강원대학교 영어영문학과 학사
영국 Univ. of York 어린이영어교육 석사
미국 Univ. of Wisconsin 언어학 석사
미국 Univ. of Wisconsin 언어학 박사
(현) 춘천교육대학교 영어교육학과 교수
Miae Park obtained a Ph. D. in Linguistics at the University of Wisconsin in Madison, Wisconsin. She is currently a professor in the department of English Education at the Chuncheon National University of Education, South Korea, where she teaches courses relating to English pronunciation, English phonics, and English linguistics to undergraduate and postgraduate students. She wrote English Linguistics and English Teaching and co-authored Elementary School English textbooks, Understanding and Teaching Phonics, How to Teach Elementary English, Elementary English Teaching and English Linguistics, and Theory and Practice of Research in English Education.
머리말
Even when English learners speak with noticeable nonnative patterns of English pronunciation, often called foreign accents, verbal communication can be successful. Many specialists and practitioners believe that intelligibility, not the entire elimination of foreign accents, should be the goal of second language pronunciation learning and teaching. Foreign accents are natural and inevitable characteristics of learning any new language, and there is nothing wrong with foreign accents, if they do not undermine pronunciation intelligibility. Moreover, foreign accents offer some clues about who you are and where you may be from. In this textbook, pronunciation training is not designed to eradicate all of your foreign accents but to improve your pronunciation intelligibility so that you can communicate comfortably and confidently with other speakers. This training can help you break down English pronunciation into small, manageable elements and help you practice target pronunciation aspects to the extent that listeners can easily understand your speech.
This textbook has been designed to make the daunting task of learning and teaching pronunciation doable. Regardless of whether you are studying individually, and/or taking classes, this book will enable you to get more out of your English learning. The accounts and explanations that are provided in this textbook intend to help you build linguistic knowledge about target pronunciation features, differences between Korean and English sound systems and difficulties you may encounter while learning English, improving your understandings and clearing up many misunderstandings about English pronunciation. Practices include both listening and speaking exercises and they proceed from structured activities with a focus on the control of new pronunciation points to more spontaneous, real-life communication tasks. Incorporated within most of the dialogs are clear and concise English phrases and expressions which are intended to equip learners and teachers alike with the language required of them not only in the classroom but in everyday life.
You will have opportunities to work individually, with partners, in small groups and as a class to take on speaker and listener roles. As a speaker, you will improve your ability to speak with clear and intelligible pronunciation. At the same time, as a listener, you will advance your capabilities to discriminate between clear and unclear pronunciation points in your classmates’ speeches and to monitor and correct your pronunciation and the pronunciation of your classmates. It may be that it takes longer to improve your oral skills. To change your speech, you need to practice regularly, monitor your pronunciation more carefully, and keep trying out your new pronunciation skills both in isolation and in communicative contexts. The one who takes strong initiative and makes every effort to improve their pronunciation will make the most progress. No pain, no gain!
Audio Files: The Audio Files present all listening activities marked with numbers.
Practice Activity Answer Keys: You will find Answer Keys for the activities at the back of the textbook.
