The Importance of Learning Phonetic Alphabet Well Why should we learn Phonetic Alphabet when learning English?

With the continuous popularization of English, learning English has become a necessity for contemporary teenagers. Pronunciation is a very important thing in English learning. The purpose of learning English is to speak English, so the key to speaking English is to learn phonetic symbols, which can help students pronounce more standard and speak more authentic English.

(A) the characteristics of language: (the origin of language)

From the perspective of the origin of language, language is one or more communication methods fixed in people's constant communication, and it has formed language over time. From this perspective, the essence of language is a communication tool, expression is its main function, and pronunciation is its external form to convey meaning. If the speech transmission is wrong, the meaning of the expression will be wrong. Compared with words, pronunciation is intangible, transient and changeable, which requires us to grasp its pronunciation accurately when learning a language. Only in this way can we learn a language well. English pronunciation is also the phonetic symbol of English. Because English is different from Chinese in pronunciation, we should take mastering English phonetic symbols accurately as the first step to learn English well. Accurately mastering English phonetic symbols can not only achieve the characteristics of correct pronunciation, clear expression and easy understanding by others, but more importantly, English phonetic symbols can cultivate our good sense of language and make it easy to remember English words. Through the study of phonetic symbols, we have mastered the rules of pronunciation and spelling, so that we can learn independently with the help of dictionaries and get rid of the passive situation of relying on teachers or various learning machines. Therefore, we should pay attention to it and make up the pronunciation learning class in time.

The Law of Learning: (Linguistic Theory)

As mentioned above, language is used to express ideas, and the completion of this activity depends on certain words and grammar. When we learn Chinese, we adopt the "immersion learning method", that is, we are completely immersed in the Chinese environment, master the language rules of Chinese through repeated reinforcement by our parents, and then through the process of continuous reinforcement in primary schools, middle schools and universities, and finally reach a better Chinese level. As far as the current situation is concerned, few families have an "English environment", which makes the "immersion learning method" ineffective. Therefore, most China students put word learning in the first place when learning English. In fact, practice has proved that this arrangement is reasonable. Because students must reserve enough English words without any English foundation, only in this way can students express their thoughts and feelings. At that time, the learning of characters was also a process of phonetic learning. For example, we will know how to pronounce a word through phonetic symbols, we will also know how to write a word through phonetic symbols, and finally we will know how to express our thoughts and feelings through the pronunciation of words. Therefore, completely colloquial teaching or imitation teaching will make students become "English parrots". They only know imitation and what the teacher has taught. If the teacher has not taught or changed, the students will not know what they are talking about. In this way, on the one hand, it will increase students' English learning burden, on the other hand, it will make students learn English to death and become teachers' "English accessories".

(C) Advantages of learning English phonetic symbols: (Specific application)

In fact, from the above two points, you may already know the benefits of learning English phonetic symbols. Here, I want to emphasize again the benefits of learning English phonetic symbols:

(1) Let students master the correct pronunciation of English accurately when learning English, and lay a good foundation for future oral English learning.

(2) English pronunciation learning is accomplished by gestures and body movements. The teaching modes are diverse and the classroom atmosphere is relaxed and lively, which can reduce the learning pressure of beginners and cultivate their interest in English learning.

(3) Memorizing words through English phonetic symbols is the most effective way to memorize words quickly. If students master the pronunciation rules of English phonetic symbols skillfully, they can "see their shapes, read their sounds and write their shapes". With this ability, students' awareness of memorizing English words in senior grades can be greatly reduced.

(4) The highest state of learning English is the formation of language sense, and learning English phonetic symbols can cultivate students' language sense earlier. Therefore, phonetic symbols are the premise of improving listening and speaking ability and the most important and basic tool foundation for learning English.

I hope students can take the first step in learning English, and they can learn English more easily in the future, so that English will become a daily language instead of boring.