The Necessity of the Pronunciation Training
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概要
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I asked my students whether they want to speak English or not. Most of them answered 'yes,' and they have been thinking that they need to study English. In my class, the students can understand written English rather well, but they have some difficulties in speaking and listening to English. This makes students disappointed and some of them gradually do not want to learn English any more although they have known it is one of the common languages in the world and is very useful. So I would like to tell you the necessity of the training for making the English sounds. As you can see, English as a language and Japanese are completely different from each other. Of course, the sounds of them are quite different. Because there are no English sounds in Japanese, Japanese students should learn the English sounds with special care. It must not be allowed to replace the English sounds with the Japanese sounds. So far, the students have had very few chances to listen to the English sounds and to speak English even in class. Therefore, the teachers should give them more chances to get familiar with the English sounds. The students need more opportunities to produce the English sounds and listen to them. To understand or to be understood in English, they must acquire the right sounds. It is impossible to learn the accurate sounds unless the students are taught how to make them and practice to make them. Certainly, it will take a long time and a lot of patience to acquire them, but the training will help the students to improve their speaking and listening abilities step by step. When the students acquire the accurate sounds, they will surely have interests in learning English more and also have fun to communicate with one another by using English, a foreign language.
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