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Is English Pronunciation really so D1LP04 1000 1200 Jennie WONG Rebecca Chen HKIEd difficult I take it you already know Of tough and bough and cough and dough Others may stumble but not you ID: 773912

english stress timed rhythm stress english rhythm timed amp words rain pronunciation syllables sound letter sounds word ough

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Is English Pronunciation really so D1-LP-0410.00 -12.00Jennie WONGRebecca ChenHKIEd difficult

I take it you already know Of tough and bough and cough and dough? Others may stumble, but not you On hiccough, thorough, slough and through.Well done! And now you wish, perhaps,To learn of less familiar traps?Beware of heard, a dreadful word,That looks like beard and sounds like bird.And dead: it’s said like bed, not bead –For goodness’ sake don’t call it ‘deed’.Watch out for meat and great and threat.They rhyme with suite and straight and debt. English Pronunciation Poemp.1

I take it you already know Of tough and bough and cough and dough? Others may stumble, but not you On hiccough, thorough, slough and through.Well done! And now you wish, perhaps,To learn of less familiar traps?Beware of heard, a dreadful word,That looks like beard and sounds like bird.And dead: it’s said like bed, not bead –For goodness’ sake don’t call it ‘deed’.Watch out for meat and great and threat.They rhyme with suite and straight and debt. Same letters BUT different sounds tough bough cough dough hicc ough thor ough sl ough thr ough hiccup English Pronunciation Poem / t Ãf / / b aU / /kf/ /d«U/ / ÈhIk. Ãp / / ÈTÃr.«/ /slaU/ /Truù/ What does this poem tell us about Letter-sound relationship in English?

I take it you already know Of tough and bough and cough and dough? Others may stumble, but not you On hiccough, thorough, slough and through.Well done! And now you wish, perhaps,To learn of less familiar traps?Beware of heard, a dreadful word,That looks like beard and sounds like bird.And dead: it’s said like bed, not bead –For goodness’ sake don’t call it ‘deed’.Watch out for meat and great and threat.They rhyme with suite and straight and debt. English Pronunciation PoemWhat does this poem tell us about Letter-sound relationship in English? m eat gr eat thr eat s uite str aight d ebt Different letters BUT same sounds b eard heard bird ea bead dead / b iùd / / d ed / / b ed / / d iùd / b ed / gr eIt / / Tr et / / str eIt / / d et/ /miùt/ /swiùt/ /bI«d/ /hÎùd/ / b Îùd /

I take it you already know Of tough and bough and cough and dough? Others may stumble, but not you On hiccough, thorough, slough and through.Well done! And now you wish, perhaps,To learn of less familiar traps?Beware of heard, a dreadful word,That looks like beard and sounds like bird.And dead: it’s said like bed, not bead –For goodness’ sake don’t call it ‘deed’.Watch out for meat and great and threatThey rhyme with suite and straight and debt English Pronunciation PoemWhat does this poem tell us about Letter-sound relationship in English?Letter-sound relationship in EnglishNOT always regular or predictable Same letters BUT different soundse.g. t ough & b ough Different letters BUT same sounds e.g. h ear d & b ird Is English Pronunciation difficult really so

I take it you already know Of tough and bough and cough and dough? Others may stumble, but not you On hiccough, thorough, slough and through.Well done! And now you wish, perhaps,To learn of less familiar traps?Beware of heard, a dreadful word,That looks like beard and sounds like bird.And dead: it’s said like bed, not bead –For goodness’ sake don’t call it ‘deed’.Watch out for meat and great and threatThey rhyme with suite and straight and debt English Pronunciation PoemI take it you already knowOf tough and b ough a nd c ough a nd dough?Others may stumble, but not you On hiccough, thorough, slough and through.Well done! And now you wish , perhaps , To learn of less familiar traps? more regular patterns than irregular ones  in many cases, letters in English can be mapped reliably to just one sound approx. 84% of English words are phonetically regular (Blevins 2006) seeing links between spelling & PRON = ability to narrow down possibilities vs m aking wild guess

