a) Give students sentences and ask them to ease the transition between words. b) Give students a passage and ask them to mark the word boundaries where linking is likely to occur, and then read the passage aloud.
考核要求：
1. To know the different types of linking.
2. To read phrases, sentences and passages fluently.
Unit 8 Assimilation & Elision
教学时数：2 学时 教学要点：
1．The definition of assimilation and elision 2．Kinds of assimilation and elision 3．The practice of assimilation and elision
教学内容：
1. The definition of assimilation and elision 2. Kinds of assimilation 1) Direction of change 2) Assimilation of voicing
3) Assimilation of place of articulation 4) Assimilation of manner of articulation
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5) Coalescence of place and manner of articulation 3. Rules of elision
考核要求：
1. The definition of assimilation and elision
2. The different kinds of assimilation and rules of elision
3. The ability to find out the assimilated words in connected speech and read it naturally and fluently
Unit 9 Intonation
教学时数：8 学时 教学要点：
1. Definition of intonation 2. Forms of English intonation 3. Types of tones 4. Functions of intonation 5. Application of intonation
教学内容：
General Introduction to Intonation 2学时
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1. The definition of intonation
2. Tone language vs. intonation language 3. Intonation group 4. Transcription conventions 5. Components of intonation group
Nuclear tone 2学时 1) Kinetic Tones
2) Tone I Falling (high fall and low fall) 3) Tone II Rising (high rise and low rise) 4) Tone III Falling-Rising 5) Tone IV Rising-Falling
The Functions of Intonation and Nucleus placement 2学时 1. The semantic function of intonation 2. The attitudinal function of intonation 3. The grammatical function of intonation 4. The accentual function of intonation 5. Nucleus placement 1) Broad focus 2) Narrow focus
3) Information focus: new information vs. old information
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The application of English intonation 2 学时
1. Basic meanings of the kinetic tones in English 2. Intonation and sentence types
3. Tone unit division and syntactic boundaries 4. Application of intonation to oral communication
考核要求：
1. To understand the basic concepts of intonation 2. To know the different types of tones 3. To master the functions of intonation
4. To apply the intonation to oral communication
Chapter 10 General Revision
教学时数：4 学时 教学要点： General revision:
1. Basic concepts of the theoretic knowledge offered in class. 2. Written part of the revision: 1 & 2 3. Oral part of the revision: Oral practice
教学内容：
1. To review what has been presented, produced and discussed in class.
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2. To review the written part which cmprises a number of tasks relevant to each lecture for individual study and reflection, or for discussion and revision in class. 3. To ask students work in pairs and try to find the answer to each task. 4. To offer an answer key after class.
5. To ask students to listen to the oral part for focusing on phonemes, stress, rhythm, intonation and connected speech.
考核要求：
1. To understand the basic concepts of phonetic theories. 2. To have a better pronunciation and intonation.
3. To apply what has been learned to oral communication as natural and fluently as possible.
三、课程教材
1. Baker, A. Ship or Sheep? London: Cambridge University Press [M]. 1981. 2. 卜友红，《英语语调的结构、功能及应用》，外语教学与研究出版社，2003年第一版。
3．王桂珍，《英语语音教程》，高等教育出版社，2000年7月第一版。
四、主要参考书目
Brazil, D. Discourse Intonation [M]. English Language Research, Birmingham:
University of Birmingham. 1975.
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