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English pronunciation

English pronunciation. An easy guide to learn correct pronunciation. Definitions. Vowels :the sounds produced without making obstacles on the stream of the sound coming out of throat. Diphthongs :the same as the above but they consist of two sounds with a glide from one sound to another.

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English pronunciation

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  1. English pronunciation An easy guide to learn correct pronunciation

  2. Definitions Vowels :the sounds produced without making obstacles on the stream of the sound coming out of throat. Diphthongs :the same as the above but they consist of two sounds with a glide from one sound to another. Consonants: the sounds produced with an obstacle on the air stream. Stress : the prominence of the sound in a syllable, or word. Intonation: the way voice goes up and down in pitch.

  3. Introduction • Listen to a clip from BBC learning English first, and write your impression in at least ten sentences:

  4. Vowels and diphthongs • 20 vowels and diphthongs in English:

  5. Some clues to learn vowels • Every vowel can be highlighted with three distinctive features: • The position of the lips • Length • The position of the tongue

  6. Some clues to learn diphthongs • Eradicating the misconception • Making awareness • Training reception skills

  7. consonants • Some of the consonants are present in Farsi with some difference like t , p , k , g , m , l , ..... • Some totally absent like θ ,.....

  8. Keys to learn consonants • The distinctive features to remember consonants suggested as follow: • The position of lips • The position of the tongue

  9. Stress • Word stress. Classified in to two levels :Major and Minor. • Major as primary and secondary stress • Minor as tertiary and weak

  10. Keys to learn stress • English is a stress dependant language , it means changing the stress pattern may change the meaning , and it does not have a predetermined stress pattern for all words. • Every word must have a primary stress if it is pronounced alone. • Every phrase must have at least one primary stress resulting in changing the primary stress of others to lower stress pattern. • The weak sound would not naturally get primary stress. • In a sentence one word usually gets the primary stress changing the pattern of others to a lower one.

  11. intonation • Falling intonation 231 • Rising intonation 23 with a rise

  12. Some general patterns of stress in a phrase • Content words usually get major stress in a phrase or sentence and one of them gets the primary one. • The following words would get the primary stress in a phrase: • In adjective phrase ,noun, • in noun compounds , the first noun, • in verb or adjective with a prep, the verb or adjective , • in two-word verbs, prep • In verb phrase the main verb • In combination of a auxiliary and not “not” • the words which carry the new pieces of information

  13. Connected speech • Strong and weak form : function words usually go through this process following the rule mentioned earlier “the meaning carrying word usually get stressed”

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