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Pronunciation

Pronunciation. December 4, 2013. Reflection: What have we done so far?. Learned some strategies Discussed prosody, the rhythm and stress of English Discussed the Color Vowel Chart Focused on some key sounds, working on minimal pairs, dialogues, etc. Planning: What are we going to do now?.

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Pronunciation

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  1. Pronunciation December 4, 2013

  2. Reflection: What have we done so far? • Learned some strategies • Discussed prosody, the rhythm and stress of English • Discussed the Color Vowel Chart • Focused on some key sounds, working on minimal pairs, dialogues, etc.

  3. Planning: What are we going to do now? • Focus on syllables, words, and sentences • Practice word and sentence stress • Develop fluency with certain kinds of syllables and words in order to build fluency in the rhythm and stress of English

  4. Syllables! • syllable /sɪləb(ə)l/ noun plural noun: syllables 1. a unit of pronunciation having one vowel sound, with or without surrounding consonants, forming the whole or a part of a word; for example, there are two syllables in water and three in inferno.

  5. Put these words into 3 columns: aunt chocolate general passenger different chicken Cook grandfather kitchen Sister uncle Dad officer Teacher comfortable Doctor interesting

  6. Tricky Words • Chocolate • General • Different • Comfortable • Interesting • Family • Miserable • Laboratory • Favorite • Business • Conference • Desperate • Opera • History • Vegetable • Separate

  7. Tongue Twisters! (How many syllables?) • Richard checked the chicken in the kitchen. __ • Watler walked towards the waiter. ___ • Betty bought a better bit of butter. ___ • The fat cat sat on the vet’s wet hat. ___ • She sells sea shells on the sea shore. ___

  8. Sentences for Homework • I went to an interestingrestaurant on Wednesday. First I had chicken with a lot of differentvegetables. Then I had a piece of chocolate cake. In general, I don’t like chocolate, but the cake was delicious.

  9. Word Stress

  10. Word Stress

  11. Word Stress

  12. Word Stress

  13. Let’s practice drawing the word stress! First Syllable Stress • April • Thirty • Morning • Sunday • Making • Finger Second Syllable Stress • July • Thirteen • Today • Thirteenth • Ballet • Sustain

  14. Let’s practice drawing the word stress! First Syllable • Saturday • Thirtieth • Yesterday • Holiday • seventy Second Syllable • September • Tomorrow • Eleventh • Together • Tomato

  15. Practice Drawing! Third Syllable • Afternoon • Seventeen • Twenty-one • Tamborine

  16. Word Sorts • We’re going to sort various words according to their word stress patterns.

  17. Online Resources • http://www.merriam-webster.com/ • http://dictionary.reference.com/

  18. Let’s Practice Writing Words in IPA

  19. Sentence Stress

  20. Sort the sentences with a partner according to the stress pattern. • Check the board for the patterns.

  21. Let’s practice these sentences. • I can swim. • Are you coming? • We were tired. • She can help you. • Can you see? • They were talking. • I can’t swim. • Aren’t you coming? • We weren’t tired. • She can’t help you. • Can’t you see? • They weren’t talking.

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