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HELPS Higher Education Language & Presentation Support Let’s Practice Pronunciation – wk 5

HELPS • Weekly workshops. • Monday to Friday for 15 minute Drop In advice, 1:1 consultations, Conversations, Buddy Program and ‘Write Now’ Mon -Thurs afternoons. • HELPS at the Library and Building 10. • Check out Self-Help Resources http://www.uts.edu.au/current- students/support/helps/about-helps Contact us UTS:HELPS 2

• ‘ th ’. It is quite unique to English, very commonly used and can be a challenge for all English learners. • Clearly pronouncing word endings is very important in English pronunciation as it indicates tense, plural/singular and comparisons – very helpful for IELTS practice. • Also voiced and unvoiced sounds. This week UTS:HELPS 3

Voiced consonants Unvoiced consonants beak, bun, nib /b/ /p/ peak, pun, nip down, door, spend /d/ /t/ town, tour, spent grow, gate, bag /g/ /k/ crow, Kate, back /v/ vine, vast, leave /f/ fine, fast, leaf / θ / then, those, father /ð/ this, thin, both zero, close, toes /z/ /s/ Sam saw Sue / ʒ / / ʃ / pleasure, vision shoe shop, she / dʒ / / tʃ / just, June, badge chair, check Voiced and unvoiced sounds UTS:HELPS 4

Voiced ‘ th ’ /ð/ Unvoiced ‘ th ’ / θ / Beginning – thing, three, Beginning - th ese, th ose, th is, th ough, third, thirty, through, th erefore, th eir/ th ere. thigh, thank you. Middle – al th ough, Middle – toothbrush, clo th ing, ei th er, o th er. healthy, birthday, something. End – ba th e, brea th e, End – bath, breath, teeth, 4 th ...19 th, , north/south. soo th e. ‘ th ’ sound – /ð/, / θ/ UTS:HELPS 5

Listeners listen for word endings to understand plurals, tense and comparisons , for example: • – s, -es, • – ing, -ed, • -er, -est, The importance of word endings UTS:HELPS 6

“I’d like one _____________, a ____________, two ______________ and a ________________ please.” Use one each of A, B and C in the table below for each coffee order; for example “I’d like a half shot, full cream, latte” A B C weak skimm ed cappu ci no half shot full cream flat white strong soy la tte doub le shot Fancy a coffee? UTS:HELPS 7