CTJ In-service mini-course 1-2013

1. /ˈtiːtʃɪŋ prəˌnənsɪˈeɪʃ(ə)n/
TEACHING PRONUNCIATION
CTJ IN-SERVICE
MINI-COURSE 1-2013
CLAUDIO FLEURY
PATRICIA FLEURY

2. /ˈwaɪ ɑ:r juː ˈhɪr?/
Why are you here?
• You believe in the importance of good
pronunciation;
• You believe it’s possible to improve it;
• You’d like some ideas on how to help
your students with their pronunciation.

3. /ˈwɑt ɪz prəˌnənsiːˈeɪʃən?/
What is pronunciation?

4. Looks familiar?

5. /ˈwaɪ ˈwɜːk ˈwɪð prəˌnənsiːˈeɪʃən?/
Why work with pronunciation?
• Our students need to be intelligible;
• Working on pronunciation implies
working with improving listening skills;
• Communicating becomes more
effective.

6. What would you do in the
teacher’s place?

7. /fəˈnetɪk ˈsɪmbl̩z/
PHONETIC SYMBOLS

8. /fəˈnetɪk ˈsɪmbl̩z/
PHONETIC SYMBOLS
• There are more sounds than letters in
the English language;
• There’s a bad correspondence
between spelling and sound;

9. /fəˈnetɪk ˈsɪmbl̩z/
PHONETIC SYMBOLS
• Knowing phonetic symbols allows
students to become more independent
(eg; student can look up new words in
the dictionary);
• Teachers can help students visualize
the difference between what they are
saying and what they should be saying
(WYSIWYG!)

11. /ɑ:ˌtɪkjuˈleɪʃn̩/
ARTICULATION

13. /ˈkɒnsənənts/
CONSONANTS

14. MANNER AND PLACE OF THE ENGLISH CONSONANTS
LABIO-
BILABIAL DENTAL ALVEOLAR PALATAL VELAR GLOTTAL
DENTAL
STOPS: breath is voiceless [ʔ]
/p/ /t/ /k/
fully stopped and (Britain)
then released voiced /b/ /d/ /g/
FRICATIVES: voiceless /f/ /θ/ /s/ /ʃ/ /h/
breath causes
friction voiced /v/ /ð/ /z/ /ʒ/
AFFRICATES: voiceless / tʃ /
breath is stopped
and friction voiced / dʒ /
follows
NASALS: breath is
released through voiced /m/ /n/ /ŋ/
the nose
lateral /l/
LIQUIDS
breath does retroflex voiced
/r/
not cause [ɾ]
friction flap
(water)
SEMIVOWELS:
mouth movesa
voiced /w/ /y/
from one position
to another

15. What are some
problem areas /ˈprɒbləmz wɪð
our students face ˈkɒnsənənts/
which involve
consonants?
• / s / and / z /
• / θ / and / ð / • -s endings
• / m /, / n /, / ŋ / • / ʃ /, / tʃ /, / ʒ /, / dʒ /
• / r / and / h / • -ed endings
• final / l / • /w/ and /j/

16. / θ / and / ð /
SUBSTITUTIONS
initial / s / x / θ / initial / t / x / θ / initial / f / x / θ /
sank thank tree three fought thought
sink think tick thick fret threat
sin thin true through free three
final / s / x / θ / final / t / x / θ / fianl / f / x / θ /
mass math tent tenth ouf oath
free throws. pass path Matt math deaf death
mouse mouth boot booth miff myth
ymbols
There those thousand thinkers were thinking
where did those other three thieves go through.
/d/x/ð/
day they The thirty-three thieves thought that they
dough though thrilled the throne throughout Thursday.
doze those Thirty-three thirsty, thundering thoroughbreds
dare there thumped Mr. Thurber.

17. Image: Godoy, Sonia et al. - TEACHING PRONUNCIATION FOR BRAZILIANS – DISAL, 2006

18. Image: Godoy, Sonia et al. - TEACHING PRONUNCIATION FOR BRAZILIANS – DISAL, 2006

19. / m /, / n /, / ŋ /
/m/x/n/ /n/x/ŋ/
cam can sin sing
same sane thin thing
beam bean banned banged
skim skin ran rang
/m/ /n/ /ŋ/
home gum fine man king bang
room from fin friend rang wing
some cream pain one young tang
lamb autumn plane seven song wrong
How can a clam cram in a clean cream can?

