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Voice & Accent Neutralization

The sound made by theThe sound made by thevibration of vocal folds.vibration of vocal folds.

Accent is the Distinctive Accent is the Distinctive manner of oral expression.manner of oral expression.

In other way accent is the way In other way accent is the way of speaking a particular of speaking a particular language.language.

PunjabiPerson

South Indianperson

BengaliPerson

EasternPeople

HindiLanguage

SAME IS WITH ENGLISH.SAME IS WITH ENGLISH.ENGLISH IS A GLOBAL ENGLISH IS A GLOBAL LANGUAGELANGUAGEAND CAN BE SPOKEN IN AND CAN BE SPOKEN IN DIFFERENT WAY.DIFFERENT WAY.

WHAT ISWHAT ISNEUTRALIZED ACCENT?NEUTRALIZED ACCENT?

WHY DO WE LEARN WHY DO WE LEARN NEUTRALIZED ACCENT?NEUTRALIZED ACCENT?

WE LEARN WE LEARN NEUTRALIZED ACCENT NEUTRALIZED ACCENT TO ENSURE SMOOTHER TO ENSURE SMOOTHER AND FASTER AND FASTER COMMUNICATION WITH COMMUNICATION WITH THE FOREIGN PEOPLE.THE FOREIGN PEOPLE.

ALPHABETALPHABET

Alphabet is a group of letters Alphabet is a group of letters starting from A ending with Z.starting from A ending with Z.

ALPHABET IS DIVIDEDALPHABET IS DIVIDEDINTO TWO PARTSINTO TWO PARTS

ConsonantsConsonantsVowelsVowels

24Consonant Sounds

20 Vowel Sounds (12 vowels & 8 Diphthongs)

Unvoiced Sounds Voiced Sounds

/p/ path /b/ bath/t/ time /d/ dime

/k/ came /g/game/f/ fan /v/ van

/th/ think /th/them/s/ price z/prize/sh/shoe /zh/usual/ch/chin /dj/gin

The ‘P’ sound(Practice Exercise)

Peter had a problem with his project Pickles are more expensive than peas. My parents made the payment for Patricia’s picnic. Politicians are publicizing the polished policemen’s work. The patient ran in panic for no particular reason

The ‘P’ sound

This is an unvoiced aspirated sound. It is pronounced like ‘ph’ with distinct breath coming out.

Example:

Problem - PhraablemPast - PhaestPromise- Phraamis

The ‘K’ sound

This is an aspirated sound. It has to be pronounced like ‘kh’ with a puff of air thrown out:

Examples:

Color- KhalarContribute- KhantributeCustomer- Khustomer

Practice Exercise (emphasize on ‘k’ sound’)

I was coming back home after my coaching classes. On my way I saw a cute girl clinging and cringing on the branch of a tree. She was crying at the top of her voice. I called out for her and asked her to calm down. She requested me to help her come down the tree. I feared that my clothes will get soiled. But I somehow gathered the courage to climb the tree. Just when I was a little short of clutching her arm, my leg slipped and I came crashing down the road. The cream color of my collar became black and I got a cut on my right knee. I quickly contained my anxiety and made quick steps towards the cocoon of my home.

Voiced ‘TH’ Sound

This sound is created by placing the tongue behind your teeth touching the upper palate of your mouth.

The voiced ‘th’ usually occurs in function words or pronouns and words that end with ‘the’.

Examples:This That These The TheyFather Brother Mother

Unvoiced ‘TH’ Sound

The unvoiced ‘TH’ sound is created by placing your tongue between your lips and releasing the air through the slit.

The unvoiced ‘TH’ sound usually occurs in content words

Examples:

Thin Something With ThousandBoth South North Thank

Exercise:

Practice these words:

Third Without TheatreFourth Author ThoughtFifth Nothing ThursdayEighth Thirsty ThreeEleventh Theme ThelmaTwelfth Month DorothyThirteenth Birthday ElizabethTwentieth Through Samantha

The ‘V’ Sound This is a voiced sound. To produce the ‘v’ sound allow your upper teeth to rest on your lower lip and push the sound through the slit. Bite the lower lip and feel the vibration.

Examples:

Verify, Discover, Voice

Practice Exercise

Read these words with the correct ‘v’ sound.

Valid Divide Above InvestVictim Heavy Love VelocityVideo Save Leave VegetablesVote Valentine Festival VanessaVinegar Vast Virtue Vice Evoke Arrive Victor Visit

The ‘W’ sound This is a voiced sound. To produce the ‘w’ sound, make your lips rounded and the tongue drawn back as in the position of ‘u’. Your lips should form a soft circle.

Examples:

WorkWeddingWednesday

Practice Exercise

Read out these words with the correct ‘w sound.

Twenty Wish Sandwich SweetOne Winter Weather WaitWater Wave Wallet WatchWalnut Wine Weed WeighWeave Wander Wonder WalkWash Wane Weep WinWeight Wise Railway Swim

PRACTICE PARAGRAPH FOR ‘W’PRACTICE PARAGRAPH FOR ‘W’

Whether the weather is good.Whether the weather is good.Whether the weather is bad.Whether the weather is bad.Whether the weather is cool.Whether the weather is cool.Whether the weather is hot.Whether the weather is hot.We will enjoy the weather.We will enjoy the weather.Whatever the weather be.Whatever the weather be.

How will you pronounce these words?

Very WaryVerse WorseWheel VealWest VestVie WhaleWhile Vile

The Ch sound

This is an unvoiced aspirated sound:

ChurchCherishChantChamber

The Ch sound

Practice Exercise

Charlie chose the chilly chickenChitra chanced to sit on the Chiming chair.Cherry cheered the charming champion.Check the cheese before you eat.Channel of the chimney was charred.

The dj SoundThis is a voiced sound

Gin Ginger

The sh Sound

This is a voiced sound. Produce the ‘sh’ sound by pursing your lips in an oval shape resting your upper teeth straight on your lower teeth and blowing the air through the slit between the teeth.

The sh sound

Shell She Shoot English

The sh soundPractice Exercise:

Chef, ChampagneMusician ,AncientTension, PensionRussia, ExpressionSanction, Section

The S Sound

The S sound is a voiced sound produced by placing the tongue towards the upper ridge of your teeth and passing the air through the slit

Swim State Start

The S Sound

Practice Exercise

SallySilly Smoke SamSells Straws Subway StreetStation Sandy Study StrongStraight Stammer String

The Zh sound

This sound is produced in the same ways as sh. The only difference is that of a strong vibration in the throat:

Pleasure Measure TreasureSeizure Leisure Azure

The Z sound

This is a voiced sound. It is produced by placing

your tongue between the upper ridge of your teeth

and gives a buzzing effect:

Zebra, Zeal, Zoo, Zip, Zest

The Z sound

Practice Exercise:

Zulu Amaze Graze CrazyBlaze Cozy Doze AccuseMaze Glaze Praise DazeEase Faze Freeze BuzzLizard Jazzy Lazy BusyZoology Prize Booze Maize

are uninterrupted flow of air are uninterrupted flow of air coming out from the. Vowels are coming out from the. Vowels are emotions and expressions. a, e, i, emotions and expressions. a, e, i, o, u, are the vowel letters.o, u, are the vowel letters.

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Hello, I am……. I am learning Accent neutralization at

ORION. English is tough stuff but I am sure I can master it as soon as possible. The more I practice the better I shall be and soon I will be very good at English pronunciation. It will be a pleasure to receive this treasure. So let us just take a chill pill and enjoy the classes. Don’t you think so?