic Connection
Ø Consonant and vowel: e.g. I was found on the ground by the fountain about a field of a summer stride.
Ø Consonant and consonant: e.g. some money
Ø Vowel and vowel: e.g. be on time
Ø Plosive sound (p b t d k g): e.g. sit down
Ø “h”: e.g. for him
Ø Others: [t]+[j]=[ch]: e.g. meet you/ hurt you/ that your
[d]+[j]=[dg]: e.g. would you/ hand your/ did you
[s]+[j]=[sh]: e.g. miss you/ this year
[z]+[j]=[g]: e.g. as usual/ because you
“T”: e.g. interview/ want to
6. Confusion V. Phonetic Weakness
Ø Preposition: e.g. stay at home/ do it for fun/ come from China/ go in the house/ a cup of coffee/ the train to Paris
Ø Pronoun: e.g. Phone us when you are free/ I’ve lost my book
Ø Conjunction: e.g. please give me some cream and sugar/ either Tom or Peter can come
Ø Examples: I’m afraid I run out of film.
I can hardly turn around in it.
I simply couldn’t put it down.
I toss and turn in bed.
7. Confusion VI. Emphasis
Ø Emphasis on different parts of the sentence: e.g. Tom likes to play soccer.
Ø Emphasis on did/was/do/is/can’t
Ø Emphasis on if only/ subjunctive mood: if only I had a million dollars.
8. Confusion VII. Tone
Ø Something just hit the window. What
Ø And I do?
9. Confusion VIII. Abbreviation
Ø E.g. sitcom/ prof./ chem lab
10. Confusion IX. Number
Ø “Comma Skill”: e.g. 1234,567,890
11. Materials for intensive listening
Ø Teaching materials of foreign publisher: Official Guide, Delta, Longman, Kaplan, etc.
Ø Discovery and National Geography
12. Materials for extensive listening
Ø Recording of movies
Ø TV series (Prison Break/ Hero/ friends)
Ø Standard VOA
Ø English songs
Ø CNN/ CBS/ NBC
Ø Family Album USA
Ø CRI website
13. Strategies for practice
Ø American accent v.s. others
Ø Intensive listening v.s. extensive listening
Ø Follow the recordings and keep imitation
Ø The ability of predicting the meanings of the new words
Schedule arrangement
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