Unit10-Strong Forms and Weak Forms-English Pronunciation英语语音

Unit 10

Lesson Plan

Strong Forms and Weak Forms

Date:

Class: Nov., 18-22 Classes 1, 2, Grade 2009

Subject: English Pronunciation and Intonation for Communication

Purpose:

The students will learn strong forms and weak forms in English.

Objectives: Students will be able to:

1. Define - in their own words a definition for strong forms and weak forms in a

sentence. It is a revision and therefore, easy for most of the students;

2. Compare – based on the understanding of the basic concept, compare strong

forms and weak forms in syllables in words and sentences;

3. Practice – imitate the stress patterns and do practice.

Resources/Materials:

1. Textbook: Wang, Guizhen, English Pronunciation and Intonation for

Communication, Higher Education Press, Beijing, 2005;

2. Handouts: illustration of stress patterns and rhythmic pattern;

3. Recordings of native speakers

Activities and Procedures:

1. Stimulating: Begin by asking the class to find out how much the students know

about what they are required to learn. Make sure that it serves the purpose of stimulating the students to think about the issue and have the desire to find out the answers themselves.

2. Display examples by playing the recording of the native speakers showing the

typical pronunciation in English.

3. Ask the students to listen to the tapes to make a good discrimination of the stress

in focus.

4. Have the students imitate the stress patterns in focus.

5. Have the students share what they have learned by reading out the practice

materials in pairs.

6. Have the students listen to the conversations recorded by native speakers of

English and try to get the stress correct in their pronunciation.

7. Have the students practice the guided conversation. Ask them to pay special

attention to the stress in speech.

8. Highlight the language function in the conversation in the practice.

9. Have several pairs of the students present their conversation in the class.

10. Comment on the students’ performance by highlighting the achievement of the

students and the efforts they need for the improvement.

11. Ask the students to do more practice after class and get ready for presentation

during the next session.

Strong Forms and Weak Forms

In this unit, we will learn strong forms & weak forms - two different ways of pronouncing the word.

In unstressed syllables, we often come across the short, unclear vowel / /, which is the most common of all sounds in English. This same sound also occurs in many of the function words when they are unstressed.

Strong forms and weak forms

As we all know, many function words in English have two pronunciations: a stressed form (or strong form) and an unstressed form (or reduced form, weak form). The unstressed form is thus an alternate pronunciation of a word which is so reduced in its articulation that it consists of a different set of phonemes. / / is the most frequently used vowel in the unstressed form and next comes / /.

The importance of learning unstressed forms

Two reasons are said to be most important in learning to use the unstressed forms in English. Firstly, most native speakers of English find an "all-strong form" pronunciation very unpleasant. Secondly, learners who are not familiar with the use of weak forms are likely to have difficulty understanding native speakers.

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