Abstract: In the last decade, the Ministry of Education has actively promoted the construction of English teaching in primary school, and English course has been developed well in Nanjing. The main purpose for the primary school to teach English is not just to let the students master a lot of English skills, but to stimulate pupils’ interest in English, to cultivate the students’ preliminary language sense and to lay a good foundation of pronunciation and intonation. The survey of a questionnaire has been conducted to find out the real situation of English pronunciation teaching in Nanjing Foreign Language School Xianlin Campus, which aims to analyze the reasons for the uneven grasp of English pronunciation among students and further to provide a reference for the English teaching method on pronunciation, then we make recommendations to address these issues and let teachers recognize the importance of pronunciation, find the correct English pronunciation and effective teaching methods and provide reference and help for teaching in English pronunciation, at the same time for the students to help and improve learning methods. 

Key words: primary English; pronunciation; teaching method  

CONTENTS

Abstract

摘要

1. Introduction-1

2. Background Information-1

2.1 The Basic Concept of English Pronunciation

2.1.1 Phonemes

2.1.2 Rhythm

2.1.3 Intonation

2.2. The National Curriculum Standard Requirement of English Pronunciation 

Teaching

3. The Present Situation of English Pronunciation Teaching in Nanjing Foreign Language School Xianlin Campus-4

3.1 The Problems of English Pronunciation Teaching

3.1.1 The Problems of Students

3.1.2 The Problems of Teachers-

3.1.3 The Problems of Multi-media

3.2 The Reasons for These Problems

4. The Solutions to the Problems-7

4.1 Some Suggestions to the Improvement of Teaching Methods

4.1.1 The Leading Method of Teacher’s Demonstration

4.1.2 The Teaching Method of Multi-media

4.1.3 The Teaching Method of Playing Games

4.2 Some Suggestions to the Students

4.2.1 The Leading Method of Teacher’s Demonstration

4.2.2 The Teaching Method of Multi-media

5. Conclusion-12

Bibliography-12

Acknowledgements-14