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Is English Pronunciation
really so
D1-LP-0410.00 -12.00
Jennie WONGRebecca Chen
HKIEd
I take it you already knowOf tough and bough and cough and dough?
Others may stumble, but not youOn hiccough, thorough, slough and through.
Well done! And now you wish, perhaps,To learn of less familiar traps?
Beware of heard, a dreadful word,That looks like beard and sounds like bird.
And dead: it’s said like bed, not bead –For goodness’ sake don’t call it ‘deed’.
Watch out for meat and great and threat.They rhyme with suite and straight and debt.
English Pronunciation Poemp.1
I take it you already knowOf tough and bough and cough and dough?
Others may stumble, but not youOn hiccough, thorough, slough and through.
Well done! And now you wish, perhaps,To learn of less familiar traps?
Beware of heard, a dreadful word,That looks like beard and sounds like bird.
And dead: it’s said like bed, not bead –For goodness’ sake don’t call it ‘deed’.
Watch out for meat and great and threat.They rhyme with suite and straight and debt.
Same letters BUT different soundstough bough cough dough
hiccough thorough slough through
hiccup
English Pronunciation Poem
/tÃf/
/baU/
/kf/� /d«U//
ÈhIk.Ãp/
/ÈTÃr.«/
/slaU/
/Truù/
What does this poem tell us about Letter-sound relationship in English?
I take it you already knowOf tough and bough and cough and dough?
Others may stumble, but not youOn hiccough, thorough, slough and through.
Well done! And now you wish, perhaps,To learn of less familiar traps?
Beware of heard, a dreadful word,That looks like beard and sounds like bird.
And dead: it’s said like bed, not bead –For goodness’ sake don’t call it ‘deed’.
Watch out for meat and great and threat.They rhyme with suite and straight and debt.
English Pronunciation PoemWhat does this poem tell us about Letter-sound relationship in English?
meat great threat suite straight debt
Different letters BUT same soundsbeard heard bird
ea bead dead
/biùd/
/ded/ /bed//diùd/
bed
/greIt/ /Tret//streIt/
/det//miùt//swiùt/
/bI«d/ /hÎùd/
/bÎùd/
I take it you already knowOf tough and bough and cough and dough?
Others may stumble, but not youOn hiccough, thorough, slough and through.
Well done! And now you wish, perhaps,To learn of less familiar traps?
Beware of heard, a dreadful word,That looks like beard and sounds like bird.
And dead: it’s said like bed, not bead –For goodness’ sake don’t call it ‘deed’.
Watch out for meat and great and threatThey rhyme with suite and straight and debt
English Pronunciation PoemWhat does this poem tell us about Letter-sound relationship in English?Letter-sound relationship in EnglishNOT always regular or predictable
Same letters BUT different soundse.g. tough & bough
Different letters BUT same soundse.g. heard & bird
really so
I take it you already knowOf tough and bough and cough and dough?
Others may stumble, but not youOn hiccough, thorough, slough and through.
Well done! And now you wish, perhaps,To learn of less familiar traps?
Beware of heard, a dreadful word,That looks like beard and sounds like bird.
And dead: it’s said like bed, not bead –For goodness’ sake don’t call it ‘deed’.
Watch out for meat and great and threatThey rhyme with suite and straight and debt
English Pronunciation PoemI take it you already know
Of tough and bough and cough and dough?Others may stumble, but not you
On hiccough, thorough, slough and through.Well done! And now you wish, perhaps,
To learn of less familiar traps? more regular patterns than irregular ones in many cases, letters in English can be mapped reliably to just one sound
approx. 84% of English words are phonetically regular (Blevins 2006)
seeing links between spelling & PRON = ability to narrow down possibilities vs making wild guess
This Lecture Using SPELLING (+ knowledge of the
language) as a resource to help work out
PRONUNCIATION Putting words together Sentence Stress and Rhythm
What is the sound of the letter “h”?Initial-h Harry hid a hammer behind his hat.
