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A C C E N T R E D U C T I O N
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J E F F R E Y D AV I S
A G E N D A
• Housekeeping • Introduction • Class Structure • Review Class Syllabus
How is speech formed?
Articulators
•Listen! • Which articulators do I use? • Which do I relax? • Repetition for muscle memory • Focus on how it feels, not how it sounds
H O W T O C H A N G E A P R O B L E M S O U N D
H O W M A N Y S O U N D S A R E T H E R E I N W E L L S P O K E N E N G L I S H ?
• Always voiced • Uninterrupted flow of air • Oral
V O W E L S A R E …
• Voiced or voiceless • An interrupted flow of air • Oral OR nasal
C O N S O N A N T S A R E …
• Pause slightly at the end of thought groups or at the punctuation
• Focus on your consonants
W H AT I S T H E S I M P L E S T WAY T O C H A N G E Y O U R A C C E N T ?
Syllable Stress
W H AT I S A S Y L L A B L E ?
A syllable is a unit of SOUND centered around the VOWEL sound
•Primary - vowel sound is loud and clear •Secondary - vowel sound is loud and clear
•Unstressed - vowel sound is soft but clear •Reduced - vowel sound is soft but unclear
T Y P E S O F S Y L L A B L E S
Sentence Stress
•Content words are stressed •Structure words are unstressed
R U L E S O F S E N T E N C E S T R E S S
Content Words are Nouns, Verbs, Adjectives, and Adverbs
Structure Words are Articles, Pronouns, Prepositions and
Conjunctions
Linking The Language Together
• Vowel to vowel blend • Consonant to consonant hold and connect
• Look for same consonant blends • Weak forms of “and” and “the”
T I P S F O R L I N K I N G
• She asked for no ice • Hot dog • Wash shelves, this sample, with those
L E T ’ S P R A C T I C E
Tips for Chinese, Indian, and Spanish Speakers of English
The TH, L and V sound are often problematic
Let’s Practice!
T H S O U N D W O R D S
•think Smith thunder • with tenth throat • those thing pith • these teeth cloth • thank faith moth • that thin math • the thrill arithmetic • thought other father • through leather mother
L S O U N D W O R D S
•lake school sail •love waffle bell •let waddle grill •lamb pencil waddle •solve seal lipstick •lime mail ladybug •leaf thrill lion •nail late animal •sandal line
V S O U N D W O R D S
•vail vase vain •vat van vote •vapor vulture voice •detective volcano never •shave vest river •development village giving love vortex moved
•shovel glove brave • vampire vacuum wave • cave vine hive
A P P E N D I X
Simplified Linking Rules
List of Weak Form Words
Intonation
Great poems to read out loud
Shel Silverstein Poems
VOA - News in American English
A P P E N D I X
Vowel and Consonant Sounds:
All the Sounds of American English!
Great “Th” Sound Worksheet
Past Tense Pronunciation
T and D Worksheet
"R" Diphthong Sounds
A P P E N D I X
Foot and Fool Sounds
Vowel Contrast #1
Vowel Contrast #2
Vowel Contrast #3
L and R Consonant Sounds
A P P E N D I XApps for Grammar and Pronunciation:
Text to Speech App
Mobile Speech Recognition App
Read and Write for Google Chrome
Grammar:
The Different Tenses of English
Article usage
Idioms
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