pronunciation in use

Pronunciation in use Ngo Quynh Hoa, M.A AGENDA (periods 1-3) • Possible Pronunciation Difficulties for Vietnamese Speakers • Importance of English Pronunciation Practice • Introducing letters & sounds • Introduction of IPA (vowels + consonants) Pronounce the words & sentences • Hi / help • Pen / cat / dog / girl / two / boy • Man / men; sit / seat; bed / bad • Owl / cousin / yacht • White / wine / wife / why / while • Door / flood / boot • Shoe shop / car door / record (n) / record (v) • National / nationality / nationalization • Would you like to drink tea with sugar or milk? • Would you like to drink tea with sugar or milk? Importance of EPP 1. First impressions • Pronunciation = the first & most important thing that native speakers notice during a conversation. • Why do they think your English is good? – Because of the difficult words we used? NO – Because we used advanced grammar structures? NO  It is your PRONUNCIATION. Importance of EPP 2. Communication • Knowing a lot of vocabulary, using perfect grammar MEANS NOTHING if nobody can understand you. • We can not use “simple pronunciation”. • Bad English pronunciation may confuse people. • Good English pronunciation will – make people understand u easily. – be willing to listen to you. INTRODUCTION of IPA • 44 sounds in English: – 20 vowels – 24 consonant sounds • Vowels: – Simple vowels (12) – Diphthongs (8) • Consonants – Unvoiced sounds (8) – Voiced sounds (16) Vowels • Short vowels: /I/, /Q/, /U/, /@/, /{/, /e/, /V/ • Long vowels: /i:/,/O:/,/u:/, /E:/, /A:/ • Diphthongs: /eI/, /OI/, /aI/, /I@/, /e@/, /@U/, /aU/, /U@/ Consonants • Voiced sounds • Voiceless sounds • Nasal sounds • Glide sounds • Glottal sounds Lesson 2 /I/ vs. /i:/ and /e/ vs. /{/ agenda • The organ of speech • Minimal pairs • /I/ vs. /i/ • /e/ vs. /{/ [...]... speech Minimal pairs •cool – tool /ku:l - tu:l/ •pin – pen /pIn - pen/ •cab – cap /k{b - k{p/ /i:/ vs /I/ • Practice 1 (Ship or Sheep, p 9) • Test (Ship or Sheep, p 10) /i:/ vs /I/ /i:/ bean eat seat leek evening Jean pea three Peter meat easy cheese /I/ bin it sit lick its isn’t ill film minutes fifty beginning interesting How to spell /i:/ • This sound can be spelled in any of the following ways... 17) • Listening discrimination: the teacher read some words, sts have to decide the words containing which sound /e/ or /{/ Then sts practice in small group and take turns – Mini test (p.13) – Mini test (p.17) Practice • Work with a partner Take turn saying the following sentences Focus on the sound /e/ 1 Hello, Eddie Have a cigarette 2 I went to American with my friend 3 I’ve spent everything for my... like coffee or milk or tea? A cheese sandwich, Peter It begins in six minutes We’ll miss the beginning of the film Please sit down • Work in pairs: Find out words containing the sounds /i:/ vs /I/ Use the words you’ve found, make a short dialogue, practice the dialogue /e/ vs /{/ Ngo Quynh Hoa, MA Introducing /e/ vs /{/ • • • • Pen /pen/ - pan /p{n/ Ten /ten/ - tan /t{n/ Men /men/ - man /m{n/ Beg... complete i machine, police ea bean, cheap, meat, seat ie field, piece ee heel, queen, tree, y lazy ei receive eo people ey key How to spell /I/ • i • o • u • ui bin, chip, hill, hit, inch, it, mitt, ship, sit, slip, wind, bit, pit, river women busy building /i:/ vs /I/ 1 2 3 4 5 6 Would you like coffee or tea? Would you like coffee or milk or tea? A cheese sandwich, Peter It begins in six minutes We’ll... practicing the following conversation Use the place names below Kent Venice Belgium Denmark A: How did you spend your holiday? B: I went to ………… A: Was it expensive? B: Yes Very Practice • Work with a partner Take turn saying the following sentences Focus on the sound /{/ 1 That sad man with the camera is a hijacker 2 He’s wearing black slacks and a jacket 3 That fat lady with the big black handbag in. .. lady with the big black handbag in her left hand went into the lavatory 4 She’s travelling to Amsterdam Practice • Work in pairs Take turns practicing the conversation below Use the pictures on the p.19 A: perhaps that passenger is a hijacker B: Do you mean the man with the black slacks? A: No The woman with the black handbag PRACTICE • Work in pairs and practice the dialogues (p 14 and p.18) GAME... The woman with the black handbag PRACTICE • Work in pairs and practice the dialogues (p 14 and p.18) GAME • Card game (handouts) /U/ vs /u:/ Ngo Quynh Hoa, M.A Outlines 1 Presenting the sounds 2 Practicing the sounds 3 Games VOWEL DISCRIMINATION Directions: Listen carefully to each pair of words Are they the same or different? Circle your answers 1 2 3 4 5 same same same same same different different... Slightly higher & more centered than /O:/ High, closed Lips Relaxed, slightly parted, weakly rounded Closed & rounded, as for whistling Position of How to spell /U/ o Wolf, woman oo Book, brook, cook, good, look, soot, food, wood, wool ou Could, should, would u Bullet, full, pudding, pull, sugar How to spell /u:/ ew o oe oo ou u ue ui Brew, crew, stew Do, to Canoe, shoe Food, fool, noon, pool Soup, through, . /I/ /i:/ /I/ bean eat seat leek evening Jean pea three Peter meat easy cheese bin it sit lick its isn’t ill film minutes fifty beginning interesting How to spell /i:/ • This sound can be spelled in any of the following ways e. think your English is good? – Because of the difficult words we used? NO – Because we used advanced grammar structures? NO  It is your PRONUNCIATION. Importance of EPP 2. Communication • Knowing. vocabulary, using perfect grammar MEANS NOTHING if nobody can understand you. • We can not use “simple pronunciation . • Bad English pronunciation may confuse people. • Good English pronunciation