ENGLISH PRONUNCIATION IN USE Advanced Members: 1. Nguyễn Ngọc Kiều Thanh 2. Võ Minh Trang 3. Trần Bảo Giang UNIT 35: Fixed phrases and idioms in speech units UNIT 36 + 37: Non-prominence on final ‘empty’ content words and on final expressions UNIT 38: Prominence in reflexive and personal pronouns Teacher: Tran Mai Hien UNIT 35: Fixed phrases and idioms in speech units Presenter: Tran Bao Giang It was so noisy in the room // I could barely hear myself think //. Is more likely than: It
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speech varies and‚ just as importantly‚ the non-linguistic (social‚ geographical) factors which condition variation. Variation in pronunciation RP Dialect: refers to the varieties distinguished from each other by differences of grammar and vocabulary. Accent: on the other hand‚ refers to variations in pronunciation. RP stands for “received pronunciation”. Received here is understood in its nineteeth-century sense of accepted in the most polite circles of society. RP remained the accent
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difficulty reproducing the sounds of English correctly. Perhaps pronunciation had little focus in previous classes‚ or maybe the student has never had any formal language instruction. Even students with significant educational experience can have problems. Perhaps early pronunciation was taught by nonnative speakers who themselves have oral production problems. Maybe the student’s first language contains different phonemes and the student simply cannot hear the sounds‚ let alone accurately replicate
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Pronunciation Problems in Egypt I have been teaching English for almost eight years for Egyptian university students at the English Department. Out of my experience of teaching Phonetics and Phonology for those students‚ I can conclude that the Egyptian learners of English encounter many pronunciation problems because of two main reasons: the English spelling as a poor reflection of the English pronunciation as well as the differences between the Arabic phonetic alphabet and that of English
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Steps to improve pronunciation and speak in neutral accent. 1. Listen how native speakers speak the language. * Listening to and imitating a native speaker is the most important and fastest way to learn. Remember that when we were young you learned a language by listening and then repeating the words while imitating the accent. This is called acquiring. Instead of learning‚ we acquire our native language through informal processes. In order to speak like the native speakers of English language
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Causes and solutions to pronunciation problems 12008815x ‚ So Hee Kim Hong kong is one of the most preferred locations for international business in Asia Pacific‚ and is becoming more so. Naturally business English skills is becoming increasingly important. Business English skills can be categorized into three different parts. These parts are writing‚ presentation and communication. All are equally important‚ but this essay will focus more on commuicaition. To be be more specific‚ it will
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communicate with the rest of the world. Therefore‚ there has been a great demand for teaching and learning English all over the country for various purposes. However‚ how to speak English in general and English pronunciation skill in particular effectively is an important matter. Standard pronunciation should be kept in mind to be the most popular and affective way of speaking. It is true that good ability of pronunciation will give us many opportunities to improve our English and thus help us be
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Pronunciation exercises Sound‚ stress‚ intonation Hints on pronunciation for foreigners I take it you already know Of tough and bough and cough and dough? Others may stumble but not you Or hiccough‚ thorough laugh and through? Well done: And now you wish perhaps To learn of these familiar traps: Beware of heard a dreadful word That looks like beard and sounds like bird. And dead: It’s said like bed‚ not bead‚ For goodness’ sake‚ don’t call it deed! Watch out for meat and great and threat‚ They rhyme
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communication. If one wants to get successful in communication‚ he must be good at pronunciation: “a threshold level of pronunciation in English such that if a given non-native speaker ’s pronunciation falls below this level‚ he or she will not be able to communicate orally no matter how good his or her control of English grammar and vocabulary might be” (Celce-Murcia‚ 1987:5). In the field of language teaching‚ the role of pronunciation has varied widely from having virtually no role in the grammar-translation
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difficult problems facing non-native speakers of English is pronunciation. It is usually the largest obstacle to overcome when trying to achieve fluency. Many non-native speakers have studied grammar for many years but are unable to speak like native speakers due to their inability to pronounce the sounds of words properly. This page is designed to provide techniques to help you pronounce the sounds of the English language. Your pronunciation is the first and most important thing native speakers notice
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