Phonetics for teachers

Phonetics for teachers

by Ana Maria Medina Rios

​Sebastian Henao

​Objective

​To reflect on our pronunciation in class and to provide tools to work with students so that they can improve their and our articulation

Poll

How important is teaching pronunciation during your classes?

• No important

• Important

• Very important

• I don't have time

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What are the common pronunciation mistakes we find in our classes?

​Phonological deafness

​​Non-native sounds are ‘assimilated’ to the closest native phoneme category. Deafness arises when two sounds are mapped on the same category (Best , 1994; Flege, 1995; Iverson et al, 2003).

Colombian students difficulties

​Colombians tend to mispronounce the following sounds

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​θ - Think, thanks

​ð - Mother, father

ɜ:ʳ - turn, learn

​tʃ - Church, check

​ʃ - Share, crash

​k- Cat, black

​j- Yes, yellow, your

​Correction

​1- Make the student discriminate the sound.

​2- Show the point of articulation

​3- Mot en cascade exercise (list of words with the same sound)

​4- Integrate it into a sentence

​5- Follow up feedback during the session

https://www.really-learn-english.com/english-pronunciation-lesson-30-th-consonant-sounds.html

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What is the mistake and What activity would you apply in class to help the student cope with this difficulty?

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Write the words: ˈmʌʃrʊm, biːn, ˈkjuː.kʌm.bɚ,

əkˈses.ər.i, ˈbrʊr.i, ˈsæm.ən, dɪˈtɪr.i.ə.reɪt, ˈwenz.deɪ, ˈkæθ.əl.ɪk

​On the following app dictate this paragraph

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Identify as many words as you can

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What is the difference between pronunciation and accent?

​​Pronunciation vs accent

​​Pronunciation is a way a word should be articulated, words have standard pronunciation.

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Accent is a distinctive manner or expression related to a regional or international difference, the sound and intonation that comes from your original language

Linking sounds terminology​

​linking sounds (intrusion good boy,that orange Liaison next door, this day ) example “he asked” heyasked good boy, do it- dowit a iy, ey,oy,ay insert

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​Intrusion is when we insert a new sound into an expression for example "good boy we insert "w"

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​Liaison is when we connect words and omit a letter and connect two words "next door"

Multiple Choice

How many words does he say?

• 21

• 25

• La C porque no me la sé

• 28

​Language prestige

​The language of powerful social groups usually carries linguistic prestige; and social prestige is often granted to speakers of prestige languages and varieties."(Pearce, Michael. The Routledge Dictionary of English Language Studies. Routledge, 2007.)

​In sociolinguistics, linguistic prestige is the degree of esteem and social value attached by members of a speech community to certain languages, dialects, or features of a language variety. (Taken from https://www.thoughtco.com/linguistic-prestige-1691533)