Is English Pronunciation really so D 1 LP04

Is English Pronunciation really so D 1 -LP-04 10. 00 -12. 00 Jennie WONG Rebecca Chen HKIEd

English Pronunciation Poem I take it you already know Of tough and bough and cough and dough? Others may stumble, but not you On hiccough, thorough, slough and through. Well done! And now you wish, perhaps, To learn of less familiar traps? Beware of heard, a dreadful word, That looks like beard and sounds like bird. And dead: it’s said like bed, not bead – For goodness’ sake don’t call it ‘deed’. p. 1

What does. Pronunciation this poem tell us. Poem about English Letter-sound in English? I take itrelationship you already know Of tough and bough and cough and dough? Others may stumble, but not you On hiccough, thorough, slough and Same letters BUT different sounds through. tough bough cough dough Well done! And now you wish, perhaps, / To learn /b / traps? /d of less familiar tà a. U k «U Beware of heard, a dreadful word, hiccough thorough slough That looks like beard and sounds like bird. f / f/ / through /È Tà /s /T And dead: it’s said like bed, not bead – / Ik. r. « la ruù For goodness’ sake don’t call it ‘deed’.

What does. Pronunciation this poem tell us. Poem about English Letter-sound in English? I take itrelationship you already know Of tough and bough cough and Different letters BUTand same sounds dough? beard/b heard /h bird /bÎ Others may stumble, but not you I « d Îù d ùd/ On hiccough, thorough, slough and ea / bead /b / through. bed dead /d /ded//bed/ iùd Well done! And now you wish, perhaps, iùd / To learn less familiar threat traps? meat/mi ofgreat /gr /Tr / Beware of heard, a dreadful word, suite/sw straight debt/d /str ùt/ e. It et/ That looks like beard and sounds like bird. et/ / And iùt dead: it’s said e. It like bed, not bead – / For goodness’ sake/ don’t call it ‘deed’.

Letter-sound What does. Pronunciation this relationship poem tell in us. Poem English about English Letter-sound NOT always regular or predictable in English? I take itrelationship you already know Of tough and bough and cough and Same letters BUT different sounds dough? e. g. tough & bough Others may stumble, but not you Different letters BUT same sounds On hiccough, thorough, slough and e. g. heard & bird through. Well done! And now you wish, perhaps, To learn of less familiar traps? Beware of heard, a dreadful word, That looks like beard really so and sounds like bird. And dead: it’s said like bed, not bead – For goodness’ sake don’t call it ‘deed’.

English Pronunciation Poem I take it you already know Of tough and bough and cough and dough? Others may stumble, but not you On hiccough, thorough, slough and through. Ø more regular patterns than irregular Well And now youletters wish, perhaps, onesdone! in many cases, in English To mapped learn of less familiar traps? can be reliably to just one Beware of heard, a dreadful word, sound That looks 84% like of beard and words soundsare like bird. Ø approx. English And dead: it’s said like bed, not bead – phonetically regular (Blevins 2006) Ø seeing links between spelling PRON = For goodness’ sake don’t call & it ‘deed’.

This Lecture Ø Using SPELLING (+ knowledge of the language) as a resource to help work out PRONUNCIATION Ø Putting words together Ø Sentence Stress and Rhythm

What is the sound of the letter “h”? p. 2 Initial-h u Harry hid a hammer behind his hat. / “h” as part of a letter group (digraph) h u Why did Philip choose these three shirts? / /w/ /f/ /t. S/ /D/ /T/ /S/ u laugh graph /f/ /D/ match with both cash /f/ /T/ /t. S/ /S/

What is the sound of the letter “h”? Silent-h u hour honest heir honour / initial-h in words of French / Latin horigin u horse help happy hair / / words of Anglo-Saxon origin (Old h. English) u horrible hospital host / human / of French / Latin origin h but over the centuries, people started to / pronounce the initial-h u herb UK /hÎù b/

What is the sound of the letter “h”? Silent-h u hour honest heir honour initial-h in words of French / Latin origin u Sarah cheetah pharaoh fina. I-h that follows vowel(s) u vehicle exhibition Beckham exhale h in an unstressed syllable vehicular /È viù. I. kl`/ /Ç ek. s. IÈ b. I. S «n/ /v. IÈ h. I /eksÈ k. j. Ul. he. Il

What is the sound of the letter “h”? Silent-h u hour honest heir honour initial-h in words of French / Latin origin u Sarah cheetah pharaoh fina. I-h that follows vowel(s) u vehicle exhibition Beckham h in an unstressed syllable

hate chocolate hate / date late state u chocolate /È t. S he u adequate k. l « approximate calculate It / coordinate t/ graduate unfortunate u VERB hate / approximate e. I t/ calculate coordinate graduate NOUN chocolate / «t ADJ adequate approximate coordinate graduate unfortunate

damage the image How about these words with –age ending? u stage u image u damage u encourage u package

come comrade combine /k /È k m. /k «mÈ u common computer ba. In/ comfort Ãm re. Id comparable comprehensible / / u cone concert conversation conduct condition comfort /Ã / common / / cone / «U/ comparable comprehensible concert conversation conduct / « / computer condition conduct

I’m blessed with a blessed life /b /È bl lesher little finger. es. u She crooked /k t/ on the crooked. Id/ I drove slowly country road. r. Uk /È krt/ u wicked /È w. I Uk. I u naked k. I /È ne d/ d/ I. k Id/

Practice p. 3 hallelujah Durham Nottingham enhance gate appropriate separate irritate cottage voyage percentage compare comic comma composition concave contribute confidentiality She is a learned professor. I learned English at school. His beloved wife died last year.

