This is a Powerpoint presentation for a TESOL 2012 Convention delivered in Philadelphia, PA.

1. Author: Elena Mutonono
www.eto-onlinenglish.com
instructor@eto-onlinenglish.com
Ukraine/Russia/USA
TESOL Annual Convention
March 27-31, 2012
Philadelphia, PA

2.  Sounds are linked
 Sounds are deleted
 Sounds are altered
 Sounds are contracted
 Sounds are reduced
 Not every word is stressed in real English
(stressed words/syllables are timed)
 Intonation differs depending on a type of
the sentence

3.  Sounds are linked:
a) fast track, big goat, with them.
b) Thin ice, ate an egg
c) Be of age, two apples, three apples
d) One cup, those shops, ten men, good bye
 Sounds are deleted:
a) /h/: liked him, be with her, meet her
b) /th/: liked them, asked them.

4.  Sounds are reduced:
a) Can /kn/: I can swim, I can try (but can’t
isn’t)
b) And /n/: coffee and cream, milk and sugar
c) Of /əv/: part of work, state of the art
d) Or /ər/: big or small, right or wrong
e) Are /ər/: we’re losing, they’re arriving
f) Have /əv/: they have 5 minutes (not in
short sentences)

5.  Sounds are altered:
a) You /yə/: You gave me this address
b) /y/+t/d = tch/dj: Can’t you hear? Would you
open the door?
c) To/do = /tə/, /də/: I want to help, Do they
know?
d) T = /d/ between vowels: letter, better, gotta
e) You’re/your = /yər/: What’s your name?
f) Have to = /haftə/: I have to go now.
g) Got to/want to/going to –
gotta, wanna, gonna

6.  Sounds are contracted:
Isn’t, aren’t, doesn’t, don’t, won’t, can’t, I’d, I’ll, t
hey’d, they’ll, we’ve, we’d, etc.
 Not every word is stressed (stressed words
are timed):
“Football, that’s soccer to Americans, is the
biggest and best sport in the world. There are
millions of reasons why it is the world sport.”
(www.listenaminute.com)
(recording)
 Intonation differs depending on the sentence
(types of sentences: rising/falling)

7.  Integration of Pronunciation and Grammar
(Present Simple, Possessive relationship –
preposition of, etc.)
 Integration of Pronunciation and Listening
(target one of the 7 concepts and use 1 or 2
concepts in practice: listening, reading and
then speaking).
 Integration of Pronunciation and Reading
(practice reading out loud, in groups, or
together to develop skills).
 Integration of Pronunciation and Writing:
dictations.

8.  Why commercials?
 Please, watch the commercial here:
http://youtu.be/eHruySdTarE
 (playing the commercial, naming the
concepts)
 Play line by line: have the students decide
what the line is or fill out the gaps.
 Once you’re done decoding, let your students
work in pairs to practice reading.
 Play the commercial without the sound so
they could do the “voice-over.”

9. Finding Concepts in the Text:
http://youtu.be/Z10v0Py5swc
Opportunities are too important to be
missed.
Introducing the new generation of
Chevrolets.
Chevrolet… Make it Happen.

10.  How can you download the video? Use
YouTube Downloader (very easy to set-up):
http://download.cnet.com/YouTube-
Downloader/3000-2071_4-10647340.html
 Another option is to post it on your
blog, together with the assignment (see an
example).
 Advanced version: get your students to do a
voice-over through a windows movie maker
(demonstration) and post it on their blogs or
social network profiles.

11.  Marnie Reed, Christina Michaud. Sound
Concepts: An Integrated Pronunciation
Course. McGraw Hill, 2005.
 J.D. O’Connor. Better English Pronunciation.
Cambridge University Press.
 Judy B. Gilbert. Clear Speech. Cambridge
University Press.
 Mark Hancock. English Pronunciation in Use.
Cambridge University Press.
 Ann Baker. Ship or Sheep: An Intermediate
Pronunciation Course. 3rd edition. Cambridge
University Press.

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