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Is English Pronunciation really so

Is English Pronunciation really so. difficult. D1-LP-04 10.00 -12.00 Jennie WONG Rebecca Chen HKIEd. English Pronunciation Poem. p.1. I take it you already know Of tough and bough and cough and dough? Others may stumble, but not you On hiccough, thorough, slough and through.

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Is English Pronunciation really so

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  1. Is English Pronunciation • really so difficult • D1-LP-04 • 10.00 -12.00 • Jennie WONG • Rebecca Chen • HKIEd

  2. English Pronunciation Poem p.1 I take it you already know Of tough and bough and cough and dough? Others may stumble, but not you On hiccough, thorough, slough and through. Well done! And now you wish, perhaps, To learn of less 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 with suite and straight and debt.

  3. English Pronunciation Poem What does this poem tell us about Letter-sound relationship in English? Same letters BUT different sounds tough bough cough dough hiccough thorough slough through hiccup /tÃf/ /baU/ /kf/ /d«U/ /ÈhIk.Ãp/ /ÈTÃr.«/ /slaU/ /Truù/ I take it you already know Of tough and bough and cough and dough? Others may stumble, but not you On hiccough, thorough, slough and through. Well done! And now you wish, perhaps, To learn of less 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 with suite and straight and debt.

  4. English Pronunciation Poem What does this poem tell us about Letter-sound relationship in English? Different letters BUT same sounds beardheard bird eabead dead /bI«d/ /hÎùd/ /bÎùd/ /biùd/ bed /diùd/ /ded/ /bed/ meatgreat threat suitestraight debt /miùt/ /greIt/ /Tret/ /swiùt/ /streIt/ /det/ I take it you already know Of tough and bough and cough and dough? Others may stumble, but not you On hiccough, thorough, slough and through. Well done! And now you wish, perhaps, To learn of less 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 with suite and straight and debt.

  5. English Pronunciation Poem Letter-sound relationship in English NOT always regular or predictable What does this poem tell us about Letter-sound relationship in English? Same letters BUT different sounds e.g. tough & bough Different letters BUT same sounds e.g. heard & bird difficult • Is English Pronunciation really so I take it you already know Of tough and bough and cough and dough? Others may stumble, but not you On hiccough, thorough, slough and through. Well done! And now you wish, perhaps, To learn of less 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 with suite and straight and debt

  6. English Pronunciation Poem I take it you already know Oftoughandboughandcoughanddough? Othersmaystumble,butnotyou Onhiccough, thorough, sloughandthrough. Welldone!Andnowyouwish,perhaps, • To learn of less familiar traps? • moreregular patterns than irregular ones  in many cases, letters in English can be mapped reliably to just one sound • approx. 84% of English words are phonetically regular (Blevins 2006) • seeing links between spelling & PRON = ability to narrow down possibilitiesvsmaking wild guess I take it you already know Of tough and bough and cough and dough? Others may stumble, but not you On hiccough, thorough, slough and through. Well done! And now you wish, perhaps, To learn of less 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 with suite and straight and debt

  7. This Lecture • Using SPELLING (+ knowledge of the language) as a resource to help work out PRONUNCIATION • Putting words together • Sentence Stress and Rhythm

  8. What is the sound of the letter “h”? p.2 Initial-h • Harry hid a hammer behind his hat. “h” as part of a letter group (digraph) • Why did Philip choose these three shirts? /w/ /f/ /tS/ /D/ /T/ /S/ • laugh graph match with both cash /f/ /f/ /tS/ /D/ /T/ /S/ /h/

  9. What is the sound of the letter “h”? Silent-h • hour honest heir honour initial-h in words of French / Latin origin • horse help happy hair words of Anglo-Saxon origin (Old English) • horrible hospital host human of French / Latin origin but over the centuries, people started to pronounce the initial-h • herb /h/ /h/ /h/ UK/hÎùb/ US/ɝùb/

  10. What is the sound of the letter “h”? Silent-h • hour honest heir honour initial-h in words of French / Latin origin • Sarah cheetah pharaoh finaI-h that follows vowel(s) • vehicle exhibition Beckham vehicular exhale h in an unstressed syllable /Èviù.I.kl`/ /Çek.sIÈbI.S«n/ /vIÈhIk.jUl.«/ /eksÈheIl/

  11. What is the sound of the letter “h”? Silent-h • hour honest heir honour initial-h in words of French / Latin origin • Sarah cheetah pharaoh finaI-h that follows vowel(s) • vehicle exhibition Beckham h in an unstressed syllable

  12. hate chocolate /heIt/ • hate • chocolate • adequate approximate calculate coordinate graduate unfortunate date late state /ÈtSk.l«t/ NOUN ADJ /eIt/ /«t/ hate chocolate VERB approximate adequate calculate approximate coordinate coordinate graduate • unfortunate graduate

  13. damage the image How about these words with –age ending? • age • damage • package • stage • image • encourage

  14. come comrade combine /kÃm/ /Èkm.reId/ /k«mÈbaIn/ • common computer comfort comparable comprehensible • cone concert condition conversation conduct /Ã/ comfort /«U/ cone // common comparable comprehensible concert conversation conduct /«/ computer conduct condition

  15. I’m blessed with a blessed life • She crooked her little finger. I drove slowly on the crooked country road. • wicked • naked /blest/ /Èbles.Id/ /krUkt/ /ÈkrUk.Id/ /ÈwIk.Id/ /ÈneI.kId/

  16. Practice p.3 hallelujah Durham Nottingham enhance gate appropriate separate irritate cottage voyage percentage compare comic comma composition concave contribute confidentiality She is a learned professor. I learned English at school. His beloved wife died last year.

