1. Pronunciation and Speaking
Instructor:
Allie Hope King
Class Time:
Monday, Wednesday
1-3pm
Grace Dodge 452
WELCOME!!!

2. Administrative Details
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Syllabus
Technology and assignments

3. Getting to Know You
Find a partner. From your partner, find out these things:
Their name (what they want to be called in class)
Their native language and any other languages they speak
How long they have been in New York
One surprising thing about them

4. Goals & Perspectives
Take 3 minutes to write down 3 goals that you would like to work on during this pronunciation class. 1. 2. 3.
Now, share and compare your goals with your partner.
What do we think about these goals as a class?

5. What is Pronunciation?
Take 3 minutes to write a quick answer these questions:
What is pronunciation?
Why is pronunciation important in learning a language?

6. Why is English Pronunciation So Difficult?
The bandage was wound around the wound.
The farm was used to produce produce.
We must polish the Polish furniture.
Upon seeing the tear in the painting I shed a tear.

7. How do you pronounce this word?
Spelling in English
GHOTI
How do you pronounce this word?

9. If GH can stand for P as in Hiccough
If OUGH can stand for O as in Dough
If PHTH can stand for T as in Phthisis
If EIGH can stand for A as in Neighbor
If TTE can stand for T as in Gazette
If EAU can stand for O as in Plateau…..
Then the right way to spell POTATO should be:
GHOUGHPHTHEIGHTTEEAU

10. Don’t be discouraged – you’re already halfway there!!

11. In this class, we will:
Review all of the phonemes (sounds) and stress patterns in North American English (NAE)
Become aware of our individual pronunciation issues
Gain some perspective about pronunciation
Learn about resources to help us improve our pronunication
Practice, practice, practice!!

12. The International Phonemic Alphabet (IPA)
The English version of the Roman alphabet has only 21 consonant letters, but there are 25 distinct consonant phonemes in NAE. So, several additional symbols are needed to represent all the phonemes of the language. Although there are many similarities between the IPA and English orthography, they are not identical. Being able to recognize the symbols will help you use dictionaries and other pronunciation resources.

13. The International Phonemic Alphabet (IPA)

14. Places of Articulation

15. Places of Articulation SIMPLIFIED
Alveolar = Top of mouth, right behind teeth Ex. /t/ as in “top”
Palatal = Top of mouth, middle Ex. /y/ as in “yell”
Velar = Top of mouth, back Ex. /k/ as in “kick”
Nasal = Nasal Passage Ex. /n/ as in “nose”
Bilabial = Both lips Ex. /p/ as in “pot”
Dental (or interdental) = Teeth, or between the teeth Ex. /θ/ as in “thin”
Labiodental = Lip between the teeth Ex. /f/ as in “far”
Glottal = Air passing from the windpipe through the vocal cords Ex /h/ as in “hi”

16. Why is this important?
Think vs. Sink

17. Volunteer Teacher? Tell us what your native language is.
When you hear people from other countries trying to speak your language, are there certain sounds that are often hard for them? Can you give us an example?
How would you coach us to make this sound?

18. Voiced or Voiceless?
In addition to the place of articulation, whether you use your vocal cords to produce a sound (voiced) or you just use airflow (voiceless) is an important distinction to make for consonants.
Let’s try an experiment!
Put your hands around your throat.
Say these two words: BAD --- PAD
On which word did your hands feel a vibration in your throat?

19. HOMEWORK
Your first assignment is a diagnostic test. You will practice the reading first, and then you will leave me a message in which you record yourself doing the reading (Reading 1, p. 1). Leave this for me no later than NOON tomorrow (Tuesday). I will listen and evaluate the diagnostic samples and use them to plan the rest of our class.