Introduction To Teaching Pronunciation Skills

5 Questions | By Myoshida | Updated: Mar 21, 2022 | Attempts: 1277

This is a review of what we talked about in the first class meeting of our Teaching Pronunciation Skills class. Click on the best answer for each question.

Questions and Answers

1.

Which of these words is spelled correctly?
- A.
  
  Pronounciation
- B.
  
  Pronunciation
- C.
  
  Pronounciate
- D.
  
  Pronunciate
2.

What is the goal of teaching pronunciation today?
- A.
  
  To make students sound exactly like native speakers.
- B.
  
  To make students repeat words for many hours.
- C.
  
  To help students have intelligible pronunciation.
- D.
  
  To allow only native speakers to teach pronunciation.
3.

Which of these statements is true?
- A.
  
  Children and adults can both learn pronunciation, but they learn in different ways.
- B.
  
  Adults can learn pronunciation easily because they are older and wiser.
- C.
  
  Children can analyze the rules of pronunciation more easily than adults.
- D.
  
  Adults can’t learn good pronunciation in a new language.
4.

Which of these factors affect a student’s learning of pronunciation?
- A.
  
  The student’s personality and degree of motivation.
- B.
  
  The student's age.
- C.
  
  The student's native language.
- D.
  
  All of these are true.
5.

Which of these is most important in teaching pronunciation?
- A.
  
  To be a native speaker of English.
- B.
  
  To motivate students and help them practice in many ways.
- C.
  
  To speak the same native language as the students.
- D.
  
  To have a very loud voice.