英语语调的功能及语调教学

Functions of English Intonation and Intonation Teaching

英语是语调语言,汉语是声调语言。英语的语调有自己鲜明的特性,同汉语语调有着明显的区别。英语语调具有交际功能,可以赋予话语词汇意义以外的附加意义。因其所包含的内容具有复杂性和微妙性而给学习者以及教学者带来了相当的困难。因此,提高学生理解和驾驭语调的能力应当成为语音教学的重点内容和衡量学习者语言能力的重要指标。

English is an intonation language while Chinese is a tone language. English intonation, which has distinct features from Chinese intonation, has communicative function that endows a speaker＇s utter- ance with various attached meanings. The complexity and subtlety of English intonation cause English teachers and learners considerable troubles. Therefore, the ability to understand and use English intonation should be one of the focuses in phonetics teaching and an important criterion to measure one＇s language a- bility.