1.Marsha ChanESL Professor, Mission College, Santa Clara, CaliforniaText & Multimedia Author, Pronunciation Doctor

2. Developing pronunciation skills Perception Observation Comprehension Listening Seeing Feeling Practice Production Progress Controlled Guided 2 3. Focus on perception before production. L1 acquisition research shows that acquisition begins prenatally and auditorily prosody may be of crucial importance from early on L2 application: Focus learners attention on perceivingthe rhythm and intonation of the language auditory, visual, kinesthetic input without speaking Dallas, M. E. (2013, January 8). Do Babies Begin Learning Language in the Womb? Mediline Plus.Retrieved March 17, 2013, from http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/news/fullstory_132882.html Greenfieldboyce, N. (2009, November 06).Babies May Pick Up Language Cues In Womb. NPR.Retrieved March 17, 2013, from http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=120131516 4. Make prosody practice a prioritized primarytarget. Intonation Syllable length Tone / pitch Rhythm Word stress Phrase stress Vocal stress Clause stress 5. Concentrate on high-frequencyphonological features. Phonological-morphological endings -s/-es ==> /s/, /z/, /iz/ /s/: duck-ducks, get-gets, Pat-Pats /z/: dog-dogs, run-runs, Marsha-Marshas /iz/: box-boxes, wash-washes, Liz-Lizs -ed ==> /t/, /d/, /id/ /t/: work-worked, stress-stressed /d/: learn-learned, bore-bored /id/: need-needed, excite-excited 6. Prioritize phonological differences thataffect meaning. Which of these minimal Can be confused:pairs may cause He needs a map-mop.miscommunication? I bought a pan-fan. map-mop Come on Tuesday-Thursday pan-fan Not confused: Tuesday-Thursday She cot-caught it. cot-caught Thats a cot-caught. tick-thick Its very tick-thick. Thats a tick-thick. 7. Use movement. Tapping Clapping Stepping Stretching 8. The Stress Stretch When you do the Stress Stretch,you move your whole body. A stressed syllable is longer, stronger, clearer, and oftenhigher in pitch than an unstressed syllable. As you say the words and phrases below, stand up andstretch on the stressed syllable; sit down on theunstressed syllables. Chan, M. (1994). Stress Stretch, in New Ways in Teaching Speaking, Kathleen Bailey,Editor. Alexandria, VA: Teachers of English to Speakers of Other Languages, Inc. 9. Stretch up as you say the stressed syllable.Sit down as you say the unstressed ones. positive English library happy common important pronounce community attend Chan, M. (2009). Phrase by Phrase Pronunciation in American English (2e), pronunciation Sunnyvale: Sunburst Media 9 10. Learning to do the Stress Stretch act care knows bridge careful bridges pronounce competewww.youtube.com/PronunciationDoctor She knows.Chan, M. (2009). Phrase by Phrase Pronunciation inAmerican English (2e), Sunnyvale: Sunburst Media 11. Rubber band help stretch vowelswww.youtube.com/PronunciationDoctor 12. Lead plenty of choral repetition.Repetition activates neurophysiological connections facilitates automaticity and flexibility promotes perception of allophonic boundaries 50-100 repetitions generate a statistical feel forphonological, syntactical, semantic, and pragmatic aspectsof a phrase Kjellin , O. Choral Practice - the Neurophysiological Opportunists Way. Academia.edu. Retrieved March 17, 2013, from http://www.academia.edu/2184625/Choral_Practice- the_Neurophysiological_Opportunists_Way.Practice makes perfect. 13. Include songs, rhymes, and chants.www.youtube.com/PronunciationDoctorBrems, M., Rosner, J, and Chan, M (2010). English for Child Care Language Skills for Parents and Providers, Sunnyvale: Sunburst Media 14. Use technology to enhance learningIn addition to the video clipspresented, examine three softwareexamples: Interactive online quizzes in acontent management system Animation of prosodic elementsin a software program: LongmanEnglish Interactive Animation and interactivity in asoftware program: ConnectedSpeech 15. Online quizzes a sampler 16. Online quizzes 17. Online quizzes 18. Online quizzes 19. Online quizzes 20. Online quizzes 21. Sentence stress Rost, M. Longman English Interactive, Levels 1 and 2. (Chan, M. contributing author,Pronunciation, Levels 1 & 2.) White Plains, NY: Longman / Pearson Education 22. Question stress and intonation Rost, M. Longman English Interactive, Levels 1 and 2. (Chan, M. contributing author,Pronunciation, Levels 1 & 2.) White Plains, NY: Longman / Pearson Education 23. Stress for understanding old vs. new info Rost, M. Longman English Interactive, Levels 1 and 2. (Chan, M. contributing author,Pronunciation, Levels 1 & 2.) White Plains, NY: Longman / Pearson Education 24. Reduced vowel sounds Rost, M. and Fuchs, M., Longman English Interactive, Levels 3 and 4. (Chan,M. contributing author, Pronunciation, Levels 3 and 4.) . White Plains, NY: Longman / Pearson Education 25. Intonation: noticing stress and pitch change Rost, M. Longman English Interactive, Levels 1 and 2. (Chan, M. contributing author,Pronunciation, Levels 1 & 2.) White Plains, NY: Longman / Pearson Education 26. Pause groups: Mark and record Westwood, V. and Kaufmann, H. (2001-2013). Connected Speech (Version 6) [Computer software]. Hurstbridge VIC, Australia: ProteaTextware 27. Stress: Identify content words Westwood, V. and Kaufmann, H. (2001-2013). Connected Speech (Version 6) [Computer software]. Hurstbridge VIC, Australia: ProteaTextware 28. Pitch: Identify focus wordsWestwood, V. and Kaufmann, H. (2001-2013). Connected Speech (Version 6)[Computer software]. Hurstbridge VIC, Australia: ProteaTextware 29. Linking: Mark and record Westwood, V. and Kaufmann, H. (2001-2013). Connected Speech (Version 6) [Computer software]. Hurstbridge VIC, Australia: ProteaTextware 30. Linking: Identify whyWestwood, V. and Kaufmann, H. (2001-2013). Connected Speech (Version 6)[Computer software]. Hurstbridge VIC, Australia: ProteaTextware 31. Stress: ContrastingWestwood, V. and Kaufmann, H. (2001-2013). Connected Speech (Version 6)[Computer software]. Hurstbridge VIC, Australia: ProteaTextware 32. Marsha ChanAdditional presentations at TESOL 2013Thu 5 pm Learning the Music of Spoken EnglishFri 10 am Mobile Apps for Education: AnytuneFri 5 pm Interactive Multimedia English Language SoftwareSat 10 am EV Technology Fair: Using Video to Flip the ClassroomContact informationmarsha@sunburstmedia.comwww.youtube.com/PronunciationDoctorwww.linkedin.com/in/PronunciationDoctorwww.slideshare.net/purplecastmarshaprofdev.blogspot.comwww.sunburstmedia.com/present/present.htmlwww.missioncollege.edu/depts/esl/faculty/chan/chan.html