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Let’s Practice Pronunciation – wk 6

Higher Education Language & Presentation Support

HELPS

Contact us

• 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

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HELPS

Review

• English pronunciation has a distinct rhythm, so that some

sounds are longer and some shorter.

• One syllable will always be stressed in multi-syllable English

words (‘ferry).

• Stress on particular words in a sentence stress affects its

meaning (I love you).

• Pronouncing word endings are very important for meaning.
• English consonants letters don’t always reflect the sound

they make (ch/s).

• English vowels can be long, short or combined sounds.

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This week

The English language phonemic chart –26 letters, 16 consonant sounds and almost 20 vowel sounds! A quick quiz in using your dictionary and a phonemic chart to check the pronunciation of words.

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English sounds

• ‘Sounds’ app – free (British and American
• ptions)
• British Council English phonemic chart
• https://www.teachingenglish.org.uk/sites/

teacheng/files/TEphonemic_GreyBlue2_0. swf

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26 English letters but…

• There are 16 consonant sounds that sound the

same as the letter eg. /p/, /t/, /n/ - (2 tricky

• nes, /j/ and /k/).
• 7 other consonant sounds are represented by

symbols.

• While there are 5 English vowel letters

(a,e,i,o,u), there are over 4 times that many different vowel sounds represented by symbols.

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Becoming friends with your dictionary!

FOR THE EXERCISE YOU WILL NEED

• ‘Sounds’ app – free (British and American options) OR
• British Council English phonemic chart
• https://www.teachingenglish.org.uk/sites/teacheng/files

/TEphonemic_GreyBlue2_0.swf

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Learning Objectives

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.