Instructional Design

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– Chinese learners of English as a Second Language
– All levels of learners - beginners, or anyone who wants to speak English
more clearly.
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– To train Chinese speakers to pronounce the difficult English sounds clearly
or that do not exist in Chinese.
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– Diagrams of mouth/tongue for each sound
– Powerpoint presentation with interactive audio
• could also be online learning, video presentation with pause button, or interactive flash
presentation
– Pronunciation Drills (Tongue Twisters) for training
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 Face Gym
for Chinese Speakers

Gary Orman
Annie Zhao

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Rowan Atkinson

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 Enunciation - exercise
Say the following sentence

• There’s(z) more to
learning than just
reading, writing
and arithmetic.

Slow
Fast

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 Warm UP

• bend over at the waist, letting your arms dangle

• let your mouth hang open and let your tongue
hang out
• then shake your head side to side letting your
tongue wag to and fro (make any sound you like)
• keep your tongue sticking out as far as possible
and say:
BETTY THOUGHT SHE BOUGHT A RABID DOG
• repeat but with your tongue in its proper place

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 Warm UP
• scrunch your face up as
tightly as possible... even
your eyes
– imagine you've eaten
something very sour
• open your eyes and mouth
as wide as they'll go
• stick your tongue out as
far as it will go
• REPEAT

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 Tongue Twister
• Rubber baby buggy bumpers

REPEAT

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Important Consonants

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F/V fricative PINYIN: fu 夫

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 How to say it
• The F is exactly like 夫 in Chinese
• But V is the same sound 夫 but
vibrate your vocal chords in your
throat at the same time (“voice”).
• 这是一对唇齿相依摩擦音，发音时，上面的
牙齿轻贴在下唇上。
• [f] 清辅音，发音等同于“夫”，音带不震动
• [v] 浊辅音，发音 “夫”，同时音带震动
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 DRILL
• fair • vet
• fan • vat
• suffer • victor
• safe • favour

WITHOUT VOICE WITH VOICE

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TH/TH fricative PINYIN: si 丝 (stick out tongue!)

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 How to say it

• Make the same sound as si 丝 but stick your

tongue out at the same time.
– THINK
• Do the same but “voice” the sound.
– THE

【 th 】唯一咬舌音。将舌头放在上下牙齿之间，发音同
“丝”。

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 DRILL
• though
• thigh • then
• think • Thither
• thought

WITH VOICE
WITHOUT VOICE
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L liquid PINYIN: L 了

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 How to say it
– Push your tongue hard against the palate of
your mouth just behind the top teeth.

– 【 L 】舌头用力抵在上面牙齿的背后，发音 “ 了”

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 DRILL
• laugh
• silly
• salt
• usual

• EXAGGERATE!

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R liquid (also DL) PINYIN: er 儿

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 How to say it

• Same as pinyin er 儿

• 卷舌音。将舌尖贴放在上颚，发音同“ 儿
”。
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 DRILL
• rat • lorry
• sorry • red lorry
• tree yellow lorry
• real
• drill

EXAGGERATE the Ls
and ROLL the Rs!
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