Good presentation for those willing to improve their pronunciation

1. 13th BRAZ-TESOL
NATIONAL CONVENTION
RIO DE JANEIRO – JULY, 2012
Accent Reduction
Isabel Chavantes
belchavantes@gmail.com

2. → How much do you enjoy reading?
→ How much English have you learned
from it?

3. 1. Where ‘dja get that hat?
2. If I letcha up, willya keep your mouth
shut?
3. Wuddaya want the light for?
4. Can’tcha stick a little rum in it or
something?
5. Wudga say?
6. I think they should’ve at least offered
to pay.
7. I wouldn’t’ve let them.
8. On my wuddayacallit – my clavichord.

4. 1. /wɛǝr ʤǝ gɛt ðæt hæt?/
2. /ɪfay ‘lɛʧǝ ǝp, wɪlyǝ kiyp yǝr mawƟ ʃǝt?/
3. /wǝDyǝ wɑnt ðǝ layt fɔr?/
4. /‘kænʧǝ ‘stɪkǝ ‘lɪtļ ‘rǝmɪnɪtǝr
‘sǝmƟɪŋ?/
5. /wǝʤǝ sey?/
6. /ay Ɵɪŋk yuw ‘ʃʊDǝv ǝt liyst ‘ɔfǝrd tǝ
pey./
7. /ay ‘wʊdntǝv ‘lɛtǝm./
8. /ɑn wǝDyǝ’cɔlɪt – may ‘klævǝkɔrd./

5. 1. I used to love her. → /ay ‘yuwstǝ lǝv hǝr/
2. We have to go back! → /we hæftǝ gow bæk/

6. Words and endings have different
pronunciations depending on the environments
in which they occur.

7. -ed endings
The grammatical ending –ed is
pronounced in three different ways:
→ /t/ after voiceless sounds
→ /d/ after voiced sounds
→ /ɪd/ after /t/ and /d/

8. Please read the words below outloud and
consider the pronunciation of the letters in
red. Are the sounds the same or different?
1. neste – desde
2. caspa – asma
3. cesto – mesmo
4. raspa – rasga
5. vespa – vesga
6. gasta – engasga
7. capitalista – capitalismo
8. disco - modismo

9. Group I
1. pass → passed
2. stop → stopped
3. walk → walked
4. wash → washed
5. kiss → kissed
6. dance → danced

10. Group II
1. love → loved
2. travel → traveled
3. stay → stayed
4. arrive → arrived
5. rain → rained
6. discover → discovered

11. Group III
1. start → started
2. visit → visited
3. want → wanted
4. decide → decided
5. end → ended
6. need → needed

12. DRILLS

13. I watched a movie.
Like → I liked a movie.
Dress → I liked a dress.
Wash → I washed a dress.
The car → I washed the car.
Stop → I stopped the car.
A girl → I kissed a girl.

15. I kissed a girl, and I liked it.

16. /ay kɪst ǝ gǝrl ǝn ay laykt ɪt/

17. Awareness

18. Thank you.