English Pronunciation

Course Instructor: Ren, YuanEmail: vickicshn@gmail.comCell phone No.: 13974878799

Teaching Objectives► Practice pronunciation and intonation► Work off your Chinese accents ► Speak more clearly and be understood by others ► Speak English with more confidence► Start noticing other people's mistakes in

pronunciation

Course Syllabus

1st week: English Vowels and consonants2nd week: consonant clusters; incomplete, nasal, lateral plosion; weak forms; pausing; liasion3rd week: stress; rhythm; intonation4th week: oral test

Teaching Procedure► I. Lead-in► II. International Phonetics

Alphabets► III. Practicing Vowels► IV. Practicing Consonants ► V. Assignment

Self-introductionShake hands and say hello to

your partners.

Lead-in► Chinese accent ? Hilarious? No way!

Front Vowels

see read indeed

it bitlittle

Vowels

cat map map

get yet wet

A friend in need is a friend indeed.

Please keep it as a secret.

Eve is Peter’s niece.

Tim’s as thin as a pin.

It isn’t difficult.

Why is Sister Lilly sitting there knitting in silence?

All is well that ends well.

Better to do well than to say well.

East or west, home is best.

A fact is a fact.

Fancy that!

Catch that mad cat.

Back Vowels

arm basket pass

top clockoffer

Vowels

cook look could

law story daughter

too shoe cool

A large army marched past the farmyard.

The party stopped at half past five.

He isn’t hard-hearted.

The clock has stopped.

Lost time is never found again.

Copy the song, it’s not long.

Pride goes before a fall.

He was born on August the fourteenth.

George saw a saw hanging on the wall.

It’s a good book.

He looks like a good cook.

She is good-looking.

Don’t lose the opportunity.

Choose either boots or shoes.

Your spoon won’t be useful for noodles.

Central Vowels

Up cup none

Fur sirchurch

Vowels

Ago again among

Some punch

Just for fun

Blood for blood

First come, first served

The girls learnt world history in the first term.

It’s the early bird that catches the worm.

My younger brother is a doctor.

Shall we have a chat or go the cinema?

Let’s go for a walk along the river.

Rising Diphthongs

pay day way

go sothough

Vowels

eye die buy

boy toy choice

Bow tower round

No pains, no gains.

Today is pay day.

A penny saved is a penny gained.

A rolling stone gathers no moss.

As you sow you shall mow.

Show me your notes.

Strike while the iron is hot.

Let by-gones be by-gones.

Great minds think alike.

Now write it down.

Open your mouth and round your lips.

He shouted louder and louder.

It’s a joy to watch the boy playing.

The spoilt boy destroyed the toys.

His only joy is to make noise.

Centering Diphthongs

ear really idea

air beartear

Vowels

poor tour tourist

Dear, dear, beer is really dear.

I fear he can’t hear me clearly.

We’re near the end of the year.

There’s a will, there’s a way.

John likes to wear his hair long.

It looks like a girl’s hair.

The tourist toured the moor in February.

Poor John was out of fuel.

The doctor wasn’t sure that he could cure her.

The Stop Consonants

pick pack peace

bit bigrobe

Consonants

Pea-be rope-robe tap-tab

Peter is picking plums and apples.

The blackbird brought back a beautiful big worm

For his babies.

The Stop Consonants

tea heat hot

deep dark card

Consonants

bet-bed late-laid heart-hard

Too many teenagers tend to waste theirTime watching television.

Dick’s daughter Dianna doesn’t like dancing.

The Stop Consonants

key king kick

go get dog

Consonants

pig-Pick dog-dock beg-beck

A good beginning makes a good ending.

Every country has its customs.

The Friction Consonants

Feet left few

Vest victoryseven

Consonants

Leave-leaf very-ferry veil-fail

It’s far, far off the sky.

Come and visit the lovely violets.

The Friction Consonants

theme thin thank

This thatclothe

Consonants

Breath-breathe north-northern bath-bathe

Father and mother went through thick and

thin.

Something is better than nothing.

The Friction Consonants

Seat course loose

Zeal zooboys

Consonants

Seize-cease lose-loose zeal-seal

The sun rises in the east and sets in the west.

Sally always suffers from sea-sickness when she

is at sea.

The Friction Consonants

Sheep shell crush

Treasure measurepleasure

Consonants

The shop sells the latest fashion of shorts and shirts.

They put the treasure in the garage.