“h” as part of a letter group (digraph) Why did Philip choose these three shirts?
/w/ /f/ /tS/ /D/ /T/ /S/ laugh graph match with both
cash
/f/ /f/ /tS/ /D/ /T/ /S/
/h/
p.2
What is the sound of the letter “h”?Silent-h hour honest heir honour
initial-h in words of French / Latin origin horse help happy hair
words of Anglo-Saxon origin (Old English) horrible hospital host human
of French / Latin originbut over the centuries, people started to pronounce the initial-h
herb UK /hÎùb/ US /ɝùb/
/h/
/h/
/h/
What is the sound of the letter “h”?Silent-h hour honest heir honour
initial-h in words of French / Latin origin Sarah cheetah pharaoh
finaI-h that follows vowel(s) vehicle exhibition Beckham
vehicularexhaleh in an unstressed syllable
/Èviù.I.kl`//vIÈhIk.jUl.«/
/Çek.sIÈbI.S«n//eksÈheIl/
What is the sound of the letter “h”?Silent-h hour honest heir honour
initial-h in words of French / Latin origin Sarah cheetah pharaoh
finaI-h that follows vowel(s) vehicle exhibition Beckham
h in an unstressed syllable
hate chocolate hate chocolate adequate approximate calculate
coordinate graduate unfortunate
/heIt/
/ÈtSk.l� «t/
hate chocolate
adequate
approximatecalculate
coordinate
graduate unfortunate
/eIt/ /«t/
date late state
coordinate
graduate
VERB NOUN ADJ
approximate
damage the imageHow about these words with –age ending?
age damage package
stage image encourage
come comrade combine
common computer comfort
comparable comprehensible cone concert condition
conversation conduct
/kÃm/
/Èk �m.reId/
/k«mÈbaIn/
/Ã/
/«/
//� common
computer
comfort
comparable comprehensibleconcert
condition
conversation conduct
conduct
cone/«U/
I’m blessed with a blessed life
She crooked her little finger.
I drove slowly on the crooked country road.
wicked naked
/blest/
/Èbles.Id//krUkt//
ÈkrUk.Id/
/ÈwIk.Id//ÈneI.kId/
Practicehallelujah Durham Nottingham enhance
gate appropriate separate irritate
cottage voyage percentage
compare comic comma composition
concave contributeconfidentiality
She is a learned professor.
I learned English at school.
His beloved wife died last year.
p.3
This Lecture
Using SPELLING (+ knowledge of the
language) as a resource to help work out
PRONUNCIATION Putting words together Sentence Stress and Rhythm
It’s raining, it’s pouringIt's raining, it's pouringThe old man is snoringHe went to bed, And he bumped his headAnd he couldn't get up in the morning.
Rain, rain, go awayCome again some other dayRain, rain, go awayCome again some other day.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/schoolradio/subjects/earlylearning/nurserysongs/F-J/raining_pouring
It's raining, it's pouringThe old man is snoringHe went to bed, And he bumped his headAnd he couldn't get up in the morning.
Rain, rain, go awayCome again some other dayRain, rain, go awayCome again some other day.
Putting words togetherCome again some other day
Come ▲ again ▲ some ▲ other ▲ day
Come again some other day
Come again some other day
Consonant-Vowel Linking
It’sover.
Whatif?
Whatelse.
I’mOK.
Consonant-Vowel Linking
Putting words togetherThe old man is snoring.
The old man is snoring.
Linking-/j/ (yi)
The y old man is snoring.
beyond
/biÈ �nd/
/biÈj �nd/
See y eye to eye.
Putting words togetherRain, rain, go away.
Rain, rain, go away.
Linking-/w/
Rain, rain, gow away.
koala
/
k«UÈAùn
l«/
See eye toweye.
w
Show time !!
