Chinese Language Pronunciation In English

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Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in Huangniupu Zhen? Are you interested in teaching English in Baoji Shi? Check out ITTT’s online and in-class courses, Become certified to Teach English as a Foreign Language and start teaching English ONLINE or abroad! ITTT offers a wide variety of Online TEFL Courses and a great number of opportunities for English Teachers and for Teachers of English as a Second Language. The main reason behind this article is to gain some knowledge and differences between English and Chinese languages as well as to clear out the major difficulties over pronunciation for Chinese learners with L1 background. Also how the Chinese language influences English pronunciation, what are the major barriers for speakers to listen and pronounce besides...  [Read more]

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Elizaveta Pachina Alumni Experiences A language is a tool for people to communicate, so there must be some connections among different languages, include similarities and differences. If we can use their similarities properly and pay attention to differences, different languages can be interlinked. Therefore, the first language not only has a positive impact but also hurts second language acquisition. We call these effects ‘language transfer’. There are two kinds of language transfer, positive transfer, and negative transfer. This post was written by our TEFL certification graduate Tiffany C. Please note that this blog post might not necessarily represent the beliefs or opinions of ITTT. If the first language has a good impact on second language acquisition and helps the learning of...  [Read more]

Check out Tesolcourse.com about TEFL Lake Bluff Indiana and apply today to be certified to teach English abroad. You could also be interested in: This is how our TEFL graduates feel they have gained from their course, and how they plan to put into action what they learned: said: chinese students of english as a second language seem to have pronunciation problems with both some of the vowels and consonants. This would be because the chinese language does not have all of the sounds of the english language, such as the “th” sound in both “then” and “thin”, just as english does not have all the sounds in the chinese language. “For example /b/, /d/, and /g/ are voiced in english, but not chinese, /v/ is absent in chinese, as is /n/ and /z/” (Plump 2). Vowels As mentioned...  [Read more]

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Elizaveta Pachina Teaching Ideas Most researchers agree that the learner’s first language influences the pronunciation of the target language and is a significant factor in accounting for foreign accents. So-called interference or interference from the first language is likely to cause errors in aspiration, stress, and intonation in the target language. This post was written by our TEFL certification graduate Vesna A. Please note that this blog post might not necessarily represent the beliefs or opinions of ITTT. Some Chinese students tend to have difficulty with English sounds because they are deeply influenced by similar Chinese sounds. However, they are very different from each other. A particular sound which does not exist in the native language can, therefore, pose a difficulty...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in Zuan Zhen? Are you interested in teaching English in Xi'an Shi? Check out ITTT’s online and in-class courses, Become certified to Teach English as a Foreign Language and start teaching English ONLINE or abroad! ITTT offers a wide variety of Online TEFL Courses and a great number of opportunities for English Teachers and for Teachers of English as a Second Language. Learning a second language can be difficult, and this is especially true when the learners L1 and their target language are completely different in structure, sound, and tones. An English as a second language student who speaks French, German, or any other European language will have an easier task than one who speaks a language that is not of European origins. One such...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in Huangsha Zhen? Are you interested in teaching English in Hanzhong Shi? Check out ITTT’s online and in-class courses, Become certified to Teach English as a Foreign Language and start teaching English ONLINE or abroad! ITTT offers a wide variety of Online TEFL Courses and a great number of opportunities for English Teachers and for Teachers of English as a Second Language. A common saying imparted to me by one of my professors goes like this: "What do you call someone who speaks three languages? Trilingual. What do you call someone who speaks two languages? Bilingual. What do you call someone who speaks only one language? American." I have found this to be extremely true for the majority of cases, and, as a young student, it spurred...  [Read more]

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Elizaveta Pachina Alumni Experiences During nine years of teaching English as a Second language, I have discovered how important phonetics is in learning the correct pronunciation of the English language, and in fact, in any language. Derwing and Munro (2005) emphasize, “It is essential to have an accurate understanding of the target language phonological system to enhance the quality of pronunciation". This post was written by our TEFL certification graduate Mark B. Please note that this blog post might not necessarily represent the beliefs or opinions of ITTT. A vast majority of language books are aimed at L2 learners from all over the world and don’t necessarily cater to the “localized” needs of a particular country. These books usually have to be disseminated by the teacher...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in Weiqiao Zhen? Are you interested in teaching English in Binzhou Shi? Check out ITTT’s online and in-class courses, Become certified to Teach English as a Foreign Language and start teaching English ONLINE or abroad! ITTT offers a wide variety of Online TEFL Courses and a great number of opportunities for English Teachers and for Teachers of English as a Second Language. Over the past three years, I’ve had the privilege of teaching English as a foreign language online for a company called Education First. The format would normally be an internationally diverse group in an audio-only platform. During these sessions, I found that my students from China would have specific challenges in pronunciation that many of my European and...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in Qicun Zhen? Are you interested in teaching English in Weinan Shi? Check out ITTT’s online and in-class courses, Become certified to Teach English as a Foreign Language and start teaching English ONLINE or abroad! ITTT offers a wide variety of Online TEFL Courses and a great number of opportunities for English Teachers and for Teachers of English as a Second Language. Pronunciation Problems in a Country of Your Choice – China Every learner of a foreign language may face pronunciation problems now and then. Languages that belong to one language group have more in common in phonics and are usually easier to learn to pronounce correctly. But such languages as English and Chinese are so different, that Chinese learners (and I bet...  [Read more]