  17. This Lecture • Using SPELLING (+ knowledge of the language) as a resource to help work out PRONUNCIATION • Putting words together • Sentence Stress and Rhythm

  18. It’s raining, it’s pouring It's raining, it's pouring The old man is snoring He went to bed, And he bumped his head And he couldn't get up in the morning. Rain, rain, go away Come again some other day Rain, rain, go away Come again some other day. It's raining, it's pouring The old man is snoring He went to bed, And he bumped his head And he couldn't get up in the morning. Rain, rain, go away Come again some other day Rain, rain, go away Come again some other day. • http://www.bbc.co.uk/schoolradio/subjects/earlylearning/nurserysongs/F-J/raining_pouring

  19. Putting words together Come again some other day Come▲again▲some▲other▲day Comeagain some otherday Come again some other day Consonant-Vowel Linking

  20. Consonant-Vowel Linking It’sover. Whatif? Whatelse. I’mOK.

  21. Putting words together The old man is snoring. The old man is snoring. Linking-/j/ (yi) The y old man is snoring. beyond • /biȁnd/ • /biÈjnd/ • See y eye to eye.

  22. Putting words together Rain, rain, go away. Rain, rain, go away. Linking-/w/ Rain, rain, gowaway. • See eye toweye. koala • /k«UÈAùnl«/ w

  23. CV linking Linking-/j/ (yi) Linking-/w/ Show time !! Two boys were arguing when the teacher entered the room. The teacher says, "Why are you arguing?" One boy answers, "We found a ten dollar note and decided to give it to whoever tells the biggest lie." "You should be ashamed of yourselves," said the teacher, "When I was your age I didn't even know what a lie was." The boys gave the ten dollars to the teacher. y w y

  24. This Lecture • Using SPELLING (+ knowledge of the language) as a resource to help work out PRONUNCIATION • Putting words together • Sentence Stress and Rhythm Rebecca

  25. Stress and rhythm in English Listen to the following sentence carefully. Pay attention to the stress and rhythm. p.4 I’m going to the shop to buy some eggs. Which syllables receive greater stress?

  26. Stress and rhythm in English English has stress-timed rhythm A, B, C, D AandBandCandD An A and a B and a C anda D AnAand then aBand then aCand then aD

  27. Stress-timed rhythm of English • A, B, C, D • AandBandCandD • An A and a B and a C anda D • AnAand then aBand then aCand then aD

  28. Stress-timed rhythm of English OOOO • AandBandCandD • An A and a B and a C anda D • AnAand then aBand then aCand then aD

  29. Stress-timed rhythm of English OOOO O oOoOoO An A and a B and a C anda D AnAand then aBand then aCand then aD

  30. Stress-timed rhythm of English OOOO O oOoOoO oOo oOo oOo oO AnAand then aBand then aCand then aD

  31. Stress-timed rhythm of English OOOO O oOoOoO oOo oOo oOo oO oOo o o Oo o oOo o oO

  32. Show time AGAIN !! • A, B, C, D • AandBandCandD • An A and a B and a C anda D • AnAand then aBand then aCand then aD

  33. Stress-timed rhythm of English I’m going to the shop to buy some eggs. I’m GOing to the SHOP to BUY some EGGS. imGOingtotheSHOPtoBUYsomeEGGS Weak forms  unstressed, with softer voice & faster pace

  34. Stress-timed rhythm of English • stressed syllables of an utterance are louder, longer and more clearly articulated & they tend to be evenly spaced • unstressed syllables are squeezed in between • resulting in a regular alternation of strong & weak syllables • making up the rhythm of English utterances imGOingtotheSHOPtoBUYsomeEGGS Weak forms  unstressed, with softer voice & faster pace

  35. Challenges for Chinese learners Kenworthy (1987) “All aspects of rhythm and stress, including word stress, are highly problematicalfor [Chinese] learners and must be given high priority.” (p.130) equal time intervals between stressed syllables • English – stress-timed Chinese – syllable-timed all syllables are of approximately equal length

  36. Challenges for Chinese learners Kenworthy (1987) “All aspects of rhythm and stress, including word stress, are highly problematicalfor [Chinese] learners and must be given high priority.” (p.130) 陳老師早晨。 很高興認識你。 Good morning Miss Chen. Nice to meet you. equal time intervals between stressed syllables • English – stress-timed Chinese – syllable-timed all syllables are of approximately equal length

  37. Challenges for Chinese learners • To practise this stressed-timed rhythm: • gradually build up a phrase • add more and more syllables • but keep the stressed syllables clear & keep the time between them constant. Kenworthy (1987) “All aspects of rhythm and stress, including word stress, are highly problematicalfor [Chinese] learners and must be given high priority.” (p.130) equal time intervals between stressed syllables • English – stress-timed Good morning Miss Chen. Nice to meet you. I’m going to the shop to buy some eggs.

  38. Stress & Rhythm in Nursery Rhymes Baa baa black sheep, Have you any wool? Yes sir, yes sir, Three bags full! One for the master, One for the dame, And one for the little boy Who lives down the lane. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g3xtMZvG2WI

  39. Stress & Rhythm in Nursery Rhymes

  40. Stress & Rhythm in Jazz Chants http://mymedia.yam.com/m/3209749

  41. Stress & Rhythm in Raps

  42. Stress & Rhythm in short sentences

  43. A Corpus–Based Pronunciation Learning Website http://ec-concord.ied.edu.hk/phonetics_and_phonology/wordpress/

  44. Rebecca Chen hsuehchu@ied.edu.hk Jennie Wong jennie@ied.edu.hk

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