1. What is the relevance of linguistics to English language teaching?
2. Based on your perspective, what are the right ways of teaching Pronunciation?
11. The best way to help students improve their pronunciation skills is to encourage them to speak English as much as they possibly can. Introduce the idea that even when doing homework students should be reading aloud. Learning to pronounce English well takes muscle coordination, and that means practice-not just mental activity!
Minimal pairs are a great way to focus pronunciation on just one sound. If you are not familiar with linguistics, a minimal pair is two words that vary in only one sound.
22. Linguistics is the scientific study of language. As the scientific study, linguistics can applied in language teaching. Some branches of linguistics some aspects of language.
Linguistics is important for language teaching because linguistics and language teaching can be likened to the relationship of knowledge about engine and the skills in driving a car.