Pronouncing a language is a skill. Every normal person is expert with (1) __
7 l9 F n5 K9 s7 m" VThe skill of pronouncing his own language; but few people are even 5 W8 a2 C) T9 ^6 }5 d* `4 h, l
moderately proficient at pronouncing foreign languages. Now there many
' Q! M. n( f7 T5 s* \reasons this, some obvious, some perhaps not so obvious. But I suggest (2) __3 b/ Q" \ B w/ t
that the fundamental reason which people in general do not speak (3) __
" A+ A5 S$ Y6 F, oforeign languages very much better than they do are that they never (4) __
2 _9 [" U# @" p, m9 K$ J0 ^: |fail grasp the true nature of the problem of learning to pronounce, (5) __5 C p( G- l$ y& K
and consequently never set to tackling it in the right way. Far (6) __
3 W6 @8 X" \/ W# T3 Ztoo many people fail to realize that pronouncing a foreign language
' x- I1 v+ a+ t9 \/ H4 f$ qis a skill--- one needs careless training of a special kind, (7) __5 D4 y- B6 ~3 G: u2 j; w( z- x5 f
and one that cannot be acquired by just leaving it to take care of % f5 L9 W" U3 T: g8 D
itself. I think even teachers of language, while recognizing the
7 n0 u5 Z5 Q# c$ C& Mimportance of a good accent, tend to neglect, in their practical 7 E- b1 |: ~, M5 v
teaching, the branch of study concerning with (8) __
3 N, W( C7 R6 I F6 A& Kspeaking the language. So the first point which I want to make is (9) __1 ~( |) g! s; J2 X" M
that English pronunciation must be taught; the teacher
$ j5 N5 U! ^$ eshould be prepared to devote some of the lesson time to this, 0 p5 k- O! J5 f( p
and by his whole attitude to the subject should get the student % C( N- J! Z0 n1 }* l" x
to feel that here is a matter worthy receiving his close attention. (10) __ |
发表于 2012-8-14 11:35:50
