pronoun cation

IPE Young Corporate Leader

Voice & Speech

Workshop 2

Voice & Speech

Workshop 2

Session Session

Dr.Agna Fernandez,FPM-XLRI

OverviewOverview

Session 1Session 1


Agenda

Vowel sounds

Monothongs

Diphthongs

Practice – Monothongs

Practice – Diphthongs

Word stress

Intonation


Vowel sound classification

• Vowel Sounds

Monothongs/ pure vowels

- Long and short vowel sounds

Combination sounds

- Diphthongs

- Thiphthongs


Agenda

Vowel sounds

Monothongs

Diphthongs



Word stress

Intonation


MonothongsThe Vowel sounds are paired as short & long.


Short Vowel sounds Long Vowel sound

i (ih) - Fish, Pig, Kitten i: (ee) - Key, Bee, Feet

ə (erh) - Computer, producer, over Ʒ: (uhh) – bird, thirteen, curd

Ʌ (Ah) – cub, butter, punch a: (aah) – car, dark, blast

Ʊ(uh) – Good, Pudding, Would u: (ooh) – blue, shoe, do

D (Aw) - Dog, Frog, Block ɔ: (oo) – door, more, four

ӕ(ae)- Map, Cat, Rat

e(eh) - Egg, Bell, Elephant

Agenda

Vowel sounds

Monothongs

Diphthongs



Word stress

Intonation


Diphthongs

Combination of two vowel sounds.• [aʊ] as in house (auw)• [aɪ] as in kite (i)• [eɪ] as in same (ay)• [juː] as in few (eu)• [ɔɪ] as in join (oi)• [ɪə] as in fear (ea)• [ɛə] as in hair (ae)• [ʊə] as in tour, poor (ooah)


Agenda

Vowel sounds

Monothongs

Diphthongs



Word stress

Intonation


Practice

e – ӕ Sound

He led the lad home.

Anna sat down after losing the first set.

Let’s bet on Sachin’s bat.

He went to bed with a bad cold.

She was happy to go out with her hen-pecked husband.


Practice

i – i:Sound

These shoes fit my feet.

She had a meal at the mill.

There are sheep on the ship.

Give me a kiss for the keys.

The beat was a bit strong.


Practice

ə and Ʒ: sound

The bird flew over the car.

The girl shook hands with the director.

He bought a dozen of curd packets.

I heard him talk about the procedure.

That dress compliments her figure.


PracticeɅ and a: sound

She threw the cup into the car.

I have a gut feeling that he will come last.

Complete your tasks on time.

He pointed a gun at the masked man.

Utter the word ‘cast’ with me.


PracticeƱ and u: sound

That was a good move.

He grew up in the woods.

Who would be the class leader?

Look for the loop hole.

There is too much information in the book.


PracticeD and ɔ: sound

Four dogs chased me down the alley.

We need more clocks in the house.

Do not touch the hot ore.

Author told the story is over.

The cot is low.


Agenda

Vowel sounds

Monothongs

Diphthongs



Word stress

Intonation


Tie new coin night

Dear cow bear gate

Paid decoy join height

Tour care dew sane

Poor ground where beer

Boy way here sure

Hair conjure deer queue

Buy few down town


Practice - Diphthong

Practice – Diphthong rearranged

down cow ground town

tie buy height night

way paid gate sane

few new dew queue

join boy coin decoy

deer dear here beer

hair where care bear

tour poor sure conjure


Common confusables – [ɛə] and [ʊə]

AIR EAR

Care, chair, Clair Clear, cheer

Glare Gear

Lair Leer

Pare, pair, pear Peer, pier

Tear, there, their Tear, tier

Dare Deer, dear

Bare, bear Beer


Agenda

Vowel sounds

Monothongs

Diphthongs



Word stress

Intonation


Word stress

Let us look at examples:

1. I didn’t say he stole the money2. I didn’t say he stole the money3. I didn’t say he stole the money4. I didn’t say he stole the money5. I didn’t say he stole the money6. I didn’t say he stole the money7. I didn’t say he stole the money


Word stress


Let us look at the sentences again:

1. I didn’t say he stole the money - someone else did2. I didn’t say he stole the money- that’s not true at all3. I didn’t say he stole the money- I only suggested it4. I didn’t say he stole the money- someone else took it5. I didn’t say he stole the money- he may have borrowed 6. I didn’t say he stole the money- but rather some other money7. I didn’t say he stole the money- He may have taken jewelry

Rule 1: contrasting words

Rule 2: opinions

Rule 3: Negation and contractions

Rule 4: Adjective phrases

Rule 5: Compound Noun / combination words & acronyms

Rule 6: word stress

Rule 7: Long phrases/ sentences

Rule 8: With close ended and open ended questions

Rule 9: Choices


Word stress - techniques


Rule 1: contrasting words.

• She learned cooking but never used that skill.• She studied French but did not enjoy it.• Mary speaks Spanish but she teaches Portuguese.

Contrasts are stressed because they denote two opposite meanings, and therefore require emphasis.
