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Improving Your Pronunciation Prof . Myrna Monllor English 112

Improving Your Pronunciation Prof . Myrna Monllor English 112. Why is correct pronunciation important?. Rhythm. Words in English have stressed and unstressed syllables . Im prove Mis takes Sentences in English also have stressed and unstressed words. Strong Words (Stressed). Nouns

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Improving Your Pronunciation Prof . Myrna Monllor English 112

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  1. Improving Your Pronunciation Prof. Myrna Monllor English 112

  2. Why is correct pronunciation important?

  3. Rhythm • Words in English have stressed and unstressed syllables. Improve Mistakes • Sentences in English also have stressed and unstressed words.

  4. Strong Words (Stressed) • Nouns • Main Verbs • Adjectives • Adverbs • Negatives (don’t, didn’t…) When you speak English, emphasize the strong words.

  5. Weak Words (Unstressed) • Pronouns • Forms of the verb TO BE • Prepositions/Articles • Auxiliary verbs • Conjunctions

  6. Vowel Sounds • The 26 letters of the alphabet do not represent all the sounds in English. The letter a for example has 5 sounds. • View the following video to listen to the pronunciation of the sounds of English http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MPsz6QVZeVE

  7. 1 Pronouncing Regular Verbs in the Past Tense

  8. Words with /ed/ sound Base Form ends in t or dsound Accepted Attended Stated Communicated Divided Credited Investigated Shouted Greeted Added Defeated Subtracted Quoted Suggested

  9. Words with /t/ sound Base formof the verb ends in gh,f, c, k, g, s, ch, sh, p Thanked Accomplished Changed Cooked Matched Laughed Exchanged Washed Talked Mopped Worked

  10. Words with /d/ sound Any other sound Achieved Learned Sponsored Dined Answered Argued Listened Agreed Studied Earned Called Arrived Cried

  11. Sentences in the Past She accepted his invitation. We looked for the book. They argued all the time. We exchanged the airplane tickets. We divided the cake into equal parts. We thanked him for the gift. Universidad del Sagrado Corazón sponsored the T.V. program. The nurses assisted the doctor.

  12. Sentences in the Past The businessman attended the meeting. We danced all night. She answered the phone. They communicated through their cell phones. We apologized for our lateness. She cooked for her family. He shaved every morning. The couple dined at a nice restaurant. We listened to the radi0 program.

  13. Sentences in the Past She sneezed loudly. She agreed to visit me. Yesterday he washed the car. Their clothes matched. They studied a lot. He earned a lot of money this year. We called him this morning. We talked to our friends. We changed our clothes.

  14. Th sound

  15. /Th/ initial position • think • thing • thief • thigh • Thought • three • through • throughout threat thirst threaten thirsty thriller thorough thrilling thoroughly throw theology throne theory thirty therapy thin therapist

  16. Final/central Position • tooth • teeth • truth • south • north • fifth • sixth • seventh • ethic enthusiasm • ethical enthusiastic • synthesis birth • synthetic month • eleventh monthly • philanthropist • philanthropy • photosynthesis

  17. /f/gh final position • tough • rough • laugh • laughing • laughed • cough • enough Exception though, even though, although

  18. /t/ght • Taught • Thought • Bought • Brought • Caught • Fought • Fight • tight

  19. Pronunciation Exercise • Was the thief caught by the police? • Did the therapist laugh at you? • Life in a violent environment is tough. • Experts believe access to pornography affects people’s behavior. • Even though he got a good grade, he didn’t study much.

  20. Pronunciation Exercise • The therapist taught us how to exercise correctly. • I studied philosophy in the eleventh grade. • Ricky Martin is a philanthropist. • Different ethnic groups live in Brazil. • The philosopher explained the ethical issues related to abortion.

  21. Pronunciation Exercise • My birthday is in July, a summer month. • I lost my first tooth in the fourth grade. • His enthusiasm surprised me. • The thief was brought to the police station in the South Bronx.

  22. Dropping the end sound of words In English there are many words that end in with two or three consonant sounds. Text Test Mind Find Script Comb

  23. Y sound in initial position You Your Yourself Years Youth Yellow

  24. Words beginning with S • Street • Staff • Strange • Stay • Spain • Spicy • Spinach • Spine

  25. Shorter and Longer Vowel Sounds Leave-live Pool-pull Reach-rich Sheep-ship Heat-hit Beat-bit

  26. Ch versus Sh Church Chicken Child Children Choose Challenge Chip Chin • Shy • Should • Shock • Shocking • Shirt • Ship • Shine • short

  27. V versus B • Very • Vast • Vibrant • Video • Vaccine • Vampire • Vain • Volume • Berry • Bath • Bean • Been • Biology • Blood

  28. When the ch sounds like k • Chemistry • Ache • Chorus • Echo • Chaos • Anchor • Monarch • Orchids

  29. Troublesome Words

  30. Online Sources for Pronunciation • http://howjsay.com • https://www.merriam-webster.com/

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