A Workshop in Comprehensible Pronunciation George Elliott Koichi Whitehead

What do you think? Non-native teachers are poor models of pronunciation. Korean English speakers should try to reduce their accent as much as possible. There is only one correct way to pronounce things. It is beneficial to expose learners to as many different pronunciation varieties as possible. The main goal of pronunciation is comprehensibility.

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It is important to be able to differentiate between sounds in order to differentiate between words. fan dead sheet today pan dad shit to die

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/fənEtIks/ English Vowels

The International Phonetic Alphabet What is IPA? Why is it useful?

Beard is not the same as heard Our Strange Lingo Beard is not the same as heard Cord is also different from word. Cow is cow but low is low but shoe is never rhymed with toe. Think of hose, dose,and lose And think of goose and yet with choose Think of comb, tomb and bomb, Doll and roll or home and some. Think of blood, food and good. Mould is not pronounced like could. To sum up all, it seems to me Sound and letters don't agree. Adapted from:Lord Cromer, published in the Spectator of August 9th, 1902

English is NOT phonetic Letters and sounds do not match leading to the following problems…

Different letters represent the same sound too to rough two fit shoe threw physics through clue

The same letters represent different sounds… read through glove move trough read

Some letters have no sound at all receipt knit salmon would scent

IPA allows you to write language as it sounds pronunciation /prənʌnsieʃən/ I had to quit drinking coffee. It keeps me awake during presentations. /aj hæd tu kwɪt drɪŋkɪŋ kafi. ɪt kips mi əwek durɪŋ prɛzənteʃənz./

IPA and Vowels English has 5 vowels, but many more vowel sounds!

English Vowel Chart u i ɪ ʊ o e ə ʌ ɛ æ ɑ ɚ KEY POINTS Tongue height Tongue position Tenseness (tense / lax) Rounding ɚ

Diphthongs= More than one vowel sound cow boy buy bear Vowels are produced in a smaller region of the vocal tract—the palatal and velar regions so place of articulation descriptions are also inappropriate Vowels are usually sonorant but voiceless vowels are found in some languages—phonological status of the vowels are unclear. There are also vowels with other glottal states—listen on Ladefoged

Identify the Vowel Sounds cup run camp crazy ring sheet can last Batman wolf mom dad bed curtain women bad look said color fox pin fan fun lotion pocket meet shook red practice saw ɪ i e ɛ æ ə ʌ u ʊ o ɑ If you are finish early, write down some of the words that you are uncertain how to pronounce.

/fənEtIks/ English Consonants

Voicing Voiced = vibration of vocal cords Voiceless= just air

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