Say It Like You Mean It!

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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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 IPA Symbols - Consonants

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 Minimal Pairs (Consonants)
IPA SYMBOL INITIAL FINAL

/p/ - /b/ pat – bat nip - nib

/t/ - /d/ tan - Dan let - led

/k/ - /g/ cab – gab pick - pig

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 Minimal Pairs (Consonants)
IPA SYMBOL INITIAL FINAL

/f/ - /v/ face – vase life - live

/t/ - /d/ tip - dip cat - lad

/θ/ - /t/ thorn – torn path - pat

/ð/ - /d/ then - den bathe - bade

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 (Consonants)
IPA SYMBOL
INITIAL MID FINAL

/θ/ (th) think wealthy bath

thaw nothing both

/ð/ (th, the) the father smooth

these together soothe

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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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 IPA Symbols - Vowels

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 Minimal Pairs (Vowels)
/ɪ/ and /i:/ /e/ and /ɪ/ /æ/ and /ʌ/
chick - cheek pet – pit bank – hunt
flit - fleet hem – hymn flash - flush
hip - heap jest - gist damp - dump
slim teachers get it have a hug

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 (Vowels)

/ʊ/ /u:/ /ɜː/ /eə/ /ɔː/

good spoon bird chair door
look food word stare four
hood hoof heard fair pore

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 (Vowels)
/əʊ/ /eɪ/ /aɪ/ /ɔɪ/ /aʊ/
go say high toy house
hello weigh buy joy now
phone pay site coy found

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 Sentence Stress
Apply stress on Do not apply
words that carry stress on words
meaning that help
complete the
Nouns sentences
Verbs Prepositions
Adjectives Articles
Adverbs Conjunctions
Negative Auxiliaries Auxiliary Verbs

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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.

P and B P and B
peach – beach pride – bride
pump – bump staple – stable
path – bath rapid – rabid
plank - blank rupee - ruby

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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.

F and V F and V
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.
th /θ/ th /ð/
cloths (noun) clothes (noun)
cloth (noun) clothe (verb)
bath (noun) bathe (verb)
breath (noun) breathe (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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