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TEACHING PRONUNCIATION. Pronouncing the sounds of English Native pronunciation is not the goal The goal: Speaking English well enough to understand the sounds and to be understood when speaking 3 Main Areas of Pronunciation Sounds Stress Rhythm and intonation. USEFUL VOCABULARY. Phoneme
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TEACHING PRONUNCIATION Pronouncing the sounds of English Native pronunciation is not the goal The goal: Speaking English well enough to understand the sounds and to be understood when speaking 3 Main Areas of Pronunciation Sounds Stress Rhythm and intonation
USEFUL VOCABULARY Phoneme Phonemics Pronunciation Stress Intonation Rhythm Affricate Alveolar Articulation Bilabial Continuant Dental Fricative Glottal Labio dental Lateral Nasal Palatal Plosive Velar Diphthong Minimal Pair
SOUNDS • Alphabet has 26 letters and 44 sounds • International Phonemic Alphabet (IPA) • Consonants • Initial, Medial, Final • Vowels and diphthongs • Past tense sounds • Minimal pairs • Pronunciation error related to ethnic groups
STRESS • Emphasis on words and syllables • Stressed words in sentences • Contrastive stress • Polysyllabic words
RHYTHM AND INTONATION • Rhythm English: A stress timed language • Sentence stress • Equal timing for each syllable • Content and Function words • Intonation • Pitch and high and low tones to express emotion and attitude • Linking sounds • Loss of sounds • Additional sounds • Change of sounds
WEBSITES • http://www.e-pron.com/ • http://legacy.lclark.edu/~krauss/toppicks/pronunciation.html • http://www.d-oliver.net/pronunciation/websites.htm • http://www.shiporsheep.com/ • http://www.eslflow.com/pronunciationlessonplans.html