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HELPS Higher Education Language & Presentation Support Let’s Practice Pronunciation

• Introduce yourself to others at your table… • Who you are, what you’re studying, and why you’re here. It’s all about talking… UTS:HELPS 2

HELPS • Weekly workshops • Monday to Friday for 15 minute Drop In advice, 1:1 consultations, Conversations and ‘Write Now’ each afternoon. Library sessions on Saturdays. • Check out Self-Help Resources • http://www.uts.edu.au/current- students/support/helps/about-helps Contact us UTS:HELPS 3

Overall aim of workshops – to increase your confidence in English pronunciation so you can take part in subject discussions and verbal assignments. Outcomes • You can describe the importance of word stress, sentence stress and speech intonation to making meaning in English. • You can explain the sounds that make up English to continue improving your own pronunciation. • Hear English pronunciation modelled by experienced speakers. • Receive feedback on your pronunciation to identify areas for you to improve. Learning Objectives UTS:HELPS 4

• English intonation (5 tones) • Why English spelling is so weird This week UTS:HELPS 5

• Statement or certainty, open question. • Closed question, Y/N answer • List, not finished speaking, but… • Surprise - ‘That’s amazing!’ • Doubt – ‘Are you sure?’ EXERCISE English intonation patterns UTS:HELPS 6

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Language English adopted word Arabic Cali bre , mons oo n, zero Bengali Bungalow Czech Pistol, robot Boss, lottery, y acht Dutch Farsi Lemon, sh aw l, tamb ou rine German Dollar, muffin Hindi Bangle, jungle, shamp oo Malay Bamb oo , gong Husb an d, window Norse Turkish Kebab, tulip, yo ghurt Welsh Maggot, pen guin Inherited spelling and sounds UTS:HELPS 8