Date:  Sunday  20 September 2020

 

My Reflection about Phonetics and its vital rule for pronunciation

For our professor:   Alexander  Ramirez

  Bijan  Nassiri  student in Master of English Language ICESI University

 

What I have already studied and learned about phonetics and pronunciation never can be forgotten, because it is not only essential for our career but also fundamental for us in order to teach our students and correct their pronunciations in an useful way.

As a matter of fact, by studying phonetics and its important rules in pronunciation we as English teachers now are aware that we shouldn’t look at or pronounce the words as they are, but we must understand that misunderstanding the communication is because of mispronouncing the words that obviously affects our communication with others. “Until you didn’t say any word, nobody knows who you are” Fred Ashoury, 1999.

On the whole, I can say that Accuracy and Fluency are necessary to have a sufficient ability in order to pronounce the words correctly. “If you spend most of your time studying grammar, your English will not improve very much. You will see most improvement if you learn more words and expressions with good pronunciation. You can say very little with grammar, but you can say almost anything by words ( Dellar H and Hocking D, Innovations, LTP).” 

I definitely appreciate you because of your valuable teaching.

 Bijan  Nassiri

 

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