- •Pronunciation Power
- •STUDENT LEARNING SUPPORT
- •Library Extension
- •Why is pronunciation important?
- •How is English pronunciation different to my language?
- •English is a stress timed language
- •Linking
- •Weak forms
- •What do we mean by pronunciation?
- •What do we mean by pronunciation?
- •Word stress
- •Word stress
- •Word stress
- •Word stress
- •General rules for word stress – Nouns & Adjectives
- •General rules for word stress - Verbs
- •Same Verb and Noun words
- •Compound Nouns
- •Practice
- •Answers
- •Sentence stress
- •Sentence Stress
- •Sentence Stress
- •Which words in a sentence are stressed?
- •Which words in a sentence are NOT stressed?
- •Contrastive stress – another use of sentence stress
- •Contrastive Stress
- •Practice
- •Sentence stress
- •Listen to this news report
- •Listen to this news report
- •Linking
- •Linking
- •Word linking – consonant
- •Practice
- •Word Linking - answers
- •Word linking – 2 plosives together
- •Word linking – 2 plosives together
- •Intrusive sounds
- •Intrusive /w/
- •Intrusive /r/
- •Intrusive /j/
- •Practice
- •Practice
- •Weak sounds
- •Weak sounds
- •Weak forms
- •Weak or strong?
- •Weak or strong?
- •Strong and weak forms - examples
- •Practice
- •What do we use to make a sound?
- •Phonetic Chart
- •Consonants
- •Consonants
- •Consonants
- ••Thank
- •English or not
- •Other consonant problem areas
- •Flied lice
- •Over rolled ‘r’
- •Final position
- •Final position
- •Consonant clusters
- •Tricky consonant clusters for everyone!
- •Vowels
- •Vowels
- •Long V short vowels
- •Vowels
- •Conclusion
- •Want more help?
- •So what can I do to improve?
- •Getting the correct pronunciation
- •What are my problems in pronunciation?
- •Part 2…
Listen to this news report
•Australia's big supermarket chains have signalled the start of a price war. Both Coles and Woolworths have announced they are reducing grocery prices across their stores.
One analyst says the retailers have had a wake- up call from cut price competitors such as Aldi.
Carly Laird reports
ABC News. (2010, January 29). Supermarket Price War Begins. Retrieved January 29th , 2010, from http://www.abc.net.au/am/content/2010/s2804411.htm
Linking
•It is in the shed at the bottom of the garden.
Linking
•It is in the shed at the bottom of the garden.
Word linking – consonant
+ vowel
•When one word ends in a consonant or a consonant sound and the next word begins with a vowel, the two words are linked together in speech as if they were one.
•E.g. He fell_off the chair
She’s given_up smoking
Practice
•Look at worksheet ex 4 and find the words that link to one another.
Word Linking - answers
1.What_are you doing tonight?
2.Tell_him I’ll wait_in the car.
3.He fell_off the top_of the roof.
4.Do you know where_I can get some_advice_on referencing?
5.Would you like_a cup_of tea?
Word linking – 2 plosives together
•Broadbeach
•Gold Coast
•Last Tuesday
•Bond presentation
Word linking – 2 plosives together
•Broadbeach
•Gold Coast
•Last Tuesday
•Bond presentation
Word linking – vowel + vowel
•In order to link one word with another, we sometimes need to insert an extra sound.
•Listen to these sentences and identify the added sound between the underlined words:
–Can you_ask him?
–We_are going to practise pronunciation today.
–I saw_it happen
Word linking – vowel + vowel
•In order to link one word with another, we sometimes need to insert an extra sound.
•Listen to these sentences and identify the added sound between the underlined words:
•Can you_w_ask him?
•We_j_are going to practise pronunciation today.
•I saw_r_it happen
