Pronouncing General American English Part 1

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1 2 3 4 About you

A. Totally new B. Experienced C. Some experience D. Experienced with teacher, but not in with accent training pronunciation/accent pronunciation/accent About your students

A. Latin B. Africa C. East /South/ D. Eastern E. Other America Southeast Asia Europe Pronunciation Consonants & Pyramid Vowels

Stress Rhythm Intonation Phrasing | Speed Volume

Rebecca Bauer, Accurate English: A Complete Course in Pronunciation Color Vowel Chart

high I

make

she

but

told

let

will

hot

put

GREEN TEA | LONG E

Tongue Lips • High • Spread Front

Duration Jaw • Long • Closed Problem pair #1

SILVER PIN |SHORT I

Tongue Lips • Mid-high • Neutral front

Duration Jaw • Short • Closed Problem pair #1

•This is serious Lips

Peek Pick •Down just a little Tongue

•Chop it off Duration Problem pair #2

RED PEPPER | SHORT E

Tongue Lips • Mid • Neutral Front

Duration Jaw • Short • Closed Problem pair #2

GRAY DAY| LONG A

Tongue Lips • Mid-high • Spread front

Duration Jaw • Long • Open then closed Problem pair #2

Lips •Wide open Get Gate Jaw •Chew it

Duration •Stretch it Problem pair #3

OLIVE SOCK| SHORT O

Tongue Lips • Mid low • Neutral

Duration Jaw • Short • Open Problem pair #3

BLACK CAT| SHORT A

Tongue Lips • Low front • Spread (Flat)

Duration Jaw • Short • Open Problem pair #3

Lips •Monkey smile

Hoppy Happy Jaw •Yawn

Tongue •Tongue Dispenser Problem pair #4

OLIVE SOCK| SHORT O

Tongue Lips • Mid low • Neutral

Duration Jaw • Short • Open Problem pair #4

A CUP of Mustard| SHORT U

Tongue Lips • Central • Neutral

Duration Jaw • Short • Closed Problem pair #4

Jaw •Relax

Poppy Puppy Tongue •Up a little

Jaw •Hand in chin Problem pair #4

OLIVE SOCK| SHORT O

Tongue Lips • Mid low • Neutral

Duration Jaw • Short • Open Problem pair #4

A CUP of Mustard| SHORT U

Tongue Lips • Central • Neutral

Duration Jaw • Short • Closed Problem pair #4

Jaw •Relax

Poppy Puppy Tongue •Up a little

Jaw •Hand in chin Problem pair #5

BLUE MOON | LONG U

Tongue Lips • High • Rounded Back

Duration Jaw • Long • Closed Problem pair #5

WOODEN HOOK | “OO”

Tongue Lips • Mid Back • Neutral

Duration Jaw • Short • Closed Problem pair #4

•Don’t blow out Lips the candle Luke Look •Relax Tongue Tips for R-Colored vowels Purple Shirt

1. Room 2. Waiter End to 3.Watier Room beginning 4.Waiterrrroom 5. Waiterrrr 6. Waiter Tips for R-Colored vowels Hold the Grape

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Curl the tip of your Imagine you are tongue so that if you Press it to the top of holding a grape on lean your head your mouth your tongue down, it will not fall out Tips for R-Colored vowels The Magic String

A string is tied to Imagine you have Pull the string the clip and runs a clip on the tip back to lift tip of through the back of your tongue your tongue of your head Images for R-Colored vowels Purple Shirt

Hand shapes

Finger tracing Consonants Adding Voice

Unvoiced Voiced • Pick • Pig • Debt • Dead • Ice • Eyes • Half • Have • Rich • Ridge • Cup • Cub Stretch and punch

Stove-> Stovvvvvvv

Runs-> Runzzzzzz

Bag-> Bagguh

Lab-> Labbuh

No voice Some voice Too much voice Buzzer Beater

Pretend you have a button that buzzes in one of your hands

Press the button with the index finger or your other had

Make the buzz short. Pretend you will get shocked by it

Say the voiced consonant when you touch and release your finger Change the spelling

Imagine the word is spelled with the target sound

Runs Ledge Becomes becomes Runz Lej Linking to initial vowels

Linking is taking the consonant sound before an initial vowel and creating a new beginning A lot of A bug is ideas on the rug • A lo to • A bu gi zon videas the rug

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The floor is • “TH” yours 2 3 • Plurals S vs Z 4 • Regular past tense -ed V vs W V W

•Scrape the cheese •Blow Lips out the Lips •No upper lip candle Lips TH

•See the Tongue tip(camera)

•Feel the buzz Teeth (voiced) Plurals [s vs. z]

S Z Sound Example Sound Example -p Cups -b ZCubs -t Bats -d Needs -k Packs -g Begs -f Laughs -v Gives -th Paths -TH (voiced) Breathes -w Lows Sibilants /-iz/ -y Pays -m Warms -ng Ring busses judges boxes -l Cools -r Pours watches freezes washes Regular Past [-ed] D T Sound Example Sound Example -b Clubbed -p Clipped -g ZBegged -k Backed -z Gazed -s Passed -v Moved -f Laughed -dg Judged -sh Fished -TH (voiced] Bathed -ch Watched -w Owed -th Mouthed -y Enjoyed -m Warmed -t or -ed /id/ -n Honed -d -ng Longed -l Polled wanted needed -r Cured