Presentation given with Patricia Fleury during the 2nd Conference alumni, CTJ, IBEU in July 2013, Brasilia.

1. TEACHING PRONUNCIATION
/ˈtiˈtʃɪŋ prəˈnənsɪˈeɪʃ(ə
2nd Alumni, CTJ and IBEU
TEFL Conference
Brasilia – July 2013
CLAUDIO FLEURY
PATRICIA FLEURY

2. /ˈwaɪ ɑ:r juˈˈhɪr?/
• You believe in the importance of good
pronunciation;
• You believe it’s possible to improve it;
• You’d like some ideas on how to help
your students with their pronunciation.
Why are you here?

3. /ˈwaɪ ˈwɜˈkˈwɪð prəˈnənsiˈˈeɪʃ
Why work with pronunciation?

4. /ˈwaɪ ˈwɜˈkˈwɪð prəˈnənsiˈˈeɪʃ
• Our students need to be intelligible;
• Working on pronunciation implies
working with improving listening skills;
• Communicating becomes more
effective.
Why work with pronunciation?

5. /fəˈnetɪk ˈsɪmbl̩z/
PHONETIC SYMBOLS

6. • There are more sounds than letters in
the English language;
• There’s a bad correspondence
between spelling and sound;
/fəˈnetɪk ˈsɪmbl̩z/
PHONETIC SYMBOLS

7. • Teachers can help students visualize
the difference between what they are
saying and what they should be saying
(WYSIWYG!)
• Knowing phonetic symbols allows
students to become more independent
(eg; student can look up new words in
the dictionary);
PHONETIC SYMBOLS
/fəˈnetɪk ˈsɪmbl̩z/

10. CONSONANTS
/ˈkɒnsənənts/

11. • ʃ tʃ ʒ /, / dʒ /
• s / and / z /
• -s endings
• -ed endings
• /w/ and /j/
/ˈprɒbləmz wɪð
ˈkɒnsənənts/
• θ and ð
• / m /, n ŋ
• r / and / h /
• final / l /

12. θ and ð
SUBSTITUTIONS
initial / s / x / θ / initial / t / x / θ / initial / f / x / θ /
sank thank tree three fought thought
sink think tick thick fret threat
sin thin true through free three
final / s / x / θ / final / t / x / θ / fianl / f / x / θ /
mass math tent tenth oaf oath
pass path Matt math deaf death
mouse mouth boot booth miff myth
/ d / x / ð /
day they
dough though
doze those
dare there
The thirty-three thieves thought that they
thrilled the throne throughout Thursday.
Thirty-three thirsty, thundering thoroughbreds
thumped Mr. Thurber.
There those thousand thinkers were thinking
where did those other three thieves go through.

13. Image: Godoy, Sonia et al. - TEACHING PRONUNCIATION FOR BRAZILIANS – DISAL, 2006

14. / m / x / n /
cam can
same sane
beam bean
skim skin
/ n / x / ŋ /
sin sing
thin thing
banned banged
ran rang
/ m /, / n / / ŋ /
/ m /
home gum
room from
some cream
lamb autumn
/ n /
fine man
fin friend
pain one
plane seven
/ ŋ /
king bang
rang wing
young tang
song wrong
How can a clam cram in a clean cream can?

15. / r / and / h /
/ r / x / h /
rose hose
rabbit habit
rare hair
hate rate
runny honey
rope hope
rut hut
rug hug
1. Look! There’s a hat / rat under the bed.
2. Hide / Ride the bicycle.
3. How do you know your height / you’re
right?
4. Can you smell that old hose / rose?
5. This is a hound / round dog.
Roberta ran rings around the Roman ruins.

16. final / l /
final / l /
so soul
bow bowl
mow mole
coat colt
road rolled
go goal
sewed sold
code cold
1. / skuˈl/
2. / ˈdʒuˈəl/
3. / tʃaɪld /
4. / ˈlɔɪəl /
5. / smɔˈl/
6. / ˈniˈd(ə)l /
7. / ˈhɒspɪt(ə)l /
8. / hoʊl /
a. a place where you study
b. a precious stone
c. not an adult
d. used to describe a dog
e. not big
f. you use it to sew
g. the place where you go
when you’re sick
h. complete

17. / ʃ / and / tʃ /
initial / t / x / tʃ /
two chew
tease cheese
tip chip
tin chin
tear cheer
tick chick
final / t / x / tʃ /
art arch
beet beach
cat catch
eat each
Pete peach
bent bench
If Stu chews shoes, should Stu
choose the shoes he chews?
Out in the pasture the nature
watcher watches the catcher, while
the catcher watches the pitcher who
pitches the balls. The pitcher
pitches, the catcher catches and the
watcher watches.
/ ʃ / x / tʃ /
share chair
shore chore
shin chin
shop chop
wish which
cash catch

18. / ʒ / and / dʒ /
/ d / x / dʒ /
D G
dean Jean
deep jeep
dig jig
dim gym
aid age
bad badge
/ ʒ /
genre Asia
casual usually
television beige
garage measure
vision Parisian
treasure Indonesia
Did Doug dig Dick's garden or did Dick dig
Doug's garden?
Jeff enjoys orange juice and jam.
Bungee jumping in January.

