NCHU Course Outline
Course Name (中) 發音練習(1066)
(Eng.) Pronunciation Drills
Offering Dept Department of Foreign Languages and Literatures
Course Type Elective Credits 2 Teacher 陳文苓
Department Department of Foreign Languages and Literatures/Undergraduate Language English Semester 2025-SPRING
Course Description Pronunciation is the very first step to mastering a language. This course has a straightforward aim:
to help students develop skills to improve their pronunciation. To achieve this goal, we will
start with the fundamental and essential steps, the main sounds of English, to lay a solid foundation
for correct pronunciation in English. Then we will expand the practice to connecting words with
other parts of a speech: word stress, sentence stress, intonations, pausing and chunking,
and the rhythming of a talk.

General strategies:
Sounds are the first part of pronunciation skills, but pronunciation is not just sounds:
it’s about using your body to produce sounds, and it’s also about connecting sounds
in ways that your speech/talk generates understandable, meaningful, and expressive
impacts. As such, we will adopt diversified approaches to help students, including:
 Connecting with your body
 Finding your weak areas
 Using minimal pairs
 Basic recording strategy
 (most importantly) Using APPs, the latest learning technology
Prerequisites
self-directed learning in the course Y
Relevance of Course Objectives and Core Learning Outcomes(%) Teaching and Assessment Methods for Course Objectives
Course Objectives Competency Indicators Ratio(%) Teaching Methods Assessment Methods
Pronunciation is the very first step to mastering a language. This course has a straightforward aim:
to help students develop skills to improve their pronunciation. Yet to achieve this goal, we will
start with the basic and essential steps, the main sounds of English, to lay a solid foundation
for correct pronunciation in English. Then we will expand the practice to connecting words with
other parts of a speech: word stress, sentence stress, intonations, pausing and chunking,
and the rhythming of a talk.
1.Foreign language skills
100
Course Content and Homework/Schedule/Tests Schedule
Week Course Content
Week 1  Course Overview
 Placement
 Articulatory organs
Week 2 Vowels /Vowel rules
Week 3  Vowels /Vowel rules
Week 4  Vowels /Vowel rules
Week 5  Word stress& vowels
Week 6  Consonants
Week 7 Spring Break
Week 8 Consonants
Week 9 Consonants
Week 10 Midterm Exam & Tutoring
Week 11  Syllables
 Sentence focus
 Shadowing
Week 12  Word Connections
Week 13  Pausing & chunking
 Reduced Sounds
Week 14  Intonation/Thought Group
Week 15  Intonation/Thought Group
Week 16 Self-directed Learning
Week 17 Self-directed Learning
Week 18 Final Project & Tutoring
Evaluation
1. Participation: 20% (2% deduction for each absence)
2. 10 in-class practices (w/recordings): 40% (4% each)
3. Midterm Exam: 20%
4. Final Project: 20%


Midterm Exam & Final Project:
The two exams/projects will be based on a checklist that contains the elements we discussed for pronunciation.
Students will be assessed if these elements are properly observed.
Textbook & other References
1) Textbook: Clear Speech (4th edition). Available at Caves Bookstore (NCHU Library Branch)
2) Handouts
3) APPs
Teaching Aids & Teacher's Website

Office Hours
By appointment
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