APPLYING STRATEGIES TO IMPROVE PRONUNCIATION SKILLSIN ENGLISH LEARNING

ByLuis Carlos Lasso Montenegro

Ideas for Improving Pronunciation Skills

• Imitation of teacher or recorded model of sounds, words and sentences.

• Learning English sounds production (including details of the structure and movement of parts of the mouth)

• Imitation drills: repetition of sounds, words and sentences.• Choral repetition of drills.• Learning and performing dialogues.• Learning sentences, rhymes, jingles by heart.• Placing words into a context. • Singing songs in English. • Watching English-language videos, movies…• Using Tongue-twisters & Nursery Rhymes• Using online resources like dictionaries, transcriptions…• Using imagination or pictures.

“I find it hard to pronounce this

sound /θ/ in English”

“I can´t identify the different sounds

between the words Ship - Chip”

“Remembering the pronunciation of

these words Chore - Chemistry is difficult to me”

Which difficulties or weaknesses do you have when pronouncing English words?

“I listen carefully to the pronunciation of

a set of words and repeat it” “I always use an

online dictionary to check words

pronunciation and place them in a

sentence”

“I sometimes write down words with similar sounds to remember their pronunciation”

“I look for words with the same

sound and make a meaningful sentence”

“I learn and perform short dialogues to practice the

pronunciation of words and phrases”

What specific actions do you carry out to overcome your weaknesses?

I listen carefully to the pronunciation of

a set of words and repeat it.

I find it hard to pronounce this

sound /θ/ in English.

Which strategies do you apply to improve your pronunciation skills?

“Every time I find it hard to pronounce this sound /θ/ in English, I listen carefully to the

pronunciation of a set of words and repeat it over and over again”

I use an online dictionary to check words

pronunciation and place them in

a sentence

I can´t identify the different

sounds between the words Ship - Chip

Applying more strategies…

“When I can´t identify the different sounds between words like Ship – Chip. I use an online

dictionary to check their pronunciation and place them in a sentence”

Thanks for your attention!