1. Pronunciation and Vocabulary
Towards Improving Spoken English

2. English Pronunciation for Malaysians
What is
the
difference?

3. Manner of articulation
English Consonants
(unvoiced phonemes)
Place of Articulation
Front → → Back
bilabial
Labio-dental
dental
alveolar
palato-alveolar
palatal
velar
glottal
Manner of articulation
plosive
p b
t d
k g
affricate
tʃ dʒ
fricative
f v
ɵ ð
s z
ʃ ʒ h
nasal m n ŋ
lateral l
approximant
(w) r j w

4. Manner of articulation
B M Consonants
(unvoiced phonemes)
Place of Articulation
Front → → Back
bilabial
Labio-dental
dental
alveolar
palato-alveolar
palatal
velar
glottal
Manner of articulation
plosive
p b
t d
k g ʔ
affricate
tʃ dʒ
fricative
f v
ɵ ð
s z
ʃ ʒ x h
nasal m n ɲ ŋ
lateral l
approximant
(w) r j w

5. English Vowels and Diphthongs
Low ← → High
Tongue
Vowels
Diphthongs
Front Back
End at front → End at back i: ɪ ʊ u: ɪə ʊə eə eɪ ɔɪ aɪ oʊ aʊ e ə ɜ: ɔ: æ ʌ ɑ: ɒ
Lips can be:
Spread
Neutral
Rounded
Closing
Centring

6. BM Vowels and Diphthongs
Low ← → High
Tongue
Vowels
Diphthongs
Front Back
End at front → End at back i u oi ai au e ə o ɑ
Lips can be:
Spread
Neutral
Rounded
Only in open syllables - ?

7. Stress and Intonation

8. Speak clearly to be understood
Incorrect stress
can cause misunderstanding just as much as incorrect sounds.
Getting word stress wrong can cause a lot of misunderstandings.
(For example … )

9. Stress and Unstress Louder Longer Higher What does STRESS sound like?
So what do we mean by “stress”? The stressed syllable in a word is:
longer, louder, and at a higher pitch.
What does STRESS sound like?
Louder
Longer
Higher

10. What does UNSTRESS sound like?
/ə/ er ar or
ure
teacher
collar
doctor
measure a e i o u
What does un-stress sound like? Besides being shorter, quieter, and lower in pitch, unstressed vowel sounds often (but not always) tend to be pronounced as a ‘schwa’. This, of course, can cause spelling difficulties.
zebra
garden
fossil
lion
circus

11. English Pronunciation
Intonation
Sentence Stress
Word Stress
Learning the phonemic sounds of English is only the beginning. We need to also master the syllable stress in words, the word stress in sentences, and the intonation that is linked to the word stress.
Phonemes
English Pronunciation

12. So what’s the difference?
How does stress and intonation work in BM?
Is it the same? How is it different?
(In BM the word order is altered rather than changing intonation – so I hear.)
Does BM have stress and intonation?

13. OK! Let’s learn some words!
Quokka
Quoll
Australian native animals

14. Australia and Papua New Guinea

15. Marsupial
snout
pouch
joey
spotted tail

16. vegetation grasses and sedges tuft succulents Jarrah forest
Mallee shrublands

17. Diet
carnivorous
meat
vegetarian
vegetables and fruit
water
moisture

18. North … Northern
West…
Western
East…
Eastern
South … Southern

19. tinges of red
red
reddish
roundish
round

20. Recipe for Banana Fritters
popular
fried
crispy
golden
perfect
porous

21. Ingredients baking powder Paper towel batter deep-fry a pinch
self-raising flour
deep-fry
a pinch

22. Let’s play
BINGO!

23. Do not write on your card
Use sunflower seeds as markers