In this unit we review about Phonlogy. I could
define Phonology as the study of sounds. However, it is not only about sounds,
it also has some features that include phonemes, word stress, sentence stress
and intonation. But, Why is important to know about phonology? As an English teacher is very important
because we must know the correct pronunciation of words while we are teaching.
How phonemes are represented in order to know
how to pronounce correctly. Complete awareness of stress patterns for words (e.
g. record as a verb is stress in the first syllable and as a noun it is stress
in the second syllable) and also for sentences because the stress may change
the meaning of what we said to convey a correcte meaning we have to follow certain rhythm. For example:
Teachers have
to teach their students to recognize stress patters, phonetic symbols in order
to reach fluency and accuracy. For my own experience I could said that phonology
is important at the moment of teaching a language not only to be understand but
also to communicate the right meaning.
watch the video bellow for more information about Phonology
References:
Videos
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jF9qTJD25Ig
For further reading
watch the video bellow for more information about Phonology
References:
Videos
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jF9qTJD25Ig
For further reading
Roach, P. (2000). English phonetics
and phonology: A practical course (3rd ed.). Cambridge, U.K.:
Cambridge University Press.
Ewen, C. (1988). Phonology.
Cambridge [Cambridgeshire: Cambridge University Press.
obviously phonetics is not only about sounds. It has some important facts for teaching. I think, that we teach phonetics in an indirect way when teaching. For example when we correct a word. So if we don't master phonetics, it could be bad for our teaching.
ReplyDeleteI think that phonology help us a lot because through this we know how to pronounce and it is very important because we teach our students how to pronounce some words when they made a mistake.
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