1. Making pronunciation exercises more meaningful

2. Session agenda Why teach pronunciation? Connected speech / suprasegmental features Rhythm Stress Intonation Elision

3. Why teach pronunciation? Avoids problems related to L1 influence Avoids misuderstandings Helps in accuracy and comprehension Improves listening

4. Why teach pronunciation? “Integrating pronunciation teaching fully with the study of grammatical and lexical features has the further incremental benefit that learners will increasingly appreciate the significance of pronunciation in determining successful communication.” Kelly, Gerald: How to Teach Pronunciation

5. Connected speech Goes beyond the pronunciation of single soundsGoes beyond the pronunciation of single sounds Covers how the pronunciation of different utterances interact with each otherCovers how the pronunciation of different utterances interact with each other Refers to real-life communicationRefers to real-life communication Might change the “dictionary” pronunciation of wordsMight change the “dictionary” pronunciation of words

6. Suprasegmental Features It has to do with sentence-level pronunciation (Check Thorbury’s “A- Z”)It has to do with sentence-level pronunciation (Check Thorbury’s “A- Z”)

7. Connected speech “… refers to the way that speech sounds are produced as part of a continuous sequence, rather than in isolation” Thornbury, Scott: An A-Z of ELT

8. Rhythm Stressed-timed language Vs. Syllable-timed language

9. You and then it’s me and then it’s him and then it’s her

10. they LIVE in anOLDHOUSE they LIVEin a NICEOLDHOUSE they LIVEin a LOVElyOLDHOUSE they’ve been LIVing in a deLIGHTfulOLDHOUSE they’ve been LIVing in a deLIGHTfulOLDCOTTage they’ve been LIVing in a deLIGHTfulvicTORianCOTTage Order of Adjectives (Connexion 1 – Lesson 5C)

11. Stress Word & Sentence Stress

12. Intelligibility (the “surprise” technique – all levels) Nouns & Verbs: IMport (n) / imPORT (v) (Conn. 4) Full vs Weak forms “She can swim faster than I can” “She’s from Scotland. Where are you from?” Word Stress

13. Functional / content words I didn`t say he stole the money Sentence Stress

14. I love you (... and I want you to know this) I love you (I don’t love her) I love you (He doesn’t!) Framework 4 Student AStudent B It’s a pity you weren’t at the party.I WAS at the party. Did you say you were at the barbecue? I was at the PARty. Did you say Enrico was at the party?I was at the party.

15. My old sister doesn’t live with my football coach

16. Intonation

17. Expressing attitudes: the gift game I agree I agree, but... Please, tell me more! I really couldn’t agree more! I’m bored, not interested... mmm

18. It’s 8 O’clock It’s time to go home! It’s time to go to work... Our holiday starts now! We got married last year at this same time... His surgery is starting now. My girlfriend has finally arrived from her trip! I miss her so much! The funeral is starting

19. Elision “Denda” It rains a lot in Brazil...

20. Elision Examples of elision Complex consonant clusters: - She acts like she owns the place Schwa can disappear in unstressed syllables: - I think you should call the police -/v/ can disappear in of before consonants: - It’s a complete waste of time!

21. Most common elision: /t/ and /d/ within a consonant cluster Simple pastSimple past I work today / I worked today SuperlativesSuperlatives The tallest building / The biggest car

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