Your Name: Shelby Anderson
Chapter 5. Implications from Phonology for Teaching a Second Language and Teaching
Reading
1. Find FIVE key vocabulary that you think important from this chapter. List them and find the definition of each term. Indicate the page number as well. (20 points) Key Vocabularies
Definition (with page numbers)
Silent period
is a time when the learner begins to comprehend the speech of others (pg.126)
Early Production
students use a few basic words and short phrases in the new language (pg.126)
Speech Emergence
Students produce longer phrases and sentences during this (pg.126)
Intermediate Fluency
students begin to use more complex sentences (pg.126)
Phonological awareness
the ability to distinguish larger units of speech, such as words and syllables (pg.128)
2. In this chapter, we briefly describe the role of phonology in different methods of second language teaching. Choose one of the methods and conduct additional research on the role of phonology in that method. Make sure to include the references that you included. (20 points) I wanted to research language acquisition. This gave me great insite into the aquisition side of language and is worth the read. Reference:
https://medium.com/@GolDDranks/acquisition-vs-learning-in-the-domain-of-phonology-
2f800a648831
3. Try analyzing this tongue twister: “She says she shall sew a sheet.” Fill in the chart below by transcribing
the sentence. Highlight in RED the phonemes /s/, /z/, and /
ʃ /. Use these data to explain why this is a tongue twister. (20 points) Sentence
She
says
she
shall
sew
a
sheet
Transcription
[SHEE]
/sEz/
[SHEE]
/
ʃ e/
/
ʃ ae/
/a/
[SHEEt]
Explain why this is a tongue twister. Because the pattern is complex.
