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December 1st, 2022 ENGLISH PRONUNCIATION
AGENDA Greeting Recalling previous class Tongue twister Vowel reduce Schwa Sound practice time Farewell
Tongue twister Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers. A peck of pickled peppers Peter Piper picked. If Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers How many pickled peppers did Peter Piper pick?
VOWEL REDUCTION Word stress is closely related to vowel reduction. Vowel reduction is another important feature of oral English. What does it mean? It means that a vowel sound is pronounced [ə] or [ɪ] instead of another full vowel.
VOWEL REDUCTION For example, the letter <a> in the word about is not pronounced [ɑ] that is present in the word father. This would result to the incorrect form * [ɑbaʊt]. Instead, this vowel sound is reduced to [ə], yielding to the correct pronunciation [ ə ˈbaʊt].
Circle the words that have the schwa sound Soda Bag Apart Pizza Banana Pencil me Lemon Want Practice
ˈsəʊdə əˈpɑːt Soda Bag bæg Apart Pizza Banana ˈpɛnsl ˈlɛmən ˈpiːtsə Pencil me Lemon Want wɒnt bəˈnɑːnə miː
MATCH THE WORDS WITH THE CORRECT TRANSCRIPTION establishment invalid abandon balloon problem ˈprɒbləm ˈbɒtəm səˈpɔːt əˈnæləsɪs bəˈluːn əˈbændən bottom support analysis ɪsˈtæblɪʃmənt ˈɪnvəlɪd
MATCH THE WORDS WITH THE CORRECT TRANSCRIPTION establishment invalid abandon balloon problem ˈprɒbləm ˈbɒtəm səˈpɔːt əˈnæləsɪs bəˈluːn əˈbændən bottom support analysis ɪsˈtæblɪʃmənt ˈɪnvəlɪd
PRODUCTION Make a list of words using the different vowels that can sound like a schwa. a e i o u y
EXAMPLE a – comma, atlas, salad, alphabet, amount, thousand e – elephant, taken, telephone, item, i – animal, accident, confidence, o – carrot, astronaut, bottom, dinosaur, offend, ribbon, phantom u – rhombus, upon, supply, medium y – vinyl
TRANSCRIPTIONS eɪ – ˈkɒmə, ˈætləs, ˈsæləd, ˈælfəbɛt, əˈmaʊnt, ˈθaʊzənd iː – ˈɛlɪfənt, ˈteɪkən, ˈtɛlɪfəʊn, ˈaɪtəm, aɪ – ˈænɪməl, ˈæksɪdənt, ˈkɒnfɪdəns, əʊ – ˈkærət, ˈæstrənɔːt, ˈbɒtəm, ˈdaɪnəʊsɔː, əˈfɛnd, ˈrɪbən, ˈfæntəm juː – ˈrɒmbəs, əˈpɒn, səˈplaɪ, ˈmiːdiəm waɪ – ˈvaɪn(ə)l