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Beyond Words: Five Tricks to Improve Student Pronunciation

Beyond Words: Five Tricks to Improve Student Pronunciation. Nancy Swisher, Lecturer in ESL, NC State University Editor, the ESL GLOBE nmswishe@ncsu.edu www4.ncsu.edu/~nmswishe. What makes up our accents?. phonological characteristics of individual sounds.

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Beyond Words: Five Tricks to Improve Student Pronunciation

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  1. Beyond Words: Five Tricks to Improve Student Pronunciation Nancy Swisher, Lecturer in ESL, NC State UniversityEditor, the ESL GLOBEnmswishe@ncsu.eduwww4.ncsu.edu/~nmswishe

  2. What makes up our accents? phonological characteristics of individual sounds Minimal pairs: beat/bit, made/mad, pill/bill www.uiowa.edu/~acadtech/phonetics/english/frameset.html

  3. 0.6 sec. 0.6 sec. 0.6 sec. 0.6 sec. 0.6 sec. 0.6 sec. Five Tricks to Improve Comprehensibility Word, Phrase and Sentence Stress Today I will go to the gym to work out. Most men like cars. From Rhythm and Unstress by Howard B. Woods

  4. Five Tricks to Improve Comprehensibility Stress content words: nouns / main verbs / adjectives / adverbs negatives / wh-words / interjections Reduce or weaken function words: articles / conjunctions / prepositionspronouns / auxiliary verbs

  5. Five Tricks to Improve Comprehensibility Focus in Phrases (thought groups) and Sentences A woman / without her man / is nothing. A woman / without her / man is nothing.

  6. The soccer game is this weekend. When? When? I have to see Dr. Smith. I have to see, Dr. Smith. Five Tricks to Improve Comprehensibility Intonation

  7. Five Tricks to Improve Comprehensibility Reduced Forms wanna gonna hafta shoulda woulda coulda Whaddaya Say?

  8. Five Tricks to Improve Comprehensibility Linking Sup? What’s up? Sko! Let’s go! Jeet? No, joo? Did you eat? No, did you? Ledder gedda bedder wädr heedr. Let her get a better water heater. Mad Gabs Ask Rude Arrive Her A screwdriver Plea Sway Tube Ease Heated Please wait to be seated. Chick He Tub An An Us Chiquita bananas

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