Research on the Function of Visual Phonetic Software Praat in Vocational English Phonetics Teaching

Abstract

Phonetics teaching is the most difficult part of English majors in higher vocational colleges. Many students are affected by their mother tongue pronunciation habits and the lack of systematic voice training at the middle school stage, resulting in weak phonetic foundations. There are problems such as inability to correctly distinguish between long and short vowels, voiced consonants, emphasized and light pronunciation, and intonation. To this end, the introduction of the visual speech software Praat, using its visual and intuitive image characteristics can assist teachers in class, help students find the pronunciation errors in time and correct them in time. Based on this, this article will combine the status quo of English phonetics teaching in higher vocational colleges and analyze the role of Praat phonetics learning software in phonetics teaching and its specific application implementation.