This Lecture Using SPELLING (+ knowledge of the language) as a resource to help work out PRONUNCIATION Putting words together Sentence Stress and Rhythm

What is the sound of the letter “h”?Initial-h Harry hid a hammer behind his hat.“h” as part of a letter group (digraph) Why did Philip choose these three shirts? /w/ /f/ / tS/ /D/ /T/ /S/laugh graph match with both cash / f/ / f / / tS / / D / / T / /S// h/ p.2

What is the sound of the letter “h”? Silent-h hour honest heir honour initial-h in words of French / Latin origin horse help happy hair words of Anglo-Saxon origin (Old English) horrible hospital host human of French / Latin origin but over the centuries, people started to pronounce the initial-h herbUK /hÎùb/ US / ɝ ùb/ / h / / h / / h /

What is the sound of the letter “h”? Silent-h hour honest heir honour initial-h in words of French / Latin originSarah cheetah pharaoh finaI-h that follows vowel(s)vehicle exhibition Beckham vehicular exhale h in an unstressed syllable / È viù. I .kl ` / / vIÈh Ik.jUl.« / / Çek.sIÈ bI.S«n //eksÈ heIl/

What is the sound of the letter “h”? Silent-h hour honest heir honour initial-h in words of French / Latin originSarah cheetah pharaoh finaI-h that follows vowel(s)vehicle exhibition Beckham h in an unstressed syllable

hate chocolate h ate chocolate adequate approximate calculate coordinate graduate unfortunate/heIt//ÈtSk.l«t/ hatechocolateadequateapproximatecalculate coordinate graduate unfortunate / eI t / / « t / date late state coordinate graduate VERB NOUN ADJ approximate

damage the image How about these words with –age ending? agedamage packagestageimageencourage

come comrade com bine common computer comfort comparable comprehensible cone concert condition conversation conduct /kÃm//Èkm.reId/ /k«mÈbaIn//Ã//«/ /  / common computer comfort comparable comprehensible concert condition conversation conduct conduct cone / «U /

I’m blessed with a blessed life She crooked her little finger. I drove slowly on the crooked country road. wickednaked/blest// Èbles.Id//krUkt//ÈkrUk.Id//ÈwI k. Id/ / ÈneI. k Id /

Practice hallelujah Durham Nottingham enhancegate appropriate separate irritate cottage voyage percentage compare comic comma compositionconcave contribute confidentialityShe is a learned professor.I learned English at school.His beloved wife died last year.p.3

This Lecture Using SPELLING (+ knowledge of the language) as a resource to help work out PRONUNCIATION Putting words together Sentence Stress and Rhythm

It’s raining, it’s pouring It's raining, it's pouringThe old man is snoring He went to bed, And he bumped his headAnd he couldn't get up in the morning. Rain, rain, go awayCome again some other dayRain, rain, go awayCome again some other day.http://www.bbc.co.uk/schoolradio/subjects/earlylearning/nurserysongs/F-J/raining_pouringIt's raining, it's pouring The old man is snoringHe went to bed, And he bumped his headAnd he couldn't get up in the morning. Rain, rain, g o a way Co me a gain some other day Rain, rain, g o a way Co me a gain some other day.

Putting words togetherCome a gain some other dayCome ▲ again ▲ some ▲ other ▲ dayCome  again  some  other  dayCo me again some other dayConsonant-Vowel Linking

It’ so ver .Whatif?Whatelse.I’mOK. Consonant-Vowel Linking

Putting words togetherThe old man is snoring. The old ma n is snoring. Linking-/j/ (yi)The y old man is snoring.beyond /biȁnd//biÈ j nd / Se e y e ye to eye.

