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TEACHING PRONUNCIATION IN TIMES OF ENGLISH AS LINGUA FRANCA. Ana Paula Petriu Ferreira Engelbert UTFPR 14/05/2011. What does speech work involve ?. The physical ability to articulate sounds The ability to get your message across The ability to convey attitude.
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TEACHING PRONUNCIATION IN TIMES OF ENGLISH AS LINGUA FRANCA Ana Paula Petriu Ferreira Engelbert UTFPR 14/05/2011
What does speech work involve? • The physical ability to articulate sounds • The ability to get your message across • The ability to convey attitude
Whylearning/teachingpronunciation? • 'pronunciation errors' • 'native-speaker perfection' • 'sounding foreign' • 'intelligibility'
Activities • Homophones • Homographs • Minimal pairs (vowel sounds)
What are homophones? • Homophones are words that have different spelling but sound the same. • HEEL - HEAL
Practicehomophoneswithyourstudents! • http://www.bbc.co.uk/skillswise/words/spelling/recognising/homophones/game.shtml • http://www.esltower.com/PRONUNCIATION/interactive/homonyms-pre-intermediate/index.html
Canyourewritethisnewspaper ad? There are 25 spellingmistakes. BIG SAIL HEAR AT MEYER'S & SUN SHOES: BY SUM NICE PEARS FOUR JUST ATE DOLLARS CLOTHES: THE HOLE STOCK ON SAIL WITH SPECIAL PRICES. SEA THE VARIETY OF COLLORS WE OFFER: YELLOW, READ, PINK AND BLEW DON'T WEIGHT! TOO WEAKS ONLY! BEE OUR SPECIAL GUESSED. OPENING OURS: FROM ATE TWO FOR (ON SATURDAY WE CLOSE AT WON) KNEW ADDRESS: 36 KING RODE
BIG SALEHERE AT MEYER'S & SON SHOES: BUYSOME NICE PAIRSFOR JUST EIGHT DOLLARS CLOTHES: THE WHOLE STOCK ON SALE WITH SPECIAL PRICES. SEE THE VARIETY OF COLLORS WE OFFER: YELLOW, RED, PINK AND BLUE DON'T WAIT! TWOWEEKS ONLY! BE OUR SPECIAL GUEST. OPENING HOURS: FROM EIGHT TOFOUR (ON SATURDAY WE CLOSE AT ONE) NEW ADDRESS: 36 KING ROAD
What are homographs? • Homographs are words that have the same spelling and can be pronounced the same or differently. • READ - //(present) // (past) • BEAR - // (noun or verb)
Practicehomographswithyourstudents! • http://www.quia.com/cb/8285.html
What are minimal pairs? • Minimal pairs are words that differ in only one sound. • Fit/feet • Man/men
Practiceminimalpairswithyourstudents! • Same or different? • Minimal pairs pictures • Odd man out • http://www.eslhq.com/worksheets/preview_worksheet.php?worksheet_id=24548
Minimalpairs – SongAlanis Morissette – Ironic An old man turned ninety-eight He won the lottery and tied the next day It's a black fly in your Chardonnay It's a death row pardon two minutes too fate Isn't it ironic ... don't you sink
It's like pain on your wedding day It's a free right when you've already paid It's the good advice that you just didn't tape Who would've thought ... it figures
Mr. Play It Safe was afraid to fly He packed his suitcase and missed his kids good-bye He waited his whole damn light to take that flight And as the plane crashed down he fought 'Wellisn'tthisnice...' And isn't it ironic ... don't you think?
Well life has a sunny way of sneaking up on you When you thing everything's okay and everything's going right And life has a sunny way of helping you out when You think everything's gone wrong and everything flows up In your face
It's a traffic jam when you're already laid It's a no-smoking sign on your cigarette brave It's like ten thousand spoons when all you need is a night It's meeting the man of my dreams And then meeting his beautiful life And isn't it ironic... don't you think? A little too ironic... and yeah I really do think...
It's like pain on your wedding day It's a free right when you've already paid It's the good advice that you just didn't tape Who would've thought ... it figures
THANK YOU!!! References: • GODOY, S.M.B; GONTOW, C. & MARCELINO, M. English Pronunciation for Brazilians: The Sounds of American English. São Paulo: Disal, 2006. • http://www.esltower.com/PRONUNCIATION/worksheets/crosswords/vowelsoundscrossword.pdf • http://www.britishcouncil.org/languageassistant/pdf/Unit6.pdf