Useful presentation phrases & Common pronunciation errors Heeyeul Kwon December 16th, 2014 English Seminar Technology Management Lab Department of Industrial Engineering Seoul National University Corporate idealist

Introducing the topic Today, For today’s presentation, I’ll be speaking about ~ I’m going to give a talk on ~ I’d like to talk to you about ~ I’d like to present ~ I’d like to introduce ~ I’d like to review ~ I’d like to cover ~ I’d like to focus on ~ I’ll be speaking about the techniques of data mining I’m going to give a talk on several important mechanisms of data mining I’d like to talk to you about the applications of data mining in medical industry I’d like to present recent development of new data mining techniques I’d like to review serious aspects of recent accidents in mining industry 1/6

Getting into the details Begin with ~ Start with ~ Begin by ~ing Start by ~ing Well then, what is data mining? Let’s begin with that. To begin with, I’d like to point out some of the problems of data mining techniques. I’d like to start with a discussion of data mining Let me begin by explaining what I meant by preprocessing First of all, I think it would be better to start out by making several comments on the present business environment. 2/6

Why Koreans are making English pronunciation errors Different phonetic spectrum Certain sounds do not exist in Korean Weak variation in prosody Monotonous Segmental sound Korean character = one syllable 3/6

Different Phonetic Spectrum 1. Consonants (1/2) Examples Missing R F V TH Z SH Alternative L P, Wh B S, D, T J, G S Original words/phrases Mispronounced words/phrases reaction / reference leaction / leference “Brown rice please” “Brown lice please” phenomenon / feature penomenon / peature “Add me on Facebook” “Add me on Pacebook” value / various balue / barious “I can’t hear your voice” “I can’t hear your boice” thought / theory tought / seory “Think before you speak” “Sink before you speak” zoom / Zach joom / Jack “Zero coke please” “Jero coke please” shelf / seashell self / seasell 4/6

Different Phonetic Spectrum 1. Consonants (2/2) Examples th sound t or d sound weather wetter there tear three tree than tan those toes thick tick thank tank thin tin then ten with wit leather letter path pat z sound s sound zoo Sue zip sip buzz bus prize price zeal seal maze mace eyes ice rise rice advise advice raise race his hiss 5/6

Different Phonetic Spectrum 2. Vowels - e and ae Examples HyPOthesis vs. HyPOtheses e sound ae sound pen pan men man said sad beg bag left laughed dead dad bet bat Ben ban Original words/phrases Mispronounced words/phrases “He’s the bad guy” “He is the bed guy” “You are so dead” “You are so dad” 6/6