Pronunciation is the most basic and complex subject in English learning. Traditional English pronunciation classes emphasize the need to master the essence of pronunciation through repeated and mechanical exercises. However, with the advancement of society and the deepening of the concept of informatization, pronunciation teaching Methods and means are constantly updated and developed, and the visual speech software Praat is one of them. This article explores its effectiveness in English pronunciation teaching through teaching experiments. By analyzing the Praat speech software, it is proposed to apply it to English pronunciation classroom, allowing learners to perceive intuitive language information using a combination of audio and video, aiming to improve students’ English pronunciation learning efficiency. The experiment has proved the effectiveness of Praat assiting monophthongs teaching, which shows that Students is capble of acquiring the standard English pronunciation if appropriate teaching method is conducted. Also it has a guiding significance for the current English phonetics teaching. First of all, it is necessary to make full use of the phenomenon of mother tongue transfer. Secondly, teaching should be throughout the whole English teaching process. Thirdly, phonetic English teachers should constantly improve their professional quality. Finally, it is necessary to develop and utilize education technology to assist English phonetic teaching.

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On the Effectiveness of Visual Speech Software Praat in English Pronunciation Teaching Research

  • Weiwei Zeng,
  • Yuqi Huang

摘要

Pronunciation is the most basic and complex subject in English learning. Traditional English pronunciation classes emphasize the need to master the essence of pronunciation through repeated and mechanical exercises. However, with the advancement of society and the deepening of the concept of informatization, pronunciation teaching Methods and means are constantly updated and developed, and the visual speech software Praat is one of them. This article explores its effectiveness in English pronunciation teaching through teaching experiments. By analyzing the Praat speech software, it is proposed to apply it to English pronunciation classroom, allowing learners to perceive intuitive language information using a combination of audio and video, aiming to improve students’ English pronunciation learning efficiency. The experiment has proved the effectiveness of Praat assiting monophthongs teaching, which shows that Students is capble of acquiring the standard English pronunciation if appropriate teaching method is conducted. Also it has a guiding significance for the current English phonetics teaching. First of all, it is necessary to make full use of the phenomenon of mother tongue transfer. Secondly, teaching should be throughout the whole English teaching process. Thirdly, phonetic English teachers should constantly improve their professional quality. Finally, it is necessary to develop and utilize education technology to assist English phonetic teaching.