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Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in Shidunhe Zhen? Are you interested in teaching English in Hanzhong Shi? Check out ITTT’s online and in-class courses, Become certified to Teach English as a Foreign Language and start teaching English ONLINE or abroad! ITTT offers a wide variety of Online TEFL Courses and a great number of opportunities for English Teachers and for Teachers of English as a Second Language. English as a second language instruction always presents unique student problems depending on the native language which informs students’ learning perspective. It is essential that teachers research these potential instructional challenges and tailor lessons to address them. When teaching young Chinese students, there are great differences between Chinese and...  [Read more]

Linda Dunsmore Alumni Experiences The following blog post is about an ITTT graduate who shares his story on how learning Chinese helped him to become a better English teacher in China. This post was written by our TEFL certification graduate Joseph S. A common saying imparted to me by one of my professors goes like this: "What do you call someone who speaks three languages? Trilingual. What do you call someone who speaks two languages? Bilingual. What do you call someone who speaks only one language? American." I have found this to be extremely true for the majority of cases, and, as a young student, it spurred me to want to learn as much of other languages as I possibly could. I grew up in a monolingual home, however, as a child, I spent much of my time working on my cousin's farm; his...  [Read more]

Elizaveta Pachina Alumni Experiences Every learner of a foreign language may face pronunciation problems now and then. Languages that belong to one language group have more in common in phonics and are usually easier to learn to pronounce correctly. But such languages as English and Chinese are so different, that Chinese learners (and I bet English speaking learners of Chinese too) often have many difficulties in pronunciation. This post was written by our TEFL certification graduate Evgeniya S. I have been working in China as a teacher for more than six months now. When I arrived in this country, I hardly knew several words in Mandarin. I was hoping that won’t be a problem, as I had traveled a lot before, and my English knowledge had always been enough to communicate with people I...  [Read more]

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Check out Tesolcourse.com about TEFL Vining Iowa and apply today to be certified to teach English abroad. You could also be interested in: This is how our TEFL graduates feel they have gained from their course, and how they plan to put into action what they learned: said: In china there is not just one language, but a few different dialects including Mandarin (spoken by about 70% of the population) plus Cantonese, Taiwanese and Wu. english and chinese belong to two different language families and are significantly different. Firstly, unlike english, chinese doesn't have an alphabet and uses a logographic system for its written language. These are symbols, which represent words. Because of this huge difference, chinese learners may have some difficulty in reading and writing words. This...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in Shengshuiyu Zhen? Are you interested in teaching English in Jining Shi? Check out ITTT’s online and in-class courses, Become certified to Teach English as a Foreign Language and start teaching English ONLINE or abroad! ITTT offers a wide variety of Online TEFL Courses and a great number of opportunities for English Teachers and for Teachers of English as a Second Language. As we begin to learn a new and foreign language, our pronunciation tends to be effected by our mother tongue. Therefore the closer our native language is to the language of study in terms of phonetics then the better and more confident we will be at speaking the language. However, as the chinese language shares very little in regards to pronunciation, many native...  [Read more]

Elizaveta Pachina Alumni Experiences I came to China 4 years ago to teach English. I have not managed to learn Mandarin in that time frame but I did learn quite a bit about the differences in pronunciation between Mandarin and American English. The most common errors made by Chinese students generally come from the habit of translating to their native language. English and Mandarin share some similarities such as word order and sentence structure which also complicate the issue. In this essay, I will discuss teaching pronunciation, the problems that can occur when teaching pronunciations, and the issues that occur with Mandarin speakers learning English. This post was written by our TEFL certification graduate Paris S. Please note that this blog post might not necessarily represent the...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in Jujia Zhen? Are you interested in teaching English in Xianyang Shi? Check out ITTT’s online and in-class courses, Become certified to Teach English as a Foreign Language and start teaching English ONLINE or abroad! ITTT offers a wide variety of Online TEFL Courses and a great number of opportunities for English Teachers and for Teachers of English as a Second Language. English is one of the most widely spoken languages and it is taught in a lot of countries. Globalisation, fast economic development makes many people study English. People learn english for different reasons: business, education, life abroad, traveling, personal interest. Chinese students are not exception. With the growing economics of China, the need of leaning...  [Read more]

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Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in ShuangliuZhen? Are you interested in teaching English in Bazhong Shi? Check out ITTT’s online and in-class courses, Become certified to Teach English as a Foreign Language and start teaching English ONLINE or abroad! ITTT offers a wide variety of Online TEFL Courses and a great number of opportunities for English Teachers and for Teachers of English as a Second Language. In the 21st century knowledge of English language is an important prerequisite for the successful employment in the labor exchange. Students from all over the world strive to learn English, as it is the most influential international language, which is easily explained by the colonial policy of the British Empire in the XIX century and the influence of the United...  [Read more]

Check out Tesolcourse.com about TEFL Shishou and apply today to be certified to teach English abroad. You could also be interested in: This is how our TEFL graduates feel they have gained from their course, and how they plan to put into action what they learned: D.B. - Hungary said: I find that pronunciation is an ideal subject to teach if one wants to motivate their students. I have always felt a strong sense of achievement when native speakers praised me for my pronunciation (which I had mostly picked up from watching english TV shows and playing videogames when I was younger). I am certain that most students of english also feel this way. In this essay, I shall write about the problems with english pronunciation I have encountered in china. One part of the problem is that the knowledge...  [Read more]

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Check out Tesolcourse.com about TEFL Saint Johnstown Delaware and apply today to be certified to teach English abroad. You could also be interested in: This is how our TEFL graduates feel they have gained from their course, and how they plan to put into action what they learned: said: chinese and english are two of the world's most widely used languages. The chinese language is not a uniform medium, Mandarin chinese is predominant but there are many other dialects. An estimated three hundred million chinese people are learning english for educational and economic advancement. english and chinese are two completely different language families and have many significant differences. This presents some serious challenges for chinese native speakers learning english. Cultural background....  [Read more]