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Before we start: Please dont take my speech during these lessons as a model of good pronunciation! Im deliberately speaking more slowly than my normal speed, so that you can understand me more easily.

English Pronunciation Practice Lets Write English How We Speak It! English Pronunciation Method - Instructions
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English Pronunciation Method - Practice Page

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New Phonetic Alphabet 2011

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Talk a Lot Handbook (Free Download)

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Main Principles:
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English spelling is broken. Its supposed to represent sounds, but it doesnt. When I write words I hear them in my head. What I hear is different from what I have to write. Why does it have to be? Spelling impedes communication. We write word by word, but we speak syllable by syllable. We use vowel to consonant (vc) sound connections between syllables. Friendly consonant sounds: n, m, ng The old phonetic alphabet cannot be typed on a keyboard. The new phonetic alphabet shows: individual syllables | stressed syllables | schwas | glottal stops Each sound has one character or cluster, which always looks the same, e.g. /{/ of bag is represented by a. Learn about how English native speakers actually speak. Practise listening skills. You hear the authentic voice of the writer as you read their text.

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Lets Write English How We Speak It!

Each sound has one character or cluster, which always looks the same, e.g. cake park bike the cat ei ar ai th a bet big cheese house shop e i ee au sh

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wi Nee t Ge_ s mor We need to get some more Wor t bi for t Nai_. water before tonight.

wi Nee t Ge_ s mor We need to get some more Wor t bi for t Nai_. water before tonight.

Practical Tips: The vowel sounds on the stressed syllables are the most important sounds. Use the same punctuation marks, e.g. full stop and comma, but a capital letter at the start of a syllable indicates that it is stressed. Use the instructions and grid for practical hands-on study of the principles and techniques of connected speech. There is an initial outlay of time in learning the written form of each sound, but learning is intuitive, because the sounds always look the same.
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If it looks strange and unfamiliar, try reading each syllable slowly, pronouncing all of the sounds fully, then getting faster, and paying attention to the stress.

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Lets Write English How We Speak!

Lets try it out! Can you identify these everyday words, written using the new phonetic alphabet?

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Froo_

Froo_ fruit

Peech

Peech peach

Laim

Laim lime

b Nar n

b Nar n banana

A pl

A pl apple

Grei pfroo_

Grei pfroo_ grapefruit

O rinj

O rinj orange

Rar zb rii

Rar zb rii raspberry

Me ln

Me ln melon

Pai na pl

Pai na pl pineapple

Stror b rii

Stror b rii strawberry

juh Won_ uh b Nar n?

juh Won_ uh b Nar n? Do you want a banana?

Practice: Write the new phonetic spelling of each word: potato bean salad cabbage pepper lettuce

Answers: Write the new phonetic spelling of each word: potato bean salad cabbage pepper lettuce p Tei teu Been Sa ld Ka bij Pe puh Le tis

100 Commonly Misspelled Words http://www.englishbanana.com/big-activity-book/bab_page37.pdf

a Ksept

a Ksept accept

b Lee v bl

b Lee v bl believable

Di s plin

Di s plin discipline

Ei_tt

Ei_tt eighth