Pronunciation Course Class 4

Listening exercise – p.60 Wife’s (/s/)legs (/z/) sister’s (/z/) Those(/z/)places (/ Iz/ )gets (/s/) Pedicures(/z/)separators(/z/) That’s (/z/)looks (/s/) Colors(/z/)tips(/s/) Face (/s/) goes (/z/) Is(/z/)eyes (/z/) Stops(/s/)marks(/s/) Close (/z/)

-ed Endings -ed Endings are often very difficult for Brazilians because sounds change based upon the previous sound. -ed Endings are often very difficult for Brazilians because sounds change based upon the previous sound. There are three –ed ending sounds There are three –ed ending sounds /t//t/ /d//d/ /Id//Id/

Nasal Consonants Mispronounced by Brazilians in final position, because we nasalize vowels, not consonants. E.g. cantaram. /m/ - bilabial sound SAM /m/ - bilabial sound SAM /n/ - alveolar sound TAN /n/ - alveolar sound TAN / N/ - velar sound SIGN / N/ - velar sound SIGN

-ng spelling Normally, the /g/ is pronounced. Normally, the /g/ is pronounced. Angerfingerstronger However, when the word derives from a verb, the /g/ is silent. To singsinger / sIN  r/ to bringbringing / brININ/ To hang hanger / hQN  r/

/l/ /l/ Mispronounced by Brazilians Brazil / U/ instead of /l/ Brazil / U/ instead of /l/ /h/ /r/ Mispronounced in two ways: Brazilians don’t use enough airflow to produce the /h/, or Brazilians don’t use enough airflow to produce the /h/, or Brazilians don’t roll the /r/ sound. Brazilians don’t roll the /r/ sound.

Let’s practice Once upon a time, there was a little girl who lived in a village near the forest. Whenever she went out, the little girl wore a red riding cloak, so everyone in the village called her Little Red Riding Hood. One morning, Little Red Riding Hood asked her mother if she could go to visit her grandmother as it had been awhile since they'd seen each other. "That's a good idea," her mother said. So they packed a nice basket for Little Red Riding Hood to take to her grandmother.

Stops /p/, /t/, /k/ Aspiration occurs in the beginning of the word and when the syllable is stressed. Aspiration occurs in the beginning of the word and when the syllable is stressed. PalaceAppear

Some Sibilant Consonants / S/ is the sound of She / S/ is the sound of She /tS/ is the sound of C hair /tS/ is the sound of C hair /Z/ is the sound of Measure /Z/ is the sound of Measure /dZ/ is the sound of Jet /dZ/ is the sound of Jet

The –th sounds θ – voiceless sound : think, sixth θ – voiceless sound : think, sixth ð – voiced sound: the, mother ð – voiced sound: the, mother

Stand up if you hear Each person will have a consonant sound. Listen to the words. Stand up if your consonant is spoken.

Stress Vowel length and reduction Vowel length and reduction PotatoChickenReduction In every word with more than one syllable, one syllable is stressed the most. The vowel, in the stressed syllable is extra long. Ex. 1 – course book

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Two-vowel rule for multi-syllable words If there are two vowel letters in the STRESSED syllable of a word: If there are two vowel letters in the STRESSED syllable of a word: The first vowel is pronounced with its alphabet soundThe first vowel is pronounced with its alphabet sound The second vowel is silentThe second vowel is silent Remain repeatalive soapyassume

One vowel rule for multi-syllable words If there is only one vowel letter in the STRESSED syllable of a word, it is pronounced with its relative vowel sound. If there is only one vowel letter in the STRESSED syllable of a word, it is pronounced with its relative vowel sound. Attractrelativepredictcopy Sunday