Research on British and American Pronunciation Differences in College English Phonetics Courses

Abstract

With the deepening of new curriculum reform, English is introduced into primary school, however, in high school education and compulsory education stage, although English teaching focuses on listening, speaking, reading and writing, there is not a clear distinction of British English and American English, which is fortunately attached great importance to in university. This paper intends to study the differences between British and American pronunciation teaching in college English phonetics classes. On the one hand, it can help students have a comprehensive understanding of the diversity of English pronunciation and improve students’ listening and speaking skills of the English language; on the other hand, it aims to discuss the necessity and strategies of differential teaching in college English phonetics class. Keywords—College English; Phonetics class; British and American pronunciation differences; Teaching research