1. /prəˌnʌnsɪˈeɪʃən/ Pronunciation
1 & 2
Centro Colombo Americano
March

2. Pronunciation OBJECTIVES Identify strategies for…
Explore book sections to work on your…
Recognize some online tools to improve your…
Pronunciation

4. Let’s talk about your pronunciation!
1. ¿Se identifican con esta situación?
2. ¿Qué ha sido lo más difícil en cuanto a la pronunciación?
3. ¿Qué ha hecho para aprender y mejorar su pronunciación?

5. Match the words with the examples

6. Entonación/ Intonation
What’s the answer???
Acento/ stress
Entonación/ Intonation
Reducción/ Reduction
Unión/ linking

7. WORD STRESS
We say ONE syllable with more force or strength. we accentuate ONE syllable
Movie /ˈmuːvɪ/

8. About Student vacation
EXERCISE
Mark the stress on the following words
Beautiful Concert
About Student vacation

9. Check your answers!!!
Use your dictionary and check your answers with your partner!
/ˈbjuː tɪ fʊl/
/ˈkɒn sɜːt/
/ə ˈbaʊt/
/ˈstjuːdənt/
/və ˈkeɪ ʃən/
BEAUTIFUL
CONCERT
ABOUT
STUDENT
VACATION

10. A falling intonation is very common in WH-questions
Intonation describes how the voice rises and falls in speech.
Where’s the nearest post-office?
What time does the film finish?
A falling intonation is very common in WH-questions
Falling intonation

11. Rising intonation is common in yes-no questions
Is that the new doctor?
Are you thirsty?
Do you work everyday
Rising intonation is common in yes-no questions

12. Let’s Practice!!!Y CONFIRMACIÓN
Rising intonation
Falling Intonation
Do you speak English?
Are you in class?
Did you go to the movies last weekend?
Is she a nice person?
How often do you go to the gym?
What’s your favorite sport?
Where are you from?
What did you do last weekend?

13. Las reducciones son las omisión de un sonido.

14. En esta página web puede encontrar más ejemplos:
REDUCTIONS
En esta página web puede encontrar más ejemplos:

15. LINKING

16. Identify the stress, reductions, intonation, linking in this conversation

18. There are linking sounds in this conversation
Can you find them?

19. Practice linking the sounds

20. Can you identify the rising and falling intonation
In this conversation?

21. Book sections and Resources

22. Online tools

23. /aɪ/ /i:/ /ɪ/ shiporsheep.com tail tile
Shiporsheeep uses minimal pairs practice to teach English sounds. This technique helps learners to distinguish between two different sounds.

24. PHONETICS FOCUS
This website helps you perfect your pronunciation with a wide array of fun activities.

25. Phonetics:The sounds of american English
Sounds of Speech* ™
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26. MANYTHINGS.ORG
This web site is for people studying English as a Second Language There are quizzes, word games, word puzzles etc…

27. RACHELENLGISH.COM Over 400 FREE videos that teach:
• The sounds of American English
• The keys to conversational English: rhythm, intonation, linking, and stress
Learn how these concepts work together to speak confidently and be easily understood while improving listening comprehension. Study how Americans really speak.

28. YOUGLISH.COM
Use YouTube to improve your English pronunciation. With more than 15M tracks, YouGlish gives you fast, unbiased answers about how English is spoken by real people and in context.

29. PRONUNROID
Pronunroid is an educational game that makes practicing English phonetics more fun! It's aimed at practicing IPA (International Phonetics Alphabet)

30.
ESLgold.com provides thousands of free resources and information for both students and teachers.
All materials are organized by skill level for quick and easy access, Just click on a link to get started.