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发音,语调,语速大学生即兴英语演讲的关键要素PronunciationintonationandpacearethekeyelementsofspontaneousEnglishspeechforuniversitystudents.ItiswidelyacknowledgedthatcommunicationskillsareintegraltosuccessinthemodernworldandnowhereisthismoreapparentthanintheabilitytospeakEnglishfluentlyandaccurately.ForuniversitystudentstheabilitytodeliverimpromptuspeechesinEnglishisavitaltoolparticularlyforthosewhowishtostudyorworkininternationalsettings.HoweverachievingproficiencyinspontaneousEnglishspeech–knownasimprovisation-requiresmasteryofthreekeyelements:pronunciationintonationandpace.Pronunciationreferstothewayinwhichindividualwordsarepronouncedincludingthecorrectpronunciationofindividuallettersounds.ThisrequiresagoodearandtheabilitytodistinguishbetweendifferentsoundsintheEnglishlanguage.Commondifficultiesfornon-nativespeakersincludedistinguishingbetweenthandforvaswellasdifferentiatingbetweenlongandshortvowelsounds.ToimprovepronunciationstudentscanlistentonativeEnglishspeakersparticularlythosefromtheUKCanadaorAustraliaastheseaccentsareconsideredrelativelyclearandeasytounderstand.Intonationreferstothewayinwhichwordsarestressedwithinasentenceandhowtheirpitchchanges.Accurateintonationiskeytoconveyingmeaningeffectivelyasitcanchangetheemphasisofasentenceandhelptohighlightimportantpoints.ForexamplethesentenceIDIDNTsayshestolethemoneycouldbeinterpretedinseveraldifferentwaysdependingonwherestressisplacedwithinthesentence.Toimproveintonationstudentscanpracticereadingaloudwhilepayingparticularattentiontohowthepitchoftheirvoicechangeswitheachstressedsyllable.Finallypacereferstothespeedatwhichwordsarespokenandtheoverallrhythmofthespeech.Speakingtooquicklycanbeintimidatingforlistenersparticularlythosewhoarenotnativespeakerswhilespeakingtooslowlycanappearhesitantoroverlydeliberate.Goodpaceinvolvesmaintainingasteadyrhythmandvaryingthespeedofdeliverytomatchthecontentofthespeech.Toimprovepacestudentscanpracticereadingaloudfromarangeoftextswithafocusonadjustingtheirspeedtoaccountfordifferencesinvocabularyorcomplexity.InconclusionpronunciationintonationandpaceareessentialelementsforuniversitystudentsseekingtodelivereffectiveimpromptuspeechesinEnglish.Byfocusingontheseareasstudentscanconfidentlyconveytheirideastoaudiencesfromdiverselinguisticbackgroundsandgainthecommunicationskillsnecessaryforsuccessinaglobalizedworld.第PAGE页共NUMPAGES页。