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The Importance of Strengthening Phonetic Symbol Teaching under the New Curricular Standard in Middle School

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DOI: 10.25236/iwedss.2019.140

Author(s)

Yali Yin, Yuru Fan

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Yali Yin

Abstract

Any foreign language course aims at developing the skills of listening speaking, reading and writing. Each of these four skills is based on three main elements of language: phonetic symbol, vocabulary and grammar. Phonetic symbol is the basis of English learning, speech learning is the first step in learning English, it is closely connected with the study of grammar, lexicology and so on. “Without phonetic symbol there can be no morphology of a spoken language, without intonation no syntax,” as Professor Firth declared. And a majority of students begin their systematical teaching in junior school. Therefore, English phonetic teaching in junior school is of vital importance. However, in practical teaching, there are various problems in rural areas, due to economic situation, the competent in sufficiency of teachers, influence of dialect, etc, their problems are even more serious. Solid foundation of phonetic symbol knowledge is the premise of vocabulary learning. Besides, it is also a requirement of help students improving integrating skills, building positive self-concept and raising independent learning ability. According to the current situation of phonetic symbol teaching under the new curricular standard, we should strengthen the importance of phonetic symbol teaching in middle school.

Keywords

The new curricular standard, Phonetic symbol, Self-concept strategy