Pronunciation and Vocabulary

Towards Improving Spoken English

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English Pronunciation for Malaysians

What is the difference?

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English Consonants(unvoiced

phonemes)

Place of ArticulationFront → ------------------------------------------------------------------------→ Back

bilabial Labio-dental dental alveolar palato-

alveolar palatal velar glottal

Manner

of articulation

plosive p b t d k gaffricate tʃ

dʒfricative f v ɵ ð s z ʃ ʒ hnasal m n ŋlateral lapproximant (w) r j w

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B M Consonants(unvoiced

phonemes)

Place of ArticulationFront → ------------------------------------------------------------------------→ Back

bilabial Labio-dental dental alveolar palato-

alveolar palatal velar glottal

Manner

of articulation

plosive p b t d k g ʔaffricate tʃ

dʒfricative f v ɵ ð s z ʃ ʒ x hnasal m n ɲ ŋlateral lapproximant (w) r j w

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English Vowels and Diphthongs

TongueLow ←

------------------------ → High

Vowels DiphthongsFront Back End at front → End at back

i: ɪ ʊ u:ɪəʊəeə

eɪ ɔɪ aɪ

oʊaʊ 

e ə ɜ: ɔ:æ ʌ ɑ: ɒ

Lips can be:

Spread Neutral Rounded Closing Centring Closing

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BM Vowels and Diphthongs

TongueLow ←

--------------- --------- → High

Vowels DiphthongsFront Back End at front → End at back

i uoiai

au 

e ə oɑ

Lips can be:

Spread Neutral Rounded Only in open syllables - ?

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Stress and Intonation

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Speak clearly to be understood

Incorrect stress can cause misunderstanding just as much as incorrect sounds.

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Stress and Unstress

What does STRESS sound like?

Louder Longer Higher

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er ar or ure/ə/

a e i o u

teacher collar doctor measure

zebra garden fossil lion circus

What does UNSTRESS sound like?

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Phonemes

Word Stress

Sentence Stress

Intonation

English Pronunciation

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So what’s the difference?

Does BM have stress and intonation?

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OK! Let’s learn some words!

Quokka

Quoll

Australian native animals

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Marsupial

pouch

joeyspotted tail

snout

16vegetation

Jarrah forest

grasses and sedges

succulents

tuft

Mallee shrublands

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Dietcarnivorous

meat

vegetarian

vegetables and fruit

watermoisture

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North … Northern

South … Southern

West…Western

East…Eastern

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redreddish

tinges of red

round

roundish

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Recipe for Banana Fritters

crispy

golden

perfect

porous

popular fried

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Ingredients

batter

baking powder

self-raising flourPaper towel

deep-frya pinch

LET’S PLAY BINGO!

Do not write on your card

Use sunflower seeds as markers