Two boys were arguing when the teacher entered the room.The teacher says, "Why are you arguing?"One boy answers, "We found a ten dollar note and decided to give it to whoever tells the biggest lie.""You should be ashamed of yourselves," said the teacher, "When I was your age I didn't even know what a lie was."The boys gave the ten dollars to the teacher.
y
CV linkingLinking-/j/ (yi)
Linking-/w/
w
y
This Lecture
Using SPELLING (+ knowledge of the
language) as a resource to help work out
PRONUNCIATION Putting words together Sentence Stress and Rhythm Rebecca
Stress and rhythm in English
Listen to the following sentence carefully. Pay attention to the stress and rhythm.
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Which syllables receive greater stress?
I’m going to the shop to buy some eggs.
p.4
Stress and rhythm in English
English has stress-timed rhythm
A, B, C, D
A and B and C and D
An A and a B and a C and a D
An A and then a B and then a C and then a D
Stress-timed rhythm of English
A, B, C, D
A and B and C and D
An A and a B and a C and a D
An A and then a B and then a C and then a D
Stress-timed rhythm of English
O O O OA and B and C and D
An A and a B and a C and a D
An A and then a B and then a C and then a D
O O O OO o O o O o O
An A and a B and a C and a D
An A and then a B and then a C and then a D
Stress-timed rhythm of English
O O O OO o O o O o O
o O o o O o o O o o OAn A and then a B and then a C
and then a D
Stress-timed rhythm of English
O O O OO o O o O o O
o O o o O o o O o o Oo O o o o O o o o O o o o O
Stress-timed rhythm of English
Show time AGAIN !!
A, B, C, DA and B and C and D
An A and a B and a C and a D
An A and then a B and then a C and then a D
I’m GOing to the SHOP to BUY some EGGS.
I’m going to the shop to buy some eggs.
im GO ingtothe SHOP to BUY some EGGS
Weak forms unstressed, with softer
voice & faster pace
Stress-timed rhythm of English
Stress-timed rhythm of English stressed syllables of an utterance are louder, longer and
more clearly articulated & they tend to be evenly spaced unstressed syllables are squeezed in betweenresulting in a regular alternation of strong & weak syllablesmaking up the rhythm of English utterances
im GO ingtothe SHOP to BUY some EGGS
Weak forms unstressed, with softer
voice & faster pace
Challenges for Chinese learners
Kenworthy (1987) “All aspects of rhythm and stress, including word stress, are highly problematical for [Chinese] learners and must be given high priority.” (p.130)
Chinese
English – stress-timed equal time intervals between
stressed syllables
all syllables are of approximately equal length
– syllable-timed
Challenges for Chinese learners
Kenworthy (1987) “All aspects of rhythm and stress, including word stress, are highly problematical for [Chinese] learners and must be given high priority.” (p.130)
Chinese
English – stress-timed equal time intervals between
stressed syllables
all syllables are of approximately equal length
– syllable-timed
陳老師早晨。很高興認識你。
Good morning Miss Chen.
Nice to meet you.
Challenges for Chinese learners
Kenworthy (1987) “All aspects of rhythm and stress, including word stress, are highly problematical for [Chinese] learners and must be given high priority.” (p.130)
English – stress-timed
To practise this stressed-timed rhythm:gradually build up a phraseadd more and more syllables but keep the stressed syllables clear & keep the time
between them constant.
Good morning Miss Chen.Nice to meet you.I’m going to the shop to buy
some eggs.
equal time intervals between
stressed syllables
Stress & Rhythm in Nursery Rhymes
Baa baa black sheep, Have you any wool?
Yes sir, yes sir, Three bags full!
One for the master, One for the dame,
And one for the little boy Who lives down the lane.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g3xtMZvG2WI
Stress & Rhythm in Nursery Rhymes
Stress & Rhythm in Raps
Stress & Rhythm in short sentences
A Corpus–Based Pronunciation Learning Website
http://ec-concord.ied.edu.hk/phonetics_and_phonology/wordpress/
Rebecca Chen
Jennie Wong