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Pronunciation

Pronunciation. Week 6 – Vowels & Stress. Please add your email address to the list if you have one. Get a book from Kristi if you need to buy one . Start up. English Central Please bring your own headsets. Did anyone take a microphone to practice at home?. Notes & Announcements.

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Pronunciation

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  1. Pronunciation Week 6 – Vowels & Stress

  2. Please add your email address to the list if you have one. • Get a book from Kristi if you need to buy one. Start up

  3. English Central • Please bring your own headsets. • Did anyone take a microphone to practice at home? Notes & Announcements

  4. Tongue Twisters Review

  5. Things People Michael Helen Susan Cheryl Kristi Linda Taylor David Miller • table • number • auto • window • office • pencil • notebook Stress Review

  6. 3-syllable words • TERibleWONderfulGOVernment • comMITteeexAMplefanTAStic • underNEATHafterNOONunderSTAND Word Stress Practice

  7. 4-syllable words • occuPAtionexplaNAtionacaDEMic • preOCcupyaNALysisasTROLogy • SECretaryMEdiatorAPpetizer Word Stress Practice

  8. Many words in English have the same pattern as short phrases. repuTAtion See you LAter. Glad to MEET you. compreHEND in the END Make a FRIEND. fanTAStic It’s PLAStic. Let’s FAX it. The Echo Game

  9. Homonyms (Look-alikes) NounsVerbs PERmitPerMIT INsultinSULT PROduceproDUCE INcreaseinCREASE OBjectobJECT Reduced Vowels – The Schwa /ə/

  10. Sounds like ‘uh’ • Nearly always a short sound • Often found in ‘function’ words like: • a, am, an, and, has, have, than, was, can The Schwa /ə/

  11. Vowels /ɑ/, /ə/, and /ʊ/ • Repeat the words. • Match the words that have the same vowel sound. • Check with a partner. • Repeat & check your answers. • Fill in the conversations (#4). • Listen & repeat. • Listen & repeat with Clear Conversations. Go to kweis.wikispaces.com VowelsUnit 2 – pgs 6-7

  12. Get a microphone (and headset if needed). • Plug in your microphone. • Log in to a computer. • Go to kweis.wikispaces.com, Pronunciation Class, Week 6. • Open Shadow Talking Instructions. • Practice Shadow Talking (with or without recording). Individual Practice

  13. Choose a something you would like to listen to. Some examples include: • Voice of America (www.voanews.com/specialenglish) • Ted Talks (www.ted.com/talks) • National Public Radio (www.npr.com, 89.7 FM, 90.7 FM) • Decide if you will just listen and repeat or if you will use the transcript. • Make sure your audio is set up (headphones, microphone, and volume). • If you are going to record, use the Accessory ‘Sound Recorder’ on a pc computer. (See Kristi for help with this.) • When you are ready, press ‘Record’ and then begin your listening. Record yourself repeating what the speaker says immediately after they say it. Pause your listening at any time. • Repeat & have fun! Shadow Talking Practice – Clear Conversations

  14. Return ALL microphones! • Bring your own headsets next week. • Practice listening & speaking (with or without recording). Please remember.

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