pronunciation part 1
TRANSCRIPT
Which of the following areas do you think is most critical in ensuring communicative effectiveness? Why? Which one is easier to learn?
• Accurate production of individual sounds
• Accurate word stress• Accurate sentence stress• Accurate strong and weak forms• Native-like rhythm• Accurate intonation
Source: CELTA Unit 36
PRONUNCIATION: THE MYTH
CPR – Avilés 2011 – 2012
Based on: Teaching Pronunciation
by Judy B. Gilbert
Theory
Practice
“If learners have failed to learn the stress pattern of a new word, they may also fail to recognise that word when it
occurs in spoken form”
/jɪə-r-end kæʃ/
/ɪərenkʌʃ/
Main aim: Becoming “listener friendly”
RHYTHM
MELODY
PROSODY
/ˈprɒsədɪ/
THE PROSODY PYRAMID
PEAK
STRESS
FOCUS WORD
THOUGHT GROUP
The Thought Group
The chunks of speech are the organization
of the speaker’s thoughts into groups
HUIP T6.4a T6.4b
Focus Word(usually a content word)
T.4
HUIP T11.3
Stress and the Peak Syllable
LEARNERS NEED TO KNOW
THE STRESS PATTERN OF A
WORD IF THEY ARE GOING
TO USE IT AS A FOCUS WORD
IN A THOUGHT GROUP.
Source: CELTA Unit 36
A: Well B: Well
A: Well B: Well
A: Well B: Well
Stress – Rhythm - Intonation
1. Read these short dialogues aloud and decide together how and why the second sentences changes.
2. Say the pairs of sentences, what’s the difference in meaning? How is it conveyed?
Source: CELTA Unit 36
Do these activities and Evaluate from a learner’s
point of view how they would help you improve
your pronunciation.
Source: CELTA Unit 37 Ac.B
INTEGRATEDINTELLIGIBLE
COMMUNICATIVERECEPTIVEACCENT R.P.
CONTEXT EIL (English as an Int’l
Lang) TEACHABLE
Source: CELTA Unit 37 Reflection
CLASSROOM APPLICATION