English has been taught in Vietnam for about forty years
and the number of English learners increases every year.
Whatever the course of teaching English may be, the teaching
of pronunciation is always a beginning part of it.
The materials used in teaching pronunciation vary from
schools to colleges, but the way of teaching is always
the same. It means that students have to imitate what the
teachers have pronounced with a very simple explanation
of how to pronounce it. This causes great problems, because
not all teachers have correct pronunciation and not all
students can imitate the teachers in the right way.
At the Hanoi Foreign Languages College, students are
trained to be teachers of English. They not only need to
have correct pronunciation, but also need to know how to
pronounce sounds. In order to teach pronunciation effectively,
they need to have a certain knowledge of phonetics
and know the difference and similarity between the sound
systems of English and Vietnamese.
To help awareness of the necessity of good pronunciation
and the present problems associated with teaching it, this report:
a/ points out the importance of teaching English
pronunciation in teaching English;
b/ gives an overview of English teaching in general
and the teaching of pronunciation in particular.
To improve the teaching of pronunciation at the Hanoi
Foreign Languages College, this report:
c/ makes a comparison between sound systems of
English and Vietnamese;
d/ proposes material for the teaching of pronunciation
for the Vietnamese students of the Hanoi
Foreign Languages College, bearing in mind the
context of the Vietnamese teaching and learning
situation.
It is hoped that this report will be of practical use:
for teachers and students in the Hanoi Foreign Languages
College.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:ADTP/218869 |
| Date | January 1985 |
| Creators | Pham Minh, Cuong, n/a |
| Publisher | University of Canberra. Education |
| Source Sets | Australiasian Digital Theses Program |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Rights | ), Copyright Cuong Pham Minh |
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