Phonetics and Phonology

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LEARN TO RELAX MORE

How would you transform this phrase to express greater politeness?

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You must get more exercise.

2. You should get more exercise.

3. You ought to get more exercise.In your opinion, Which phrase would express greater politeness?

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What do the experts say?

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usually, books begin with the analysis of vowels and consonants, then deal with contractions and weak forms, and then time permitting stress and rhythm sentence stress determines which words are unstressed and speaking speed determines which words are contracted, vowel and consonant sounds changing accordingly psychologically it is also advantageous, students have far less difficulty with it than with sounds, nobody sheds a tear over the correction of stress and it is picked up much faster What do the experts say?

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What do these phrases suggest?

Analyze them and define:

1- what difference does each pair of phrases have?3- what consequences does it have in terms of communication?

Listen and think

I suppose each group will have a download of the phrases? How will we arrange this?We could have it on a pen drive and decide on which examples go to who.6

Of course it matters! It is the difference between being polite or rude,tactful and encouraging or direct and blunt.

All these changes respond to the tone we use in speech. Depending on what we decide to use, we will either limit or expand, hinder or enhance, build affective filters or bring them down.

Each of these aims are used in class, what we need to learn is how to use them effectively to our students advantage.

Not WHAT we say but HOW we say it.

I suppose each group will have a download of the phrases? How will we arrange this?We could have it on a pen drive and decide on which examples go to who.7

Learners feelings or attitudes as an adjustable filter that will freely receive, impede or block input necessary for acquisition.Three kinds of affective or attitudinal variables related to SLA, and where they need to be;

1- Motivation: (high)

2- Self-confidence: (high)

3- Anxiety: (low, VERY low!) Richards and Rodgers, 2002, p 183 The effective filter theory

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Phonetics and Phonology

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