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Pronunciation Course

Pronunciation Course. Class 4. Listening exercise – p.60. Wife’s (/s/) legs (/z/) sister’s (/z/) Those(/z/) places (/ Iz/ ) gets (/s/) Pedicures(/z/) separators(/z/) That’s (/z/) looks (/s/) Colors(/z/) tips(/s/) Face (/s/) goes (/z/) Is(/z/) eyes (/z/)

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Pronunciation Course

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  1. Pronunciation Course Class 4

  2. Listening exercise – p.60 Wife’s (/s/) legs (/z/) sister’s (/z/) Those(/z/) places (/Iz/) gets (/s/) Pedicures(/z/) separators(/z/) That’s (/z/) looks (/s/) Colors(/z/) tips(/s/) Face (/s/) goes (/z/) Is(/z/) eyes (/z/) Stops(/s/) marks(/s/) Close (/z/)

  3. -ed Endings • -ed Endings are often very difficult for Brazilians because sounds change based upon the previous sound. • There are three –ed ending sounds • /t/ • /d/ • /Id/

  4. Nasal Consonants Mispronounced by Brazilians in final position, because we nasalize vowels, not consonants. E.g. cantaram. • /m/ - bilabial sound SAM • /n/ - alveolar sound TAN • /N/ - velar sound SIGN

  5. -ng spelling • Normally, the /g/ is pronounced. Anger finger stronger However, when the word derives from a verb, the /g/ is silent. To sing singer /sINr/ to bring bringing /brININ/ To hang hanger /hQNr/

  6. /l/ Mispronounced by Brazilians Brazil /U/ instead of /l/ /h/ /r/ Mispronounced in two ways: Brazilians don’t use enough airflow to produce the /h/, or Brazilians don’t roll the /r/ sound.

  7. Let’s practice Once upon a time, there was a little girl who lived in a village near the forest.  Whenever she went out, the little girl wore a red riding cloak, so everyone in the village called her Little Red Riding Hood. One morning, Little Red Riding Hood asked her mother if she could go to visit her grandmother as it had been awhile since they'd seen each other. "That's a good idea," her mother said.  So they packed a nice basket for Little Red Riding Hood to take to her grandmother.

  8. Stops /p/, /t/, /k/ • Aspiration occurs in the beginning of the word and when the syllable is stressed. Palace Appear

  9. Some Sibilant Consonants • /S/ is the sound of She • /tS/ is the sound of Chair • /Z/ is the sound of Measure • /dZ/ is the sound of Jet

  10. The –th sounds • θ – voiceless sound : think, sixth • ð – voiced sound: the, mother

  11. Stand up if you hear Each person will have a consonant sound. Listen to the words. Stand up if your consonant is spoken.

  12. Stress • Vowel length and reduction Potato Chicken Reduction In every word with more than one syllable, one syllable is stressed the most. The vowel, in the stressed syllable is extra long. Ex. 1 – course book

  13.           Remain mainly attractive principle Amaze soapy atomic politics Arrive reason arrangement sensitive Arrange training electric minister Explain sailing

  14. Two-vowel rule for multi-syllable words • If there are two vowel letters in the STRESSED syllable of a word: • The first vowel is pronounced with its alphabet sound • The second vowel is silent Remain repeat alive soapy assume

  15. One vowel rule for multi-syllable words • If there is only one vowel letter in the STRESSED syllable of a word, it is pronounced with its relative vowel sound. Attract relative predict copy Sunday

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