The Friction Consonants

Hit home hurry

Consonants

Hugh has hurt his hand with a hammer.

The Friction Consonants

Read right wrong

Consonants

The real reason is really rather curious.

The Affricate Consonants

Cheap chip church

Consonants

Jeep forge bridge

Jane had chicken and French fries for lunch.

The chief charge against John is that he

cheated the judge.

The Affricate Consonants

Tree treat train

Consonants

Dry drink drive

tr

dr

The boy drew a train running along thetrees.

I had a strange dream in the train.

The Affricate Consonants

Beats arts carts

Consonants

Reads cards odds

ts

dz

I saw lots and lots of birds and kites.

There are hundreds and hundreds of beds

in the carts.

The Nasal Consonants

Meet warm mouth

Consonants

Need north knock

sing king thing

Sam makes many mistakes in his homework.

Nine men and women were standing in a line.

The spring brings many charming things.

The lateral Consonants

Leave let lane

Consonants

Meal mill pull

Field album child

Calm half would

A little pill may well cure a little ill.

Glides(The Semi Vowels)

Week work wire

Consonants

Wheat wheel what

Queen question quarter

“What, why, when and where” are the words we require quite often when we

wantto ask a question.

Glides(The Semi Vowels)

Yes youth year

Consonants

Yale university is not in the State of New York.

ClustersSpy stay sky sphere

small snow sleepPlay pray try twice climb

cry quoteBlue bring dress glow great

fly fromThree shrimp spring string

scream squareCaps dogs stopped robbed tests

fields

Incomplete plosion, nasal and lateral plosionactive take care friendship firstJust think bright sky first shiftMake sure excellent judgementGood morning don’t know midnightLoudly kettle at last a good

leader

Weak formA an am and are as

at be been butCan could do does for

from had hasHave he her him is me

must of shallShe should some than

them that thereTo us was we were

would

LiaisonBack in a minute an

hour and a halfPut it on

best of all pick it up

Take it off leave it alone first of all

Here and therefather and mother

For example for instancefar and wide

StressModern magazine chinese

blackboardHonesty is the best policy.This is the best that I can do.Go home and stay home.Is he coming? I don’t think so.Why don’t you explain the matter?They come to a kind of agreement.Welcome home again.

pausing

An airport is a very busy place. Besides the long runways needed by planes when coming in to land or when taking off, there are many important building on it. There are all near one another, and the important one is the control tower, from which signals by wireless are made to arriving and departing planes. There are also hangars where planes are kept until they are needed and where they can be overhauled and repaired, waiting rooms for passengers, customs offices, restaurants, and very often a hotel. If the airport is some distance from a town or a railway station, buses may be provided for the convenience of passengers.

Falling intonationEverything is all right.When was the letter posted?What a good idea!Do what I tell you!

Rising intonationWas there a knock at the door?Could you come a little later?Have a try.Good night.

A businessman was determined to give his mother a birthday present that would be better than any his brothers were giving her. He heard about an amazing bird which could talk in twelve languages and sing ten famous operas. He immediately bought the bird and sent it to his mother. It cost him fifty thousand dollars.

The day after her birthday, he phoned his mother.

“What did you think of the bird, mother?” he asked eagerly.

His mother replied, “Delicious!”

Such a feeling's coming over me. There is a wonder in most everything I see.Not a cloud in the sky, got the sun in my eyes,And I won't be surprised if it's a dream.Everything I want the world to be Is now coming true especially for me.And the reason is clear,It's because you're here.You are the nearest thing to heavenThat I've seen.

I'm on the top of the worldLooking down on creation,And the only explanation I can find is the love that I've found Ever since you've been around.Your love's put me on the top of the world.

Something in the wind has learned my name,And it's telling me that things are not the same.In the leaves on the trees,And the touch of the breeze,There's a pleasing sense of happiness for me.There is only one wish on my mind,When this day is throughI hope that I will find That tomorrow will be just the same for you and me.All I need will be mine if you are here.

Yale university is not in the State of New York.

Yale university is not in the State of New York.

Yale university is not in the State of New York.

Yale university is not in the State of New York.

Yale university is not in the State of New York.

Yale university is not in the State of New York.

Yale university is not in the State of New York.

Yale university is not in the State of New York.

Yale university is not in the State of New York.

Yale university is not in the State of New York.

Yale university is not in the State of New York.

Yale university is not in the State of New York.

Assignment

► Practice the pronunciation of

vowels and consonants.

► Make flash cards of them.

Thank you!