Week 6 – Vowels & Stress

*Pronunciation

*Start up

1. Please add your email address to the list if you have one.

2. Get a book from Kristi if you need to buy one.

*Notes & Announcements

*English Central

*Please bring your own headsets.

*Did anyone take a microphone to practice at home?

*Review

*Tongue Twisters

Things* table

*number

*auto

*window

*office

*pencil

*notebook

People*Michael

*Helen

*Susan

*Cheryl

*Kristi

*Linda Taylor

*David Miller

*Stress Review

*Word Stress Practice

3-syllable words

*TERible WONderfulGOVernment

*comMITtee exAMplefanTAStic

*underNEATH afterNOON underSTAND

*Word Stress Practice

4-syllable words

*occuPAtion explaNAtionacaDEMic

*preOCcupy aNALysisasTROLogy

*SECretary MