Victesol Jacky Springall Teaching Pronunciation
Transcript of Victesol Jacky Springall Teaching Pronunciation
VicTESOLProfessionalLearningEvent-Teaching Pronunciation:It’snevertooearly
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a.Iteachpronunciationincidentally..i.e.ifandwhenit’s
needed
b.IhaveaplanforpronunciationactivitiesthatI
deliveracrosstheterm
Overview of this session • Clarifyingaims• Aspectsofpronunciation• Teachinggoals• Practicalactivities&ideas• Questions,ideas,discussion
What is the aim of teaching pronunciation ? IntelligibilityIntelligibility=whatweunderstand+howhardwehadtoworkSpeakerfactors:• Pronunciation(e.g.sounds,stress,rhythm,intonation)anddelivery(e.g.hesitations,volume,speed)Hearerfactors:• Experienceandexpertiseinunderstandingdifferentaccents,attitude,knowledgeoftopicetc.
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Key aspects of pronunciation • Sounds(vowels,consonants)• Stress;syllablestressandwordstress• Rhythm&intonation• Phrasing/“chunking”• Thingsthatoccurinfastnaturalspeech
• Linking• Mergingofsounds• Droppingofsounds
Some key things speakers of English need to know and do • WeusealotofbreathtomakemanysoundsinEnglish
• Wordshavesyllablesanddifferentstresspatterns
• Phraseshavestresspatterns:TheweakandstrongstressesofwordsgiveEnglishit’srhythm
• Sentencestresscanbeusedtocreate/changemeaning
• Weusepausinginspokentextsthatcorrespondstochunksofmeaning
• Wordsarenotlikebricksinawallbutlinksinachain
• Thefasterwespeaktheshorterwordscanbecome
• Weusetonetoconveyemotionandmeaning
• Thetechnicalterminologyfortalkingaboutpronunciatione.g.syllables,breath,stress,rhythm,voice,voweletc..
syllables & stress patterns
All words in English with 2 or more syllables have one syllable with stronger stress e.g window engineer intelligent
O o ooO oOoo https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X8VHzzBWmPQ
What makes a syllable stressed? • louder, longer, full clear vowel, might have different pitch • Unstressed syllable: vowel usually shortened
Stress and rhythm One two three four Dah Dah Dah Dah
This is the house that Jack built Dah du du Dah du Dah Dah
These are the hou ses that Jac queline bought Dah du du Dah du du Dah du du Dah
How can we possibly fit this all in? Dah du du Dah du du Dah du du Dah
Stress dictation
a. OO
b. OooOooOo
c. oOo
d. OooO
f. OOoO
h. OooOooOo
i. OO
j. oOOo
k. ooOooOo
l. ooOoOoOo
Word stress and rhythm
Making it concrete…
• Who’sstrong?• Back-chaining• Linking• Schwa• Substitution• Ontheoutbreath
Focus stress Ineversaidyoustolethemoney.1.WereyouinthebankonThursday?2.WereyouinthebankonThursday?3.WereyouinthebankonThursday?4.WereyouinthebankonThursday?5.WereyouinthebankonThursday?
a. YesIwas.b. No,onFridayc. NoIwasinthepostofficed. No,mybrotherwas.e. No,Iwasoutside
Fast natural speech Thingsthatcanhappenwhenwetalkquickly….Soundsdisappear(elision)e.g
Idon’tknow………………………..Idon(t)knowJackandJill………………………….Jackan(d)JillShewantssomebutter………..Shewan(t)s(s)omebutter
Soundschange(assimilation)e.gWouldyou…………………………..wouldjaDoyou…………………………………dja
Vowelsshortene.gCupoftea…………………………..cuppateaLotofmoney………………………lottamoney
Tone: It’s almost time to finish surprised angry relieved happy disappointed
What we can do to assist learners • Havesomeunderstandingtheindividualpronunciationproblemsofthelearner/learnergroup(e.g.sounds,wordstress,rhythmetc.)
• Developasharedlanguagetotalkaboutpronunciation
• Correctimportanterrors• Teachstudentsthestresspatternofnewwordsandformulaicphrases
• Makesurestudentsgetsometime‘atspeed”tobothlistentoandpracticenaturalspeech
• Integratepronunciationintoteaching:systematicandincidental
Some resources • Giveitago:Teachingpronunciationtoadults
LyndaYates&BethZielinski,AMEPResearchCentre2009• RhymesandRhythm;ApoembasedcourseforEnglishpronunciation
MichaelVaughan-Rees,GarnetPublishing2010• Clearlyspeaking.PronunciationinActionforteachers.
AnnBurnsandStephanieClaire,NCELTR2003• LearnerEnglish;Ateachersguidetointerferenceandotherproblems
MichaelSwan&BernardSmith2ndEdition2011• Soundspelling(classsetofA4picturechartsofphonemesandgraphemesandwallposters)LillianaHajnclandJackySpringall,AMES2007&SoundSpellingWorkbookJillWardleAMES2017
• SingwithMeCarmelDavies&SharonDuff,UrbanLyrebirdsPress,2013
Questions, ideas, suggestions….
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