DIE WANG PRACTICE CLINIC

Robin Walker's "Sounds Fun!" offers a fresh and engaging perspective on teaching pronunciation, which is crucial aspect of language learning.  Robin suggests that young learners be invited do draw, it allow chindren to express positive and negative attitudes towards the new language, to test if they are interested in a new language. As a teacher, an important feature, has to raise the learners' awareness of it. With some activities, for instance, we can delibrately say the names of children in the group with the wrong stress. Whatever the reaction, your 'mistake' gives you the chance to begin ti explore word stress, making the learning experience more memorable. With young learners it is important to use activities that stimulate their intelligences. This involves engaging multiple senses such as aural, visual and physical. Incorporating kinesthetic activities, such as having students move their bodies in rhythm with the stress patterns of words and sentences,...

"Id2eas for Teaching Pronunciation" by Robin Walker presents a wealth of insights into the complex yet essential area of teaching pronunciation in language-learning settings. ID2EAS stands for " Imitation, Discrimination, Demonstration, Explanation, Association, Stimulation." It is impressive for me is that skills acquisition involves "watch and do" more than " listen and learn".He contends that language in real-life use is a continuous stream of connected speech. This means that teaching elements like stress, intonation, and rhythm are crucial.  For example, in English, the stress pattern can change the meaning of a word (e.g., "record" as a noun and a verb). By focusing on these suprasegmental features, learners can better understand and be understood in natural conversations. The use of authentic materials such as podcasts, movies, and news broadcasts is another cornerstone of Walker's ideas. Authentic materials expose learners t...

The general atmosphere of this class is very harmonious and efficient. The teacher first interacts with the students with some cards and asks the students to show whether the pictures are correct or not by stepping their feet and clapping their hands. These warm-up activities are very good to make the class management very orderly. Then the teacher put yes and no cards on the floor and asked each student to look at the picture and choose which card to stand on. The teacher then hands out color cards to each student and asks them to sit together in a circle. The teacher took out a teddy bear, threw it to the student at random and asked him, "Are you happy today? "The teacher took out the card, about the shape, and then brought a rope, and asked the students to use the rope to make the shape. I really like these activities, which make students high engagement and excited. Teachers use like cards, rope, and teddy bears to aid the class. These warm-up activities are very intrigui...

When learning a new language, pronunciation can have a significant impact on communication. In my own language learning experience, for example, when I was learning English, correct pronunciation was essential for effective speaking. Poor pronunciation could lead to misunderstandings. If I pronounced a word wrong, other speakers might not understand what I was trying to say.  Now, my top priority is to be comfortably intelligible. I want to make sure that when I communicate, my message gets across clearly and without causing too much strain for the listener. For example, sometimes, the content of speech matters more than having a perfect accent. As long as my pronunciation can easily to understand, I can have effective exchanges of ideas and information. One approach I found useful was using songs and rhymes. Singing along to foreign language songs helped me get a feel for the rhythm, intonation, and stress patterns of the language. It made me more engaging to practice pronunciatio...