Pronunciation

발음 [發音, pronunciation]

혀 ·이 ·입술 등을 이용하여 말을 이루는 소리를 내는 일, 또는 그 소리.

그 결과 산출되는 언어음을 그 생성과정과 결부시켜 말하는 경우도 있다. 발음이 좋다, 나쁘다, 또는 바르다, 바르지 못하다 라고 말하는 데에서 어떠한 기준을 정해 놓고 있음을 알 수 있다. 한 개 국어의 경우 대개 수도의 방언을 중심으로 하여 표준말을 정하며, 따라서 이를 기준으로 발음이 옳고 그름이 결정되는 것이 보통이다. 그러나 이 표준은 다른 언어요소와 마찬가지로 시간의 흐름에 따라 변하므로 그 기준도 변한다. 한편 발음은 그 발음하는 사람의 출신지를 밝혀주는 역할을 하며, 영국과 같은 나라에서는 발음이 신분계층을 드러내는 역할도 한다.

pro·nun·ci·a·tion n.

1 [U.C] 발음, 발음법
English pronunciation 영어의 발음
variant pronunciations of the word 한 말의 발음 변종(變種)

2 발음(기호) 표기
pronunciation·al a.
▷ pronunce v.

English teacher's pronunciation

Before, students began to learn English as a subject from Freshmen in Middle school. However, this trend changed in 1988 when students began learning English from third grade in Elementary school.
As we gradually entered the global age, Koreans began to focus more on outside of Korea and in learning English.
Today, as the MB government stated clearly that he wants to follow the Western style of teaching method and especially in ENGLISH, Korean students were put into much more stress than before.
Not only students, but teachers are having hard times as well because students these days tend to really care their English teacher's pronounciation.
We cannot blame both sides.
Before, there was no need in practicing speaking because the teachers focused on exams and just the textbooks. However, today Korean parents want their children's speaking to be improved as well because the formal method did not work when meeting a foreigner.
There are many Koreans (especially in Seoul) who have studied abroad and lots of whom have learned from foreign teachers.
These days, students do not welcome English teachers who's English pronounciation is worse than whom they have learned before.
It is not wrong to believe that English teachers should be experts in English and that their English pronounciation skills should be just as well as foreigners.
These days, since the Exam to be an English teacher is so hard and includes speaking Exam, the English teachers today are such experts in English that there is no need for students to worry about their pronounciation.
The students should not just want foreign teachers just because of pronounciation because Korean teachers have other advantages.

what type of learner are you?

My test result shows that I have extravert, intuitive, feeling, and judgement in me.
I took MBTI test few years ago, and I was very intraverted, which was true since I did not like to join in groups to play but rather liked to be alone.
However, since I firmly decided to become a teacher, many people gave me suggestions on the virtues of a good teacher, one of being an extraverted person.

Many say there are few turning points in your life, one being a freshman in college where no one knows how you've been in the past.
I thought this would be a great time to change my personality and become more involved in a group and be socialized.
I tried to talk first to the other freshmen in Orientation where we knew no one in the group, I tried to participate in activities and be part of the group.

I truly think my personality had changed. I am now much more active and extraverted, and I feel involved in the freshmen class now.

I was worried that the MBTI test would show similar result from before, but I was glad when the result showed E(extraverted) instead of I (introverted).

Idealist Portrait of the Teacher (ENFJ)

Extraversion: I prefer to direct my energy to deal with people, thing,s situations, or "the outer world".

Intuition: I prefer to deal with ideas, look into the unknown, to generate new possibilities or to anticipate what is not obvious.

Feeling: I prefer to decide using values and or personal beliefs, on the basis of what you believe is important or what you or others care about.

Judging: I my life to be planned, stable and orpanized.


Teachers have a natural talent for leading students toward learning, and they are capable of calling forth each learner's potentials. They believe in their students,and the ability to fire the imagination can amount to a kind of genius which other types find hard to emulate.

Teachers consider people their highest priority, and they instinctively communicate personal concern and a willingness to become involved. Warmly outgoing, and the most expressive. Teachers are good with language, expecially when communicating in speech, face to face. Teachers will voice their passions with dramatic flourish, and can become charismatic public speakers (verbal ability).

Teachers like things settled and orpanized, and they are extraordinarily tolerant of others, are easy to get along with, and are usually popular. Teachers are highly sensitive to others, without a doubt, they know what is going on inside themselves, and they can read other people with uncanny accuracy. Teachers show a sincere interest in the joys and problems of their loved ones.

Mikhail Gorbachev, Oprah Winfrey, Pope John Paul II, Ralph Nader, John Wooden, and Margaret Mead are examples of Teacher Idealists.

hard, but fun

We took our first quiz in Linguistics.

It was open book, but I do not think I did well because I've been playing too much lately.

The professor gave us one week to prepare for the quiz, but I did not study because it was too hard and too much.

There were about 10 people who got full credits on the quiz.

Everyone said they did not study even little bit so I was quite surprised at how many students got full points.

The professor told us to read 2 pages of Linguistics everyday, then we will pass the exam and understand.

I told myself, I promised myself that I will follow his idea, but did not fulfill this dream for a week now.

I should really start studying now since many of my classmates are secretly studying at home.

test engine- sat vocabulary

SAT vocabulary

1. abrasive- rough; rude and aggressive
2. abstemious- ascetic, moderate, sober, temperate
3. accolade- praise, approval, tribute, honor, acclaim
4. acquisitive- greedy, covetous
5. adjudicate- arbitrate, judge
6. adulation- flattery, admiration
7. adversity- hardship, misfortune
8. aesthetic- artistic, appealing, beautiful
9. affected- pretended, artificial
10. affront- chagrin, insult, offense
11. agile- active, nimble
12. agnostic- skeptic, unbeliever
13. align- ally, affiliate
14. allay- reduce, lessen, assuage, soothe
15. allure- fascinate, bewitch; charm, appeal
16. aloft- overhead
17. aloof- detached, remote, cold
18. amalgamate- combine, unite
19. ambivalent- unsure, indecisive
20. amenable- agreeable, compliant, malleable