Pronunciation Teaching Tools
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Pronunciation Teaching Tools
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Pronunciation is a key to
communication.
But…
Isolated pronunciation exercises are not very effective.
And…
Technical explanations of pronunciation are often confusing.
A Solution
Practice pronunciation as problems occur
And…
Avoid pronunciation jargon
alveolar ridge
fricative
voiceless
supersegmentalschwa
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-shirtteacher
sheepship
Pronunciation Tool Number Three
Listen, listen some more and then repeat.
Just listen. Ruler. Ruler.
Pronunciation Tool Number Four
Break it Down
fridgere fridge
re fridge erre fridge er ate
re fridge er ate or
Pronunciation Tool Number Five
You can say
when you say . You can say when you say .
You can say when you say .
the s sound at the beginning of a word
start
the v sound very
the r soundred
Tool Kit
1. Use familiar symbols2. When you say that I
hear ____. Try to say ____.
3. Listen, listen again, and then repeat.
4. Break it down5. You can say that when
you say ___.
Pronunciation is more than sounds.
wordstress
vowels
consonants
pitch
sentencestress
thought
groups
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.
A stressed syllable has a vowel sound that is…
longer
louder
To identify the number of syllables in a word, count the number of vowel sounds.
To find a stressed syllable, s t re t ch the word and identify the longest vowel sound.
For more informationhttp://online.themlc.org