Influence of Pronunciation and Intonation Imitation Training on Chinese Learners

何穎

【Abstract】English becomes more and more popular in China.And the Chinas national education department has always regarding English as an important subject as Chinese.Therefore，with the rapid development of Chinese economy and its integration with the world extensively，mastering oral English well has a profound influence on the future development and the cultivation of talents of China.English pronunciation and intonation learning as the basic and the most important step for oral English learning，its imitation training can greatly lower Chinese learners' spoken English anxiety，thus helping learners have a better，faster grasp of spoken English .

【Key words】pronunciation and intonation； imitation training； importance； spoken English； oral English anxiety

1.The importance of pronunciation and intonation for English learning

Under the background of globalism，English has received much attention among schools and parents.Learning oral English well has a significant impact on students future development.Speaking fluent English will not only improve their self-confidence，can also help themselves have a broader market in career development.However，in the early stage of English learning，whether pronunciation is correct or not greatly influences students self-confidence and courage improvement.

1.1 Pronunciation and intonation influence on listening.Although English is not difficult to learn，its pronunciation and understanding varies a lot compared with Chinese.Ones own English pronunciation and intonation at question will largely affect his or her listening.In addition，ones pronunciation problem will lead to communication difficulties which make it hard for people to understand you and make it hard for you to understand others.When communicating，one may not be accustomed to or simply dont understand the state，thus hindering their listening and affect the communication.Especially for students，when they hear someone speak English with a professional and correct intonation，they will find it hard to understand.Therefore，it reflects Chinese students weak in English listening.

1.2 Pronunciation and intonation influence on memorizing words rapidly.English learning has its own learning tips，especially for words memory.When people remember the intonation accurately and have precise pronunciation，they can memorize words according to the pronunciation，which is helpful for words understanding.In the early learning stage，if students cant grasp the English pronunciation correctly，they wont spell it correctly when learning and memorizing as well as wont have a good connection among words spelling ，intonation and meaning，which increase the difficulty of memorizing words，learning and mastering oral English invisibly.

1.3 Pronunciation and intonation influence on reading and writing.English learning are interlinked.While cramming is used as the fundamental English education in school to enhance students memory.Mastering English pronunciation rules can help students memorize words，thus helping students have a better understanding on sentences and passage and writing.Therefore，grasping English pronunciation and intonation exerts great influence on English reading and writing

2.Factors that influence students oral anxiety

2.1 Reason from students themselves.Because some students are shy，some students oral English not fluent and some lack of expressive ability when learning oral English，they just think they cant learn it well and cant communicate with others in English normally，thus leading to their anxiety.

2.2 Reason from teachers educational method.When teaching，if the teachers use the method improperly that is not suitable for students，it wont help students improve their oral English ability quickly.Instead，it will make students lack of confidence or feel inferiority，thus causing anxiety in the process of learning.

2.3 Reason from Language environment background.If the students can learn oral English in an English environment，the effect and speed will be very obvious.However，due to China's specific language atmosphere，students cant blend into the oral English atmosphere quickly，which goes against their pronunciation practicing and correcting，increasing the anxiety of learners to some extent.

Conclusion

Spoken-English learning becomes more and more important.Learning oral English well can increase the competitive ability.Also，it can provide learners with a broader market.So more and more people are learning oral English.The imitation training of pronunciation and intonation is an effective way to master an excellent oral English，which contains standard pronunciation fluent communication.It can help learners to enhance confidence and reduce spoken-language anxiety.Without spoken-language anxiety，learners can become more confident and learn oral English well in a short time.

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