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Pronunciation and Phonetics

Pronunciation and Phonetics. Speaking and understanding American English Susannah Ewing Bölke. Intonation patterns. fall definite statements answers to questions tag questions expecting agreement wh- questions. Intonation patterns. rise

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Pronunciation and Phonetics

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  1. PronunciationandPhonetics Speaking and understanding American English Susannah Ewing Bölke

  2. Intonation patterns fall definite statements answers to questions tag questions expecting agreement wh- questions

  3. Intonation patterns rise questions without question words tag questions if uncertain, asking for information incompleteness in lists showing interest

  4. Intonation patterns fall-rise doubt, surprise strong approval or disapproval

  5. Intonation patterns rise-fall certainty

  6. Practice / Fluency In pairs, write a dialogueandthenpractice it. • Student A startsbywritingthesecondsentence, • student B continueswiththenextsentence, • and so on. Besuretovarythekindsofsentences. • Whenyouhaveabout 12 sentences, practicereadingthemtogether, payingattentiontotheintentandintonationofyoursentences. Tostart: I had a really__great/awesome/lousy/rotten__ weekend.

  7. Assignments • See OLAT for consolidation and practice • Brainstorm consonants you know you have trouble with, and choose five you would like to concentrate on.  Make flash cards (you can use the template in the task folder) of those phonemes: 5 each of the 5 phonemes.  We will be playing a game with them in class, so bring them next week!

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