This Lecture Ø Using SPELLING (+ knowledge of the language) as a resource to help work out PRONUNCIATION Ø Putting words together Ø Sentence Stress and Rhythm

It’s raining, it’s pouring It's raining, it's pouring The old man is snoring He went to bed, And he bumped his head And he couldn't get up in the morning. Rain, rain, go away Come again some other day. http: //www. bbc. co. uk/schoolradio/subjects/earlylearning/nurserysong s/F-J/raining_pouring

Putting words together Come again some other day Come ▲ again ▲ some ▲ other ▲ day Come � again � some � other � day Come again some other day Consonant-Vowel Linking

Consonant-Vowel Linking It’sover. Whatif? Whatelse. I’m. OK.

Putting words together The old man is snoring. Linking-/j/ (yi) The y old man is snoring. beyond /biÈ n d/ See y eye to eye.

Putting words together Rain, rain, go away. Linking-/w/ Rain, rain, gow away. See eye toweye. koala w /k «UÈ Aù

CV linking Show time !! Linking-/j/ (yi) Linking-/w/ Two boys were arguing when the teacher entered the room. y w The teacher says, "Why are you arguing? " One boy answers, "We found a ten dollar note and decided to give it to whoever tells the biggest lie. " y "You should be ashamed of yourselves, " said the teacher, "When I was your age I didn't even know what a lie was. " The boys gave the ten dollars to the teacher.

This Lecture Ø Using SPELLING (+ knowledge of the language) as a resource to help work out PRONUNCIATION Ø Putting words together Ø Sentence Stress and Rhythm Rebecca

Stress and rhythm in English Listen to the following sentence carefully. Pay attention to the stress and rhythm. p. 4 I’m going to the shop to buy some eggs. Which syllables receive greater stress? 2 5

Stress and rhythm in English has stress-timed rhythm A, B, C, D A and B and C and D An A and a B and a C and a D An A and then a B and then a C and then a D

Stress-timed rhythm of English A, B, C, D A and B and C and D An A and a B and a C and a D An A and then a B and then a C and then a D

Stress-timed rhythm of English O O A and B and C and D An A and a B and a C and a D An A and then a B and then a C and then a D

Stress-timed rhythm of English O O O o O An A and a B and a C and a D An A and then a B and then a C and then a D

Stress-timed rhythm of English O O O o O o O o o O An A and then a B and then a C and then a D

Stress-timed rhythm of English O O o o o Oooo O O o O o o Oooo O O

Show time AGAIN !! A, B, C, D A and B and C and D An A and a B and a C and a D An A and then a B and then a C and then a D

Stress-timed rhythm of English I’m going to the shop to buy some eggs. I’m GOing to the SHOP to BUY some EGGS. im GO ingtothe SHOP to BUY some EGGS Weak forms unstressed, with softer voice & faster pace

Stress-timed rhythm of English stressed syllables of an utterance are louder, longer and more clearly articulated & they tend to be evenly spaced u unstressed syllables are squeezed in between u resulting in a regular alternation of strong & weak syllables im GO ingtothe SHOP to BUY some u making up the rhythm of English utterances u EGGS Weak forms unstressed, with softer voice & faster pace

Challenges for Chinese learners Kenworthy (1987) “All aspects of rhythm and stress, including word stress, are highly problematical for [Chinese] learners and must be given high priority. ” (p. 130) English – stress-timed Chinese – syllable-timed all syllables are of approximately equal length equal time intervals between stressed syllables

Challenges for Chinese learners Kenworthy (1987) “All aspects of rhythm and Good morning stress, including word stress, are highly 陳老師早晨。 Miss Chen. problematical for [Chinese] learners and must 很高興認識你。 Nice to meet you. be given high priority. ” (p. 130) English – stress-timed Chinese – syllable-timed all syllables are of approximately equal length equal time intervals between stressed syllables

Challenges for Chinese learners To practise this stressed-timed rhythm: Kenworthy (1987) “All aspects of rhythm and u gradually build up a phrase stress, including word stress, are highly u add more and more syllables problematical for [Chinese] learners and must u but keep the stressed syllables clear & keep the be given high priority. ” (p. 130) time between them constant. equal time English – stress-timed intervals between stressed syllables Good morning Miss Chen. Nice to meet you. I’m going to the shop to buy some eggs.

Stress & Rhythm in Nursery Rhymes Baa black sheep, Have you any wool? Yes sir, yes sir, Three bags full! One for the master, One for the dame, And one for the little boy Who lives down the lane. http: //www. youtube. com/watch? v=g 3 xt. MZv. G 2 WI

Stress & Rhythm in Nursery Rhymes

Stress & Rhythm in Jazz Chants http: //mymedia. yam. com/m/3209749

Stress & Rhythm in Raps

Stress & Rhythm in short sentences

A Corpus–Based Pronunciation Learning Website http: //ec-concord. ied. edu. hk/phonetics_and_phonology/wordpress/

Rebecca Chen hsuehchu@ied. edu. hk Jennie Wong jennie@ied. edu. hk