Pronunciation Teaching Tools Burgen Young
key Pronunciation is a key to communication. But…
noteffective Isolated pronunciation exercises are not very effective. And…
confusing Technical explanations of pronunciation are often confusing.
A Solution
as problems occur Practice pronunciation as problems occur And…
Avoid pronunciation jargon alveolar ridge fricative voiceless supersegmental schwa dipthong vocal tract
Keep it simple
How?
Pronunciation Tool Number One
familiarUse symbols
Pronunciation Tool Number Two
I hear. Try to say. I hear. Try to say. I hear. Try to say. how house t-shirt teacher sheep ship
Pronunciation Tool Number Three
Listen Listen, listen some more and then repeat. Just listen. Ruler.
Pronunciation Tool Number Four
Break it Down fridge re fridge re fridge er re fridge er ate re fridge er ate or
Pronunciation Tool Number Five
You can say when you say. the s sound at the beginning of a word start the v sound very the r sound red
Tool Kit 1.Use familiar symbols 2.When you say that I hear ____. Try to say ____. 3.Listen, listen again, and then repeat. 4.Break it down 5.You can say that when you say ___.
more Pronunciation is more than sounds.
Intonation Intonation is more important for comprehension than individual sounds.
The teaching tools work with intonation too.
What is intonation?
Intonation is… Pitch
Intonation is… Stress
Intonation is… Thought Groups
What is sentence stress?
The important words in a sentence are stressed.
vowel sound A stressed syllable has a vowel sound that is…
syllables vowel sounds To identify the number of syllables in a word, count the number of vowel sounds.
stretch To find a stressed syllable, stretch the word and identify the longest vowel sound.
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