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Pronunciation Teaching Tools. Burgen Young byoung@themlc.org. Pronunciation is a key to communication. But…. Isolated pronunciation exercises are not very effective. And…. Technical explanations of pronunciation are often confusing. A Solution.
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Pronunciation Teaching Tools Burgen Youngbyoung@themlc.org
Isolated pronunciation exercises are notvery effective. And…
Technical explanations of pronunciation are often confusing.
Avoid pronunciation jargon alveolar ridge dipthong voiceless fricative supersegmental schwa vocal tract
familiar Usesymbols
I hear . Try to say . how house I hear . Try to say . t-shirt teacher I hear . Try to say . sheep ship
Listen, listen some more and then repeat. Just listen. Ruler. Ruler.
Break it Down fridge re fridge re fridge er re fridge er ate re fridge er ate or
You can say when you say . the s sound at the beginning of a word start • You can say when you say . thev sound very • You can say when you say . ther sound red
Tool Kit • Use familiar symbols • When you say that I hear ____. Try to say ____. • Listen, listen again, and then repeat. • Break it down • You can say that when you say ___.
Pronunciation is morethan sounds. vowels pitch word stress sentencestress consonants thought groups
Intonationis more important for comprehension than individual sounds.
Intonation is… Pitch
Intonation is… Stress
Intonation is… Thought Groups
A stressed syllable has a vowel sound that is… louder longer
To identify the number of syllables in a word, count the number of vowel sounds.
To find a stressed syllable, stretch the word and identify the longest vowel sound.
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