The document provides information on commonly mispronounced consonants, vowels, diphthongs, and other pronunciation elements in English. It discusses features like consonant clusters, syllable stress, linking sounds, and differences between Indonesian and English rhythm. The document recommends techniques for learning and teaching pronunciation, including sound discrimination drills, limericks, jazz chants, songs, and reading aloud.

1. Prof. Dr. Issy Yuliasri, M.Pd.
PROFESSORS GO TO COMMUNITY PROGRAM
1 August 2020

3. COMMONLY MISPRONOUNCED
CONSONANTS
/ʤ/  jam, judge, fridge
/ʧ/  chair, church
/v/  vale, David, love
/θ/  think, healthy,
breath
/δ/  the, father,
breathe
Final /b/, /d/, /g/  rob,
bad, bag
Aspirated /p/, /t/, /k/ 
paper, time, kind
/ʃ /  she, sharp, show
/ʒ/  measure, garage

4. COMMONLY MISPRONOUNCED VOWELS
/ǣ/  bad, bat, bag, mad, sad
/a:/  father, jar, sharp
/Ə:/  hurt, burn, bird
/Ɔ:/  all, authentic, automatic,
audience

5. COMMONLY MISPRONOUNCED SILENT/MUTE
Honest; honor; hour  mute h
Wrong; write; wrist  mute w
Plumbing; bomber  mute b
Know; knife; knee  mute k
Design; benign  mute g

6. COMMONLY MISPRONOUNCED SILENT/MUTE
Calm: /kɑːm/  mute l
Listen: /ˈlɪs(ə)n/  mute t
Psychology: /saɪˈkɒlədʒi/  mute p
etc.

7. COMMONLY MISPRONOUNCED DIPHTHONGS
/ƐƏ/  air, care, wear
/ou/  soap, know, goat
/au/  now, cow, vow

8. School  /skuːl/
Spy  /spai/
Strong  /strong/
Crack, click, brake, dream, etc.

9. LINKING
• My apple  plus /j/
• No other  plus /w/
• Skip it  skipit
• Stick out  stikaut
• Vanilla ice  plus instrusive r
• Saw it  plus intrusive r
• Is he busy?  Izzybizzy? (minus h)
• Take her out  take a route (minus h)
• Send her  sender (minus h)

10. SYLLABLE & STRESS
• Monosyllabic words: chair, start, climb
• Two-syllabic words:
• First-syllable stress: window, table, jacket, Ellen,
London
• Second-syllable stress: ago, around, about, prefer,
Elaine, Brazil
• Poli-syllabic words: Tacoma, exhausted, extraordinary,
…

11. SYLLABLE & STRESS
•Stress carries meaning in English.
•How would you pronounce “This is my
House”?
•Which syllable is stressed?

12. SYLLABLE & STRESS
• Stress carries meaning
• “This is my HOUSE” (normal; no special emphasis/special
meaning)
• “This is MY house” (not her house; ini rumah saya kok, bukan
rumah dia)
• “This IS my house” (I’m telling you the truth, this is really my
house;
• ini memang rumah saya lho)
• “THIS is my house” (not that one; yang ini lho rumah saya)

13. INDONESIAN RHYTHM VS ENGLISH RHYTHM
•Indonesian Rhythm  Syllable-timed rhythm
•Saya pergi
•Saya pergi ke pasar
•Saya pergi ke pasar kemarin
•(semakin banyak suku kata, semakin lama
mengucapkan)

14. English Rhythm  Sress-timed rhythm
Ducks eat rice
The ducks eat rice
The ducks eat the rice
The ducks will eat the rice
The ducks will eat all the rice
The ducks will‘ve Eaten all the rice

15. •Pracrice/drill, including sound discrimination
(ALM)
•very – ferry
•love – laugh
•bad - bed
•bad – bat
•bag - back

16. HOW TO LEARN/TEACH PRONUNCIATION?
My Friend, Gladys
Oh the gladness of her gladness when she’s glad ___
Oh the sadness of her sadness when she’s sad ___
But the gladness of her gladness, and the sadness of her sadness
Are nothing like her madness when she’s mad ___

17. HOW TO LEARN/TEACH PRONUNCIATION?
Limerick
A STUdent was SENT to TaCOma
InTENDing to EARN a diPLOma
He SAID, “with the RAIN I don’t WANT to reMAIN;
I THINK I’d preFER OklaHOma”

18. HOW TO LEARN/TEACH PRONUNCIATION?
• Jazz Chants:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mAYwoLZso7s
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5UMFa5NcSoI&list=PLauwxQ-
VGyUvLfP5Ckk_ajLSmH0fIuibj

19. HOW TO LEARN/TEACH PRONUNCIATION?
Jazz Chants:
Sh! Sh! Baby’s sleeping
I said “Sh! Sh! Baby’s sleeping”
I said “Sh! Sh! Baby’s sleeping”
“What did you say”
“What did you say”
I said “Please be quiet! Baby’s sleeping”
I said “Please be quiet! Baby’s sleeping”
“What did you say”
“What did you say”
I said “Keep it down! Baby’s sleeping”
I said “Keep it down! Baby’s sleeping”
“What did you say”
“What did you say”
I said “Stop that noise! Baby’s sleeping”
I said “Stop that noise! Baby’s sleeping”
Waaaaaaaaaaaa!
Not any more!

20. HOW TO LEARN/TEACH PRONUNCIATION?
Song
My Way
And now, the end is near
And so I face the final curtain
My friend, I'll say it clear
I'll state my case, of which I'm certain
I've lived a life that's full
I traveled each and every highway
And more, much more than this, I did it my way

21. HOW TO LEARN/TEACH PRONUNCIATION?
Song
My Way
Regrets, I've had a few
But then again, too few to mention
I did what I had to do
And saw it through without exemption
I planned each charted course
Each careful step along the byway
And more, much more than this, I did it my way

22. HOW TO LEARN/TEACH PRONUNCIATION?
Song
My Way
Yes, there were times, I'm sure you knew
When I bit off more than I could chew
But through it all, when there was doubt
I ate it up and spit it out
I faced it all and I stood tall and did it my way

23. HOW TO LEARN/TEACH PRONUNCIATION?
Song
My Way
I've loved, I've laughed and cried
I've had my fill, my share of losing
And now, as tears subside
I find it all so amusing
To think I did all that
And may I say, not in a shy way
Oh, no, oh, no, not me, I did it my way

24. HOW TO LEARN/TEACH PRONUNCIATION?
Song
My Way
For what is a man, what has he got?
If not himself, then he has naught
To say the things he truly feels
And not the words of one who kneels
The record shows
I took the blows
And did it my way
Yes, it was my way

25. HOW TO LEARN/TEACH PRONUNCIATION?
Reading Aloud  any texts, or those specially provided for
pronunciation practice