This document provides tips and techniques for teaching pronunciation to English language learners. It discusses important pronunciation concepts like voicing, aspiration, mouth position, intonation, linking, vowel length, syllables, tongue twisters, jazz chants, minimal pairs, and activities like shadow reading, syllables snap, and run and write to practice sounds, stress, rhythm, and intonation. The overall message is that pronunciation involves more than individual sounds and these varied techniques can help students improve their spoken English.

2. Do you avoid teaching pronunciation
because you are not sure how to teach it?
Do you avoid teaching pronunciation
because you don't have the materials to
teach it?
Do you avoid teaching pronunciation
because it seems to be difficult?

3. Pronunciation involves far more than
individual sounds. Word stress, sentence
stress, intonation, and word linking all
influence the sound of spoken English.

4. • Voicing
For example, /g/ is a voiced sound while /k/ is not.
/d / , / f /, / l /, / m /, / n /, / s /, / sh / , / p /, / k / , / v /
• Aspiration
The English /p/, /t/, /k/, and /ch/ are some of the more commonly
aspirated sounds.
• Mouth Position
Make sure all students can clearly see your mouth while you model sounds.
Have students use a mirror to see their mouth, lips, and tongue while they
imitate you.

5. Intonation
• Word or sentence intonation can be mimicked with a kazoo, or
alternatively by humming.
Linking
• 'Will Amy go away 'Willaymeegowaway.
• 'gowaway,‘  'aymeegowaway,‘
• 'Willaymeegowaway’

6. Vowel Length
Stretch rubber bands to show vowel length .
/i:/ /I/
eat it
sheep ship
these this
• Syllables
Use pieces of papers  big papers to show word stress.
Or use your students  taller students will show word stress
Camera computer customer paradise
Commercial pharmacy

7. • Tongue twisters
I saw Susie sitting in a shoe shine shop.
Where she sits she shines, and where she shines she sits.
Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers.
Did Peter Piper pick a peck of pickled peppers?
If Peter Piper Picked a peck of pickled peppers,
Where's the peck of pickled peppers Peter Piper picked?

8. • Jazz chants
The student learns the stress, rhythm and intonation
patterns by "doing" them. It's a very effective and enjoyable
way to learn.
I have a terrible sense of direction
I never know which way to go
This way or that way
This way or that way
I never know which way to go

9. • Minimal Pairs
[θ]
Final
teeth tea
mat math
path pan
math map
back bath
match math
path pass
two tooth
path pat
bath bat
man math
Pack path

10. •To practice any sound
or stress.
•'th' as in mother
•'th' as in think
•'f' as in fine
•Divide students in two
groups. The teacher
says the number of
syllables and students
run and write any
word.
•Ss snap the cards that
have the same
number of syllables
•Ss speak at the same
speed of the CD.
Shadow
reading
Syllables
snap
DOMINOES
RUN AND
WRITE