1. A Workshop in Comprehensible Pronunciation
George Elliott Koichi Whitehead

2. What do you think?
Non-native teachers are poor models of pronunciation.
Korean English speakers should try to reduce their accent as much as possible.
There is only one correct way to pronounce things.
It is beneficial to expose learners to as many different pronunciation varieties as possible.
The main goal of pronunciation is comprehensibility.

5. It is important to be able to differentiate between sounds in order to differentiate between words.
fan
dead
sheet
today
pan
dad
shit
to die

6. What would you do if this was your student?

7. /fənEtIks/
English Vowels

8. The International Phonetic Alphabet
What is IPA?
Why is it useful?

9. Beard is not the same as heard
Our Strange Lingo
Beard is not the same as heard
Cord is also different from word. Cow is cow but low is low but shoe is never rhymed with toe. Think of hose, dose,and lose And think of goose and yet with choose Think of comb, tomb and bomb, Doll and roll or home and some. Think of blood, food and good. Mould is not pronounced like could. To sum up all, it seems to me Sound and letters don't agree.
Adapted from:Lord Cromer, published in the Spectator of August 9th, 1902

10. English is NOT phonetic
Letters and sounds do not match leading to the following problems…

11. Different letters represent the same sound
too to
rough
two
fit
shoe
threw
physics
through
clue

12. The same letters represent different sounds…
read
through
glove
move
trough
read

13. Some letters have no sound at all
receipt
knit
salmon
would
scent

14. IPA allows you to write language as it sounds
pronunciation
/prənʌnsieʃən/
I had to quit drinking coffee. It keeps me awake during presentations.
/aj hæd tu kwɪt drɪŋkɪŋ kafi. ɪt kips mi əwek durɪŋ prɛzənteʃənz./

15. IPA and Vowels
English has 5 vowels, but many more vowel sounds!

16. English Vowel Chart u i ɪ ʊ o e ə ʌ ɛ æ ɑ ɚ KEY POINTS Tongue height
Tongue position
Tenseness (tense / lax)
Rounding ɚ

17. Diphthongs= More than one vowel sound
cow
boy
buy
bear
Vowels are produced in a smaller region of the vocal tract—the palatal and velar regions so place of articulation descriptions are also inappropriate
Vowels are usually sonorant but voiceless vowels are found in some languages—phonological status of the vowels are unclear.
There are also vowels with other glottal states—listen on Ladefoged

18. Identify the Vowel Sounds
cup
run
camp
crazy
ring
sheet
can
last
Batman
wolf
mom
dad
bed
curtain
women
bad
look
said
color
fox
pin
fan
fun
lotion
pocket
meet
shook
red
practice
saw ɪ i e ɛ æ ə ʌ u ʊ o ɑ
If you are finish early, write down some of the words that you are uncertain how to pronounce.

19. /fənEtIks/
English Consonants

21. Voicing
Voiced = vibration of vocal cords Voiceless= just air

22. Location

23. Manner