English Pronunciation for Brazilians

CONTENTS

Homophones - See \ Sea/r/ and /h/ - Hat \ RatFinal /l/ - ColdShare / Chair/s/ and /z/ - Mouse \ BecauseTh – Mother \ ThinkSilent CornerLinking sounds

Homophones

After a 2-week vacation, I’m 2 tired 2 return 2 work.

Homophones

words that have different spelling but sound the

same.

Flower

FlourRoad

Rode

Die

DyeMaid

Made

Peace

Piece

Meet

MeatSell Cell

Break

Brake

Wood

Would

Weight

Way

Brake Break Cell Sell Die Dye

Flour Flower Made Maid Meat Meet Peace Piece Rode Road

Way Weight Would Wood

/r/ and /h/ - Hat \ Rat

Martha is wearing a hat Martha is wearing a rat.

Portuguese English Humor Humor Herói Hero Helicóptero Helicopter Horrível Horrible Hilário Hilarious Honesto Honest Hora Hour

O /r/ em Inglês é pronunciado como em alguns lugares do interior de São Paulo e Minas Gerais.Por exemplo: diga porta aberta bem devagar como as pessoas desses lugares. Agora use o mesmo som para dizer ar. ... Mantenha o /r/ e diga ar. Este é o /r/ do Inglês.Richard, Robert, Ralph, Rachel, Rose.Red, Rich, Round, Right, Real, Really.Rome, Rio de Janeiro, Richmond.

Repeat these pairs of words contrasting /h/ and /r/.

home – Rome hate – rate hose – rose head – red hat – rat hear – rear hole – role height – right habit – rabbit hide – ride hair – rare hope – rope

Final /l/ - Cold

O /l/ é pronunciado de forma aberta sem fechar a boca. Diga “lá, lá, lá”. Não feche os lábios, pois você produzirá som de /u/. Ex : Kill, call, Brazil, tell, milk, old, whole, help, hell, world.Atenção: o /l/ não é pronunciado nestas palavras: half, talk, walk, calm, would, should, Lincoln.

Share / ChairShare – Chair

Sherry – cherryShoe – chew

Shore – choreShin – chinShip – chip

Shop – chopSheep - cheap

/s/ and /z/

These words end in /s/:Yes – this – class – bus – address -- house – mouse – blouse – increase – decrease – base - case – fantasy – basicWords with the /z/ sound:His – hers – theirsDoes – was – is – resortBusiness – easy – because

Th – Voiceless

Diga um longo /s/: /ssss/Coloque sua língua entre os dentes e diga a frase: Cida sabe sambar como se você tivesse com a língua presa.Thank – thousand – thief – three – something – anything – everything – north – bath –mouth - birth

Th – Voiced

Diga um longo /z/: /zzzz/. Coloque sua língua entre os dentes e tente dizer: A casa da zebra é azul como se estivesse com a língua presa. Mother – Father – They – Without – With – This – That – These – Those - Than – There.

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Silent Corner Silent n: damn – column – autumn b: bomb – debt – climb – comb h: hour – honest – honor – vehicle *w: wrong – write – wrist -- wrinkle p: pneumonia – Psychology – raspberry t: castle – listen – Christmas – fasten k: know – knight -- knee – knock s: Island – aisle -- Arkansas – Illinois

Linking sounds

Flap t: quando esta letra estiver no meio de uma palavra, troca-se o som de /t/ por um /r/ fraco.Ex: beautiful -- pretty – better – butter – party – Rita -- butterfly

References

Godoy, Sonia M. Baccari; Gontow, Cris; Marcelino Marcello - English Pronunciation for Brazilians – The sounds of American English – São Paulo – Disal – 2006.

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