part ii. cracking phonetic confusion
1. “reading method” in listening practice
ø import ability (reading/listening) and export ability (writing/speaking)
ø two obstacles of learning english: phonetic confusion vocabulary
content comprehension sentence and structure
ø reading logic in listening practice
2. confusion i. speed
ø voa standard and voa special
ø romantic and rap
ø cracking: follow the speed and immitation
step one: read the text fluently
step two: read and listen while speak out the text
step three: just listen and speak out the text
3. confusion ii. familiar and unfamiliar
ø oceanic
ø debris
4. confusion iii. american accent and others
ø glass, class, fast
ø hot, box, rock
ø door, dollar, more
ø neither; either secretary, dictionary, tomato, history
5. confusion iv. phonetic connection
ø consonant and vowel: e.g. i was found on the ground by the fountain about a field of a summer stride.
ø consonant and consonant: e.g. some money
ø vowel and vowel: e.g. be on time
ø plosive sound (p b t d k g): e.g. sit down
ø “h”: e.g. for him
ø others: [t]+[j]=[ch]: e.g. meet you/ hurt you/ that your
[d]+[j]=[dg]: e.g. would you/ hand your/ did you
[s]+[j]=[sh]: e.g. miss you/ this year
[z]+[j]=[g]: e.g. as usual/ because you
“t”: e.g. interview/ want to
6. confusion v. phonetic weakness
ø preposition: e.g. stay at home/ do it for fun/ come from china/ go in the house/ a cup of coffee/ the train to paris
ø pronoun: e.g. phone us when you are free/ i’ve lost my book
ø conjunction: e.g. please give me some cream and sugar/ either tom or peter can come
ø examples: i’m afraid i run out of film.
i can hardly turn around in it.
i simply couldn’t put it down.
i toss and turn in bed.
7. confusion vi. emphasis
ø emphasis on different parts of the sentence: e.g. tom likes to play soccer.
ø emphasis on did/was/do/is/can’t
ø emphasis on if only/ subjunctive mood: if only i had a million dollars.
8. confusion vii. tone
ø something just hit the window. what
ø and i do?
9. confusion viii. abbreviation
ø e.g. sitcom/ prof./ chem lab
10. confusion ix. number
ø “comma skill”: e.g. 1234,567,890
11. materials for intensive listening
ø teaching materials of foreign publisher: official guide, delta, longman, kaplan, etc.
ø discovery and national geography
12. materials for extensive listening
ø recording of movies
ø tv series (prison break/ hero/ friends)
ø standard voa
ø english songs
ø cnn/ cbs/ nbc
ø family album usa
ø cri website
13. strategies for practice
ø american accent v.s. others
ø intensive listening v.s. extensive listening
ø follow the recordings and keep imitation
ø the ability of predicting the meanings of the new words
schedule arrangement