National Taiwan University of Science and Technology
Freshman English
T4-403 1:20~3:10pm and 3:30~5:20pm
November 15 and
22, and
December 6,
2022 Class handout
Karen Chung 史嘉琳 老師
Class handout
如何用「回音法」學好英文口說 | 史嘉琳 Karen Chung | TEDxNTUST
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sQEWEPIHLzQ
Discussion
2. How does the
Echo Method work?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MNghp9tPXjo
3.
How can you really improve your English (or any other skill)?
One Small Step Can Change Your Life: with
Kaizen
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VHkOFs67d9A%20
4. Pronunciation
discrimination quiz
US English
vowels
5. A Very Strange Woman,
Episode 1: Echo practice and performance.
Brad and Ryan chatted a bit more as they finished their lattes.
Brad
glanced up at the woman again and closed his eyes briefly.
“I know
what it is. And it is really, truly strange,” he said.
“So what is it?” Ryan
asked anxiously.
audio
oTranscribe
6. Song
of the Week: Desperado
(1973) Eagles
lyrics
November 22, 2022
1.
The Pomodoro Technique
2. Video: How to Write an Email
Article in
Chinese:
英文 E-mail
潛規則：老師怎麼不早點教我?!
by Melissa Hsiung 熊偌均
Note:
When writing by hand,
make sure
to put a dot on top of "i" and "j", not a
short line.
3. The
vowels of US English
Handout: How
IPA symbols match with the Mandarin Phonetic Symbols 注音符號
i2Speak
IPA input tool:
http://www.i2speak.com/
4.
Phrasing: 這些地方應該斷句 Where to pause
in an English
sentence:
1.
整個主詞後
After the complete subject;
2. 遇到標點符號時
At
almost all punctuation;
3. that
等子句前
Before "that" and other new clauses
4.
連接詞前
Before conjunctions
5.
介系詞前
Before
prepositions
6. 插入語（例如
“fortunately”）前後 Before
and after parentheticals
(e.g. John, unfortunately, couldn't come.)
More here:
抑揚頓挫：英語的語調和斷句
by Karen Chung 史嘉琳
5.
A Very Strange Woman, Episode 1: Echo
practice and performance in pairs.
Audio clip
Brad and Ryan chatted a bit more as they finished their lattes.
Brad
glanced up at the woman again and closed his eyes briefly.
“I know
what it is. And it is really, truly strange,” he said.
“So what
is it?” Ryan asked anxiously.
6. Song
of the Week: American Tune
(1973)
Paul Simon
lyrics
December 6, 2022
1.
How to get Alex to read to
you with TTS (text-to-speech)
on an Apple
device Chinese English
How to
activate and use TTS on an Android device Chinese
English
2. Review: The vowels
of US English
Handout: How
IPA symbols match with the Mandarin Phonetic Symbols 注音符號
Remember
these useful tools:
1. i2Speak
IPA input tool:
http://www.i2speak.com/
2. When in doubt
about a pronunciation, meaning or spelling go to the:
a. Merriam-Webster
Online Dictionary
https://www.merriam-webster.com/
or:
b. The
Free Dictionary (US and UK pronunciations, audio for
some plurals and past tense forms)
https://www.thefreedictionary.com/
or:
c. OneLook Dictionary
https://www.onelook.com/
3. To hear
pronunciations of words or phrases in context,
go to YouGlish. US, UK, and
Australian English filters available;
Chinese and other languages are also available.
https://youglish.com/
4. For easy
transcription: oTranscribe.
https://otranscribe.com/
5. When you
don't know a word, try Googling it; Google will often give
you the correct spelling
6. Use linking
to help identify the next word
7. Use your
phone's ASR to identify a word you don't know or didn't hear
clearly
8. Recommended language
exchange/language tutoring platforms:
a. italki
https://www.italki.com/
b. Tandem
https://www.tandem.net/
3.
Transcription practice and listening
strategies:
Clip from You've Got Mail
mp3 audio file: https://homepage.ntu.edu.tw/~karchung/YGM1.mp3
Resource:
Magic Bag of 30
Transcription Tricks
https://homepage.ntu.edu.tw/~karchung/30/30TricksPPT.pdf
4.
Song of the Week: Perfect
(1995) Alanis Morissette
lyrics
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