Say It Like You Mean It!

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 By the end of the session, the participants
should know how to correct pronunciation
errors.

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 Pronunciation Guide #1
Consonant sounds are determined by:

 the position of the tongue, lips, and teeth

 the way air is released
 the use of or absence of voice

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 Minimal Pairs (Consonants)
Initial Final
/p/ - /b/ pea – bee nip – nib
/t/ - /d/ tea – D neat – knead

/ch/ - /sh/ choose – shoes witch – wish

/p/ - /f/ paint – faint leap – leaf

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 Pronunciation Guide #2

• All vowel sounds are voiced.

• The tongue does not touch other parts of the mouth, teeth or lips.
• The vowel sounds differ by:
• the distance between the lips
• the shape of the lips
• the length of time the sound is produced

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 Minimal Pairs (Vowels)
/ɪ/ and /i:/ /e/ and /ɪ/ /æ/ and /ʌ/
chick - cheek jest - gist banker - hunter
flit - fleet hem - hymn flash - flush
hip - heap crept - crypt damp - dump

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 Sentence Stress

• Apply stress on words that carry meaning, such as:

• Nouns, verbs, adjectives, adverbs, negative auxiliaries (e.g.
don’t, won’t, wouldn’t)
• Do not apply stress on words that help complete the sentences,
such as:
• Prepositions, articles, conjunctions, auxiliary verbs (e.g. be,
do, have)

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 Sentence Stress

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 Activity 1
Instructions: Get a sheet of paper and position it closely to your mouth. Notice
how the paper flips when you pronounce p and f sounds.

Peach - beach Pride - bride

Pump - bump Staple - stable
Path - bath Rapid - rabid
Plank - blank Rupee - ruby

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 Activity 1
Instruction: Touch your neck or the top of your head to feel the vibration
produced by your vocal cords in pronouncing f and v sounds.

Fan - van Fairy - vary

Fine - vine Few - view
Fear - veer Fat - vat
Fault - vault Fast - vast
Feign - vane Off - of

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 Activity 1
Instruction: Use a mirror to check how the tip of the tongue lightly touches the
upper teeth when you pronounce soft th.

cloths (noun) - clothes (vowel sound change & noun)

cloth (noun) - clothe (vowel sound change & verb)
bath (noun) - bathe (vowel sound change & verb)
breath (noun) - breathe (vowel sound change & verb)
sooth (adj. or noun) - soothe ( verb)

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 Activity 2

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 Three things I learned today:

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