Braille-type phonetic and intonation symboles and material development for visual diabled students

英语韵律，如重音、节奏、语调等，是英语语音教学的重要组成部分。我们明白，教师要教视障学生这些英语语音方面的知识，是相当困难的。然而，我发现这里用来教他们英语发音的盲文式语音和语调符号是非常有用的，也很容易理解。在本研究中，我阐明了我的研究是通过使用新发明的方法，如盲文式语调标记，音标和重音符号标记，使视障学生的语音得到改善。这里所采用的语音材料是我以前的课文中涉及的基本英语句子，既有声调标记，也有语调符号。在本研究中，我们利用英语盲文字母表、盲文音标和听力材料这三个项目来帮助视障学生克服英语语音学习的困难。

English prosody, such as stress, rhythm, intonation, is the important part of teaching English pronunciation. We understand that it is quite difficult for teachers to teach visual disabled students these phonetic aspects of English. However, I found that the Braille-type phonetic and intonation symbols which are used here for teaching pronunciation of English to them are quite useful and easily understandable. In this study, I clarified that my research made the visual disabled students' pronunciation improve by using newly invented method, such as Braille-type intonation marks, phonetic notation and stress symbol notation. The phonetic materials adapted here are fundamental English sentences involved in my previous texts indicating not only tone marks but also intonation symbols. In my research these three items; English Braille alphabet, phonetic symbols based on Braille and listening materials are used for visual disabled students to overcome difficulties in learning English sounds.