PPT-Accents and Pronunciation

Pronunciation Spanish is one of the easiest languages in the world to learn This is because it is very consistent To see how consistent it is try these English words first Bough Cough Dough. Français. The 5 French Accent Marks. The 5 French Accents are:. Accent . Aigu. (. é. ). Accent Grave (. è. ). Accent . Circonflexe. (. ê. ). “C” . cédille. (. ç. ). Tréma. . (. ë. ). Accent . RESERVA with accents of mocha and vanilla. A medium-bodied palate is slightly scratchy, EXCLUSIVE US IMPORTERSwww.obcwines.com RESERVA EXCLUSIVE US IMPORTERSwww.obcwines.com EXCLUSIVE US IMPORTERSww Initialisms. A case study. Amanda . Payne. What are acronyms & . Initialisms. ?. In most cases, they are considered to be the same thing – “a word formed from the initial letters of other words”. For example - “scuba”.. Lecture . 11. Spoken Language Processing. Prof. Andrew Rosenberg. What is a pronunciation model?. 1. Acoustic . Model. Pronunciation. Model. Language. Model. Audio Features. Phone . Hypothese. Word . b. y Julia Hirschberg. Presented by Elaine Chew. QMUL: ELE021/ELED021/ELEM021. 26 March 2012. Sources. Hirschberg, J. (2012). Lecture notes on Prosody Modeling (draws from Hirschberg, J. (2011). . Interspeech. The natural rise of pitch in vowels . when . pronouncing words is known as stress. . All . languages have stress, but not all have written accent marks. . In Spanish, there are general rules for when a . Jennifer St. John, OLBI. TESL Ottawa Winter PD Event. February 4, 2017 . Overview of Presentation. Introduction. Context. Strategies – Resources – Sample Tasks. Self-monitoring. Performance. Authentic practice . Towards Improving Spoken English. English Pronunciation for Malaysians. What. . is. . the. . difference?. . 2. English Consonants. (unvoiced phonemes). Place of Articulation. Front → ------------------------------------------------------------------------→ Back. EILEEN . fiNN. Concordia University . Problem of practice. Strong accents can hinder a person’s chance for high-status positions in certain fields.. Relevance. . Stereotypes regarding ethnicity are enforced with strong accents. . Review. Spelling in Spanish vs. English. Spanish is very consistent in its spelling and pronunciation rules unlike English.. Spanish is a phonetic language, therefore the spelling is quite predictable and easier than in English. . Clyne 2012. Pronunciation. Pronunciation is easy once you memorize the rules…. 1. If a word has an accent mark, stress the marked vowel. (So easy, right?). pronunciation. 2. If a word is not accented with an accent mark, the stress goes on the last syllable, unless. Pronunciation . Pausing and Chunking . Word stress. Why is pronunciation important?. Miscommunication can occur when someone:. speaks too fast. says words incorrectly. has a strong accent. hesitates too much when they speak. Julia Hirschberg. CS 4706. 2/18/12. 2. Today. Motivation. Challenges for automatic word pronunciation. Standard methods. Innovative solutions. 2/18/12. 3. 2/18/12. 3. TTS demos:. AT. &T . Cepstral . Mgr. Juraj . Datko. Supported by. : KEGA 055UKF-4/2016. . . UKF. : UGA V/3/2016. Research aim and questions. T. he aim of the presented study is:. . (1) to explore EFL teachers’ subjective theories (views.