20. / r / and / h /
/r/x/h/ 1. Look! There’s a hat / rat under the bed.
rose hose
2. Hide / Ride the bicycle.
rabbit habit
rare hair 3. How do you know your height / you’re
hate rate right?
runny honey 4. Can you smell that old hose / rose?
rope hope 5. This is a hound / round dog.
rut hut 6. That’s an old habit / rabbit.
rug hug
7. Home / Rome is the best place to be at
night.
8. I prefer the head / red post.
9. Wow! This is really hair / rare.
10. He hated / rated his performance.
Roberta ran rings around the Roman ruins.

21. final / l /
final / l / 1. / skuːl / a. the place where you go
so soul
2. / ˈdʒuːəl / when you’re sick
bow bowl
mow mole 3. / tʃaɪld / b. complete
coat colt 4. / ˈlɔɪəl / c. you use it to sew
road rolled 5. / smɔːl / d. not big
go goal 6. / ˈniːd(ə)l / e. a precious stone
sewed sold 7. / ˈhɒspɪt(ə)l / f. a place where you study
code cold
8. / hoʊl / g. not an adult
h. used to describe a dog

22. /s/x/z/
ice eyes / s / and / z /
spice spies
loss laws
price prize
face phase
loose lose 1. Could you tell me what the price / prize is?
once ones 2. This is the first face / phase we’ve discussed.
race raise
3. Can you race / raise your brother?
Miss Ms.
niece knees 4. Everyone could see the ice / eyes.
5. I want to get those once / ones.
/s/x/z/
abuse to abuse
use to use
excuse to excuse
house to house
close to close

23. final -s
SUPER ZEBRA – Shout SUPER if the final sound of the
(plural of the) words is /s/;
/s/ shout ZEBRA if the final sound is /z/
/z/ DOWNPOUR
SYMPTOM
RESERVATION PAYMENT
HEIGHTS STATISTICS
/ Iz / MUSICIAN CASINO KEY
Raise the correct pronunciation symbol according to the
3rd person singular ending sound.
APPOINT ARRANGE BURY
CATCH HATE NEED
PICK RAISE ROB
TALK WAVE WATCH

24. / ʃ / and / tʃ /
initial / t / x / tʃ / final / t / x / tʃ / / ʃ / x / tʃ /
two chew art arch share chair
tease cheese beet beach shore chore
tip chip cat catch shin chin
tin chin eat each shop chop
tear cheer Pete peach wish which
tick chick bent bench cash catch
Out in the pasture the nature
watcher watches the catcher, while
the catcher watches the pitcher who
pitches the balls. The pitcher
pitches, the catcher catches and the
watcher watches.
If Stu chews shoes, should Stu
choose the shoes he chews?

25. / ʒ / and / dʒ /
/ʒ/ / d / x / dʒ /
genre Asia D G
dean Jean
casual usually
deep jeep
television beige
dig jig
garage measure
dim gym
vision Parisian aid age
treasure Indonesia bad badge
Bungee jumping in January.
Jeff enjoys orange juice and jam.
Did Doug dig Dick's garden or did Dick dig
Doug's garden?

26. / t / and / tʃ /
Image: Godoy, Sonia et al. - TEACHING PRONUNCIATION FOR
BRAZILIANS – DISAL, 2006

27. / t / and / tʃ /
Image: Godoy, Sonia et al. - TEACHING PRONUNCIATION FOR BRAZILIANS – DISAL, 2006

28. / ʃ / and / tʃ /
Image: Godoy, Sonia et al. - TEACHING PRONUNCIATION FOR BRAZILIANS – DISAL, 2006

29. / ʃ / and / tʃ /

30. / ʃ / and / tʃ /

31. -ed endings
landed ended aided
waxed cuffed pushed
/d/ craved spoiled teethed
/t/ sentenced marked itched
/ Id / listened answered questioned
founded cited quoted
• Raise your RIGHT hand if the past tense of the
verb you hear ends in a /t/ sound.
• Raise your LEFT hand if if the past tense of
the verb you hear ends in a /d/ sound.
• Raise BOTH hands if the past tense of the
verb you hear ends in an /id/ sound.

