Pronunciation Course

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Pronunciation Course

• Class 4

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Vowel Sounds

• /i/ vs /?/
• /i/ is the vowel of feel
• /?/ is the vowel of trip

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Joining the /i/ sound

• /i/ vowel ? join the /i/ to the next vowel.
• Ill see an interesting play.

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Join the sounds

• Mary and Lee went to see a free play.
• The comedy lasted for three hours. It
• was a parody about relationships in
• the twenty-first century. It was a very
• funny play. They laughed a lot.

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Joining the /i/ sound - Practice

• Mary and Lee went to see a free play.
• The comedy lasted for three hours. It
• was a parody about relationships in
• the twenty-first century. It was a very
• funny play. They laughed a lot.

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/E/ vs /Q/

• /E/ is the vowel of Bed
• /Q/ is the vowel of Bad

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Joining the /eI/ sound

• /eI/ vowel ? join the /eI/ to the next vowel.
• I like to play a game day after day.

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Join the sounds

• In May a beautiful day is a common
• thing. In summer people play at the
• beach and lay in the rays of the sun.

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Joining the /eI/ sound - Practice

• In May a beautiful day is a common
• thing. In summer people play at the
• beach and lay in the rays of the sun.

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The /?/ sound

• The schwa sound is the most common sound in
  English. When it is unstressed its the /?/
  sound. When its stressed its the /?/ sound.
• /?/ Brazil /?/ But

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• Well, I think theres a couple of things we can
  learn. Number one is, you dont go to war based
  upon faulty intelligence. Were gonna have to,
  I think, be much more aggressive in terms of
  diplomacy in the region, both inside of Iraq and
  outside of Iraq. And I think we can say to the
  various parties in Iraq, we want to be partners
  with you, we want to help you rebuild your
  country.

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Listening for the /?/ sound - Practice

• Listen to the interview with Obama and mark all
  of the /?/ or /?/ sounds.

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Answers for Listening

• Well, I think theres a couple of things we can
  learn. Number one is, you dont go to war based
  upon faulty intelligence. Were gonna have to,
  I think, be much more aggressive in terms of
  diplomacy in the region, both inside of Iraq and
  outside of Iraq. And I think we can say to the
  various parties in Iraq, we want to be partners
  with you, we want to help you rebuild your
  country.
• Yellow ? Red ?

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The /?/ vs /?/ sound

• The use of the /?/ or /?/ sound varies
  considerably depending upon the region in North
  America. Which sound is used doesnt create any
  problems in communication.
• Note o, ou, or oo with an r after it
  as in floor is always the /?/ sound.
• /?/ is the sound of clock
• /?/ is the sound of bought

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/a/

• Lock the box
• Shot the fox
• Shopping for socks
• On the dot
• Body clock
• Odds and possibilities
• Hot objects
• Got an Oscar

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/?/

• The Australian horse has fallen on the lawn.
• The Austrian officer had a long talk with this
  daughter in August.
• The bald lawyer always put his audio books in the
  drawer.
• The audience didnt applaud the awful author.
• They thought they saw Doris yawn.