The presentation that aids our session on Pronunciation, Stress, and Intonation. A great starter for ESL teachers and students to create an awareness of some of the issues faced in learning a language.

1. Intonation
and
Stress

2. Intonation and Stress
I’m from Vancouver, Canada.
Mark the stress:
You’re from London.
You’re from London?
Where do you live?
Do you live in London?

3. Intonation can change the meaning of a sentence
Intonation and Stress
Who are you?
Who are you?

4. Intonation can change the meaning of a sentence
Intonation and Stress
Let’s Practice!!!!!
Turn to your Workbook: P. x?
Your job is to
1. Mark the stresses
2. Complete the meaning boxes.

5. Rhythm
This is the first time I’ve ever
eaten a chocolate caterpillar.
English is a ‘stress-timed’ language. Meaning…
There is an even interval between the stressed
words in a sentence.
What are the stressed words in the following sentence?
Let’s clap every time we say a stressed word…is there rhythm?

6. Rhythm
Let’s Practice
The English language is not always a logical language.
La Paz is a beautiful yet busy capital city.
To be or not to be, that is the question.

7. Connected Speech
That person has loads of money.
They are happy.
Modify my neighbours
that person becomes
thap person
Insert a sound for ease
they are becomes
they yare
Disappearing Sounds
loads of money becomes
loads o money

8. Connected Speech
Let’s Practice
/hæv/ (have) → /hæf tu/ (have to)
/ju:zd/ (used) → /ju:st tu/ (used to)
that boy → /ðap bɔɪ/ that girl → /ðak gɜːl/
/t/ + /j/ → What you want
/d/ + /j/ →Would you?
/s/ + /j/ →In case you need it
/z/ + /j/ →Has your letter come?

9. Connected Speech
Let’s Practice
The good news is that I got a raise.
What do you want for Christmas?
To be or not to be, that is the question.
You like it, don’t you?
I can’t go.
I don’t care what others may say.
There are ten girls in our class.
Beg your pardon.
Shut your eyes.
Open the window.
I should have thought so.
Please shut the gate

10. Reading New Words
How do we read these words?
hiccough, thorough, laugh and through
How do we pronounce the word "ghoti"?
The answer is "fish"
How can "ghoti" and "fish" sound the same?
gh = f as in rouGH
o = i as in wOmen
ti = sh as in naTIon

11. Reading New Words
bough, cough, rough, though and through
Here are five words that end in "ough". In each word, the
"ough" has a different pronunciation:
bough rhymes with though rhymes with
cough rhymes with through rhymes with
rough rhymes with
Do not place too much importance on the spelling of a word. The
more important thing in understanding English is the sound.
cow
off
puff
bow
too

12. Reading New Words
Let’s take a look at a poem by
George Bernard Shaw
Workbook: Page 174