Putting words togetherRain, rain, go away. Rain, rain, go away. Linking-/w/Rain, rain, gow away.koala /k«UÈAùnl«/ See eye t o w e ye . w

Show time !! Two boys were arguing when the teacher entered the room. The teacher says, "Why are you arguing?" One boy answers, "We found a ten dollar note and decided to give it to whoever tells the biggest lie.""You should be ashamed of yourselves," said the teacher, "When I was your age I didn't even know what a lie was."The boys gave the ten dollars to the teacher.y CV linkingLinking-/j/ (yi)Linking-/w/wy

This Lecture Using SPELLING (+ knowledge of the language) as a resource to help work out PRONUNCIATION Putting words together Sentence Stress and RhythmRebecca

Stress and rhythm in English Listen to the following sentence carefully. Pay attention to the stress and rhythm. 25 Which syllables receive greater stress?I’m going to the shop to buy some eggs. p.4

Stress and rhythm in English English has stress-timed rhythm A, B, C, D A and B and C and D An A and a B and a C and a D An A and then a B and then a C and then a D

Stress-timed rhythm of English A , B, C, DA and B and C and DAn A and a B and a C and a DAn A and then a B and then a C and then a D

Stress-timed rhythm of English O O O OA and B and C and DAn A and a B and a C and a D An A and then a B and then a C and then a D

O O O O O o O o O o O An A and a B and a C and a D An A and then a B and then a C and then a D Stress-timed rhythm of English

O O O O O o O o O o O o O o o O o o O o o O An A and then a B and then a C and then a D Stress-timed rhythm of English

O O O O O o O o O o O o O o o O o o O o o O o O o o o O o o o O o o o O Stress-timed rhythm of English

Show time AGAIN !! A , B, C, DA and B and C and DAn A and a B and a C and a DAn A and then a B and then a C and then a D

I’m GOing to the SHOP to BUY some EGGS. I’m going to the shop to buy some eggs. im GO ingtothe SHOP to BUY some EGGS Weak forms  unstressed , with softer voice & faster pace Stress-timed rhythm of English

Stress-timed rhythm of English stressed syllables of an utterance are louder, longer and more clearly articulated & they tend to be evenly spaced unstressed syllables are squeezed in between resulting in a regular alternation of strong & weak syllablesmaking up the rhythm of English utterances im GO ingtothe SHOP to BUY some EGGSWeak forms  unstressed , with softer voice & faster pace

Challenges for Chinese learners Kenworthy (1987) “All aspects of rhythm and stress, including word stress, are highly problematical for [Chinese] learners and must be given high priority.” (p.130)ChineseEnglish – stress-timed equal time intervals between stressed syllables all syllables are of approximately equal length – syllable-timed

Challenges for Chinese learners Kenworthy (1987) “All aspects of rhythm and stress, including word stress, are highly problematical for [Chinese] learners and must be given high priority.” (p.130)ChineseEnglish – stress-timed equal time intervals between stressed syllables all syllables are of approximately equal length – syllable-timed 陳老師早晨 。 很高興認識你 。 Good morning Miss Chen. Nice to meet you.

Challenges for Chinese learners Kenworthy (1987) “All aspects of rhythm and stress, including word stress, are highly problematical for [Chinese] learners and must be given high priority.” (p.130)English – stress-timed To practise this stressed-timed rhythm:gradually build up a phrase add more and more syllables but keep the stressed syllables clear & keep the time between them constant.Good morning Miss Chen.Nice to meet you.I’m going to the shop to buy some eggs. equal time intervals between stressed syllables

Stress & Rhythm in Nursery Rhymes Baa baa black sheep, Have you any wool?Yes sir, yes sir, Three bags full!One for the master, One for the dame,And one for the little boy Who lives down the lane.http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g3xtMZvG2WI

Stress & Rhythm in Nursery Rhymes

Stress & Rhythm in Jazz Chants http://mymedia.yam.com/m/3209749

Stress & Rhythm in Raps

Stress & Rhythm in short sentences

A Corpus–Based Pronunciation Learning Website http :// ec-concord.ied.edu.hk/phonetics_and_phonology/wordpress/

Rebecca Chen hsuehchu@ied.edu.hk Jennie Wong jennie@ied.edu.hk