19. / t / and / tʃ /
Image:Godoy,Soniaetal.-TEACHINGPRONUNCIATIONFOR
BRAZILIANS–DISAL,2006

20. / ʃ / and / tʃ /
Image: Godoy, Sonia et al. - TEACHING PRONUNCIATION FOR BRAZILIANS – DISAL, 2006

21. / s / and / z // s / x / z /
ice eyes
spice spies
loss laws
price prize
face phase
loose lose
once ones
race raise
Miss Ms.
niece knees
1. Could you tell me what the price / prize is?
2. This is the first face / phase we’ve discussed.
3. Can you race / raise your brother?
4. Everyone could see the ice / eyes.
5. I want to get those once / ones.
/ s / x / z /
abuse to abuse
use to use
excuse to excuse
house to house
close to close

22. final -s
final -ed

23. final -s
SUPER ZEBRA – Shout SUPER if the final sound of the
(plural of the) words is /s/;
shout ZEBRA if the final sound is /z/
DOWNPOUR RESERVATION PAYMENT
SYMPTOM HEIGHTS STATISTICS
MUSICIAN CASINO KEY
Raise the correct pronunciation symbol according to the
3rd person singular ending sound.
APPOINT ARRANGE BURY
CATCH HATE NEED
PICK RAISE ROB
TALK WAVE WATCH
/ s /
/ z /
/ Iz /

24. -ed endings
TELL THE STORY
Cinderella The Three Little Pigs
Snow White and the
Seven Dwarfs
die construct look
raise want ask
invite huff clean
prohibit puff work
appear destroy discover
dance climb offer
escape place faint
live play marry
/ d /
/ t /
/ Id /

25. / w / and / j /
/ˈwənsˈjuˈpərˈsweɪd
ˈjʊrəˈpiˈənˈwʊmən tə ˈwer
ˈsəm(p)θɪŋ
ðə ˈrest əv ðə ˈwərldwəl ˈfɑloʊ/
/ y / x none
pure poor
use ooze
year ear
yeast east
knew gnu
Hugh who
ya-ye-year
yield yikes
yippie* yip
Yiddish yearbook
/j/ x none
new student
duty consum
enthusiasm
/w/
would wood
one once
woman wolf
womb wool
Yanking yellow yo-yos.*Youth International Party

26. VOWELS
/ ˈvaʊəlz /

27. • /u:/ and /ʊ/
• / / and /3r/
• e and
/ ˈprɒbləmz wɪð ˈvaʊəlz /
• /ə/
• /i:/ and /ɪ/
• /æ/ and /e/

28. the Schwa / ə /
http://bbc.in/TcYysY

29. / i: / and / ɪ /
The short / I / is
more similar to
“ê” than to “i” in
Portuguese.
/i:/ English
/i/ Portuguese
/I/ English
ê Portuguese
/i:/ and /I/
beat bit
cheap chip
steal still
eat it
peak pick
heel hill
feet fit
least list
http://bit.ly/TcZsp6
parts of the body
/fɪŋgər/ /niˈ/
/rɪst/ /fiˈt/
/ɪr/ /hɪp/
/ʃɪn/ /hiˈl/
/tʃiˈk/ /lɪp
/tiˈθ/ /tʃɪn

30. / æ / and / e /
/i:/ /ɪ/ /e/ /æ /
beat bit bet bat
bead bid bed bad
deed did dead dad
keen kin Ken can
/æ/
sad fat
man lack
black rat
chat bad
http://bit.ly/Td5p5u
http://bit.ly/Td5xCd
Open your mouth
to say a but say é
/æ / long /e/ short
tan ten
pan pen
bad bed
sand send
man men

31. / u: / and / ʊ /
/u:/
flew soup
clue choose
fruit juice
view university
The Portuguese
“u” is similar to /u:/
in English, but not
as long.
/u:/ /ʊ/
pool pull
fool full
suit soot
Luke look
who’d hood
human crooked furious
good lose woman
fuse hook student
tomb butcher wolf

32. / ʌ / and / ɜ: /
/ ʌ /
country pronunciation
won love
brother tongue
mother culture
/ ʌ / is the stressed
Schwa
/ ɜ: /
circle work
word bird
world firm
search turn
mother tongue
some courage
the other firm
Search for the cup.
There’s just enough blood.
girrrr – l
worrrr – d
worrr – l – d
currr – l
pearrrr – l – s
/ ʌ / + / r / = / ɜ: /

33. / ei / and / oʊ /
Portuguese English
Roma Rome
omite omit
filé filet
balé ballet
the silent e rule
a - /ei/ make
e - /i:/ scene
i - /ai/ like
o - /oʊ/ bone
u - /ju:/ use
exceptions
/ ɪ / - live – give – since
/ ʌ / - come – done – love
ɔ / - gone
double consonants
/ai/ /ɪ/
ride ridden
write written
bite bitten
cut cute
hop hope
mat mate
bit bite
pop Pope
snack snake
the final y rule /ɪ/
/ei/ /oʊ/
lazy nosy
navy cozy
baby pony
crazy rosy

34. BIBLIOGRAPHY
Godoy, Sonia et al. - TEACHING PRONUNCIATION FOR
BRAZILIANS – DISAL, 2006
Kelly, Gerald - HOW TO TEACH PRONUNCIATION –
Longman, 2004
Underhill, Adrian – SOUND FOUNDATIONS – Heinemann,
1994
Roach, Peter – ENGLISH PHONETICS AND
PHONOLOGY – CUP, 1991
Orion, Gertrude – PRONOUNCING AMERICAN ENGLISH
– Newbury House Publishers, 1987

35. TEACHING PRONUNCIATION
2nd Alumni, CTJ and IBEU
TEFL Conference
Brasilia – July 2013
@claudiofleury
PATRICIA FLEURY
/ˈtiˈtʃɪŋ prəˈnənsɪˈeɪʃ(ə
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