32. -ed endings
TELL THE STORY
Snow White and the
/d/ Cinderella The Three Little Pigs
Seven Dwarfs
/t/ die construct look
raise want ask
/ Id / invite huff clean
prohibit puff work
appear destroy discover
dance climb offer
escape place faint
live play marry

33. / w / and / j /
/ y / x none ya-ye-year /w/
pure poor yield yikes would wood
use ooze yippie* yip one once
year ear Yiddish yearbook woman wolf
yeast east womb wool
knew gnu /j/ x none
Hugh who new student
duty consum
enthusiasm
/ˈwəns ˈjuː pərˈsweɪd ˌjʊrəˈpiːən
ˈwʊmən tə ˈwer ˈsəm(p)θɪŋ
ðə ˈrest əv ðə ˈwərld wəl ˈfɑloʊ/
*Youth International Party Yanking yellow yo-yos.

34. / ˈvaʊəlz /
VOWELS

36. / ˈpleɪs əv ɑ:ˌtɪkjuˈleɪʃn /
Place of articulation

37. What are some
problem areas our / ˈprɒbləmz wɪð
students face ˈvaʊəlz /
which involve
vowels?
• /ə/ • /u:/ and /ʊ/
• /i:/ and /ɪ/ • // and /3r/
• /æ/ and /e/ • /eI/ and /ou/

38. the Schwa / ə /
http://bbc.in/TcYysY

39. / i: / and / ɪ /
/i:/ English /i:/ and /I/ parts of the body
/i/ Portuguese beat bit
/I/ English cheap chip /fɪŋgər/ /niː/
ê Portuguese steal still /rɪst/ /fiːt/
eat it /ɪr/ /hɪp/
peak pick /ʃɪn/ /hiːl/
The short / I / is
heel hill /tʃiːk/ /lɪp
more similar to /tiːθ/ /tʃɪn
feet fit
“ê” than to “i” in least list
Portuguese.
http://bit.ly/TcZsp6

40. / æ / and / e /
/æ/ /æ / long /e/ short
sad fat Open your mouth tan ten
man lack to say a but say é pan pen
black rat bad bed
chat bad sand send
man men
/i:/ /ɪ/ /e/ /æ /
beat bit bet bat
bead bid bed bad
deed did dead dad
keen kin Ken can
http://bit.ly/Td5p5u
http://bit.ly/Td5xCd

41. / u: / and / ʊ /
/u:/ /u:/ /ʊ/
The Portuguese
flew soup pool pull
clue choose “u” is similar to /u:/ fool full
fruit juice in English, but not suit soot
view university as long. Luke look
who’d hood
good lose woman
human crooked furious
fuse hook student
tomb butcher wolf

42. / ʌ / and / ɜ: /
/ʌ/ / ɜ: /
/ ʌ / is the stressed
country pronunciation circle work
Schwa
won love word bird
brother tongue / ʌ / + / r / = / ɜ: / world firm
mother culture search turn
mother tongue girrrr – l
some courage worrrr – d
the other firm worrr – l – d
Search for the cup. currr – l
There’s just enough blood. pearrrr – l – s

43. / ei / and / oʊ /
Portuguese English double consonants
Roma Rome /ai/ /ɪ/
omite omit ride ridden
filé filet write written
balé ballet bite bitten
the silent e rule cut cute the final y rule /ɪ/
a - /ei/ make hop hope /ei/ /oʊ/
e - /i:/ scene mat mate lazy nosy
i - /ai/ like bit bite navy cozy
o - /oʊ/ bone pop Pope baby pony
u - /ju:/ use snack snake crazy rosy
exceptions
/ ɪ / - live – give – since
/ ʌ / - come – done – love
/ ɔ / - gone

44. vowels
Image: Godoy, Sonia et al. - TEACHING PRONUNCIATION FOR BRAZILIANS – DISAL, 2006

45. Image: Godoy, Sonia et al. - TEACHING PRONUNCIATION FOR BRAZILIANS – DISAL, 2006

46. BIBLIOGRAPHY
Godoy, Sonia et al. - TEACHING PRONUNCIATION FOR
BRAZILIANS – DISAL, 2006
Kelly, Gerald - HOW TO TEACH PRONUNCIATION –
Longman, 2004
Underhill, Adrian – SOUND FOUNDATIONS – Heinemann,
1994
Roach, Peter – ENGLISH PHONETICS AND
PHONOLOGY – CUP, 1991
Orion, Gertrude – PRONOUNCING AMERICAN ENGLISH
– Newbury House Publishers, 1987

47. /ˈtiːtʃɪŋ prəˌnənsɪˈeɪʃ(ə)n/
TEACHING PRONUNCIATION
THANK YOU
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CTJ IN-SERVICE
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