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ANY CLUES TO ENGLISH PRONUNCIATION?

ANY CLUES TO ENGLISH PRONUNCIATION?. Please , Don’t guess Better Check first And see if it rings a bell. AN NOW WHAT?!. No Future. Women’s Power. Just for man. NO RULES BUT SOME PATTERNS. A very Special Day. SPAIN IS DIFFERENT. 1. BEWARE OF “U”.

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ANY CLUES TO ENGLISH PRONUNCIATION?

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  1. ANY CLUES TO ENGLISH PRONUNCIATION? Please, Don’tguess BetterCheckfirst And seeifitrings a bell

  2. AN NOW WHAT?! No Future Women’sPower Justforman NO RULES BUT SOME PATTERNS A verySpecialDay SPAIN IS DIFFERENT

  3. 1. BEWARE OF “U” • Veryfew times as in Spanish: pull, put • Mostcommonly/Ʌ/: cult, sudden, shut • Stressed as /iu/: fuel, mute, cute • CAN RECALL SOUNDS: • /tʃ/ --tu-- future , culture, torture • /dʒ/ --du-- procedure • /ʃ/ --su-- sugar, pressure, sure • /ʒ/ --su-- usual, measure, treasure

  4. 2. BEWARE OF “i” • CAN RECALL THE SOUND /ʃ/: • ssipassion, permission, discussion • cispecial, social, vicious • ti nation, creation, action • OR DE SOUND /ʒ/: • sivision, invasion, explosion • OR EVEN /dʒ/: • di soldier Find more exampleshere

  5. 3. WHEN TWO VOWELS, 1ST AS IN THE ALPHABET • COMMON EXAMPLES: • Road, coat, load - Tea, see, meal • Rain, pain, main - Fuel, pursuit, barbacue • COMMON EXCEPTIONS: • /e/ head, lead, dead • /ei/ break, great, steak • /u:/could, would, should • /ɔ:/bought, thought, caught, taught

  6. 4. DOUBLE CONSONANTS SHOW SHORT VOWELS • COMMON EXAMPLES: • kitten, puzzle, sudden • Difficult, bitter, traffic • INTERESTING BITS: • VERBS: fatten , stopped, written • ADJECTIVES:bigger, saddest, better

  7. 5. STRESS ON VOWELS • IF STRESSED, AS IN THE ALPHABET: • Famous, cucumber, Peter • Coke, music, future • IF NOT STRESSED, MOST FRECUENTLY /ə/ : • Ca’nal, as’leep, ‘seldom • SILENT FINAL “E” CHANGES PREVIOUS VOWEL • Archive, dynamite, earthquake

  8. 6. BEWARE OF “r” • SOUNDS IF FOLLOWED BY A VOWEL SOUND: • Rich, red, rock, rapid - caring, hearing • IF SILENT, IT CHANGES THE VOWEL LENGTH: • Port, cart, marmalade • World, pearl, girl, search • SOUNDS AS /ə/ A THE END OF THE WORD: • Hour, tour, poor, hair, here, driver, mayor

  9. 7. SILENT LETTERS • mbbomb, lamb, thumb • btdebt, doubt, subtle • scmuscle, descend, scene • gndesign, campaign, align • mnautumn, damn, hymn • stcastle, fasten, listen • dg bridge, edge, fridge

  10. 7. SILENT LETTERS • mbbomb, lamb, thumb • btdebt, doubt, subtle • scmuscle, descend, scene • gndesign, campaign, align • mnautumn, damn, hymn • stcastle, fasten, listen • dg bridge, edge, fridge

  11. 8. TRICKY BITS • /e/many, any, bury • /e/friend, says, said • /Ʌ/ ton, son, some • /Ʌ/ dove, glove, love • /Ʌ/ mother, does, blood, flood • /u:/shoe, soup, rule • /u:/ blues, two, do

  12. ANY CLUES TO ENGLISH PRONUNCIATIONNOW? Hope so! Thankyouverymuch! Email: alfhinojosa@gmail.com Hppt://alfonsohinojosa.es And try thisotherperspective

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