Slide 2 : Supraschooling English Resources
Today’s lesson:
“English Pronunciation -
Phonetic Sounds” Mario González Hernández
Senior English Instructor mario.gonzalez@supraschooling.com www.supraschooling.com
Slide 3 : S u p r a s c h o o l i n g E n g l i s h R e s o u r c e s w w w . s u p r a s c h o o l i n g . c o m Mario González Hernández © 2008 D.R. Phonetic Sounds http://www.teachingenglish.org.uk/try/resources/pronunciation/phonemic-chart There are 24 Consonant Sounds
and 20 Vowels Sounds. Source:
Slide 4 : S u p r a s c h o o l i n g E n g l i s h R e s o u r c e s w w w . s u p r a s c h o o l i n g . c o m Mario González Hernández © 2008 D.R. Vowel Phonetic Sounds http://www.americanaccent.com/pronunciation.html This is an interesting classification
of sounds: 14 vowel sounds. Source:
Slide 5 : S u p r a s c h o o l i n g E n g l i s h R e s o u r c e s English Phonetic Chart
Slide 6 : S u p r a s c h o o l i n g E n g l i s h R e s o u r c e s w w w . s u p r a s c h o o l i n g . c o m Mario González Hernández © 2008 D.R. Dictionary with Pronunciation http://encarta.msn.com/dictionary_/Pronunciation.html MSN Encarta Online
Slide 7 : S u p r a s c h o o l i n g E n g l i s h R e s o u r c e s w w w . s u p r a s c h o o l i n g . c o m Mario González Hernández © 2008 D.R. Pronunciation Free Software http://www.softpedia.com/get/Multimedia/Audio/Other-AUDIO-Tools/TextToWav.shtml Download Textowav 1.4 Download Software
Copy a Text
Listen to the Text
Save it as Wav or MP3.
Slide 8 : S u p r a s c h o o l i n g E n g l i s h R e s o u r c e s w w w . s u p r a s c h o o l i n g . c o m Mario González Hernández © 2008 D.R. Pronunciation Practice with Videos www.yappr.com http://en.yappr.com/welcome/Video.action?videoGuid=17CD7BEF-100B-4601-AA21-A431EB5B5891 Example: Sandra Bullock on David Letterman
Slide 9 : S u p r a s c h o o l i n g E n g l i s h R e s o u r c e s w w w . s u p r a s c h o o l i n g . c o m Mario González Hernández © 2008 D.R. Home Practice Go to Encarta Dictionary Online and practice the pronunciation of the following words: http://encarta.msn.com/dictionary_/Pronunciation.html freight
reasonable
although
doubt
couch
seemingly
through
Arkansas carelessly
frightened
maintenance
product
either
vulnerable
curtain
certain within
headache
island
purchase
reliable
unbelievable
refrigerator
drought SHWA SOUND break / freak
though / through