Ana Paula Petriu Ferreira EngelbertUTFPR
14/05/2011
What does speech work involve?
The physical ability to articulate sounds
The ability to get your message across
The ability to convey attitude
Why learning/teaching pronunciation?
'pronunciation errors' 'native-speaker perfection''sounding foreign''intelligibility'
Activities
HomophonesHomographsMinimal pairs (vowel sounds)
What are homophones?
Homophones are words that have different spelling but sound the same.
HEEL - HEAL
Practice homophones with your students!
http://www.bbc.co.uk/skillswise/words/spelling/recognising/homophones/game.shtml
http://www.esltower.com/PRONUNCIATION/interactive/homonyms-pre-intermediate/index.html
Can you rewrite this newspaper ad? There are 25 spelling mistakes.
BIG SAIL HEAR AT MEYER'S & SUN SHOES: BY SUM NICE PEARS FOUR JUST ATE DOLLARS CLOTHES: THE
HOLE STOCK ON SAIL WITH SPECIAL PRICES. SEA THE VARIETY OF COLLORS WE OFFER: YELLOW,
READ, PINK AND BLEW DON'T WEIGHT! TOO WEAKS ONLY! BEE OUR SPECIAL GUESSED. OPENING
OURS: FROM ATE TWO FOR (ON SATURDAY WE CLOSE AT WON) KNEW ADDRESS: 36 KING RODE
BIG SALE HERE AT MEYER'S & SON SHOES: BUY SOME NICE PAIRS
FOR JUST EIGHT DOLLARS CLOTHES: THE WHOLE STOCK ON SALE WITH SPECIAL PRICES. SEE
THE VARIETY OF COLLORS WE OFFER: YELLOW, RED, PINK AND BLUE DON'T WAIT! TWO WEEKS ONLY! BE OUR SPECIAL GUEST.
OPENING HOURS: FROM EIGHT TO FOUR (ON SATURDAY WE CLOSE AT ONE) NEW ADDRESS: 36 KING
ROAD
What are homographs?
Homographs are words that have the same spelling and can be pronounced the same or differently.
READ - //(present) // (past)
BEAR - // (noun or verb)
Practice homographs with your students!
http://www.quia.com/cb/8285.html
What are minimal pairs?
Minimal pairs are words that differ in only one sound.
Fit/feetMan/men
Practice minimal pairs with your students!
Same or different?Minimal pairs picturesOdd man out
http://www.eslhq.com/worksheets/preview_worksheet.php?worksheet_id=24548
Minimal pairs – Song Alanis Morissette – Ironic
An old man turned ninety-eightHe won the lottery and tied the
next dayIt's a black fly in your
ChardonnayIt's a death row pardon two
minutes too fateIsn't it ironic ... don't you sink
It's like pain on your wedding dayIt's a free right when you've
already paidIt's the good advice that you just
didn't tapeWho would've thought ... it figures
Mr. Play It Safe was afraid to flyHe packed his suitcase and missed his
kids good-byeHe waited his whole damn light to take
that flightAnd as the plane crashed down he
fought'Well isn't this nice...'
And isn't it ironic ... don't you think?
Well life has a sunny way of sneaking up on you
When you thing everything's okay and everything's going right
And life has a sunny way of helping you out when
You think everything's gone wrong and everything flows up
In your face
It's a traffic jam when you're already laidIt's a no-smoking sign on your cigarette
braveIt's like ten thousand spoons when all you
need is a nightIt's meeting the man of my dreamsAnd then meeting his beautiful lifeAnd isn't it ironic... don't you think?
A little too ironic... and yeah I really do think...
It's like pain on your wedding dayIt's a free right when you've
already paidIt's the good advice that you just
didn't tapeWho would've thought ... it figures
THANK YOU!!!References: GODOY, S.M.B; GONTOW, C. & MARCELINO,
M. English Pronunciation for Brazilians: The Sounds of American English. São Paulo: Disal, 2006.
http://www.esltower.com/PRONUNCIATION/worksheets/crosswords/vowelsoundscrossword.pdf
http://www.britishcouncil.org/languageassistant/pdf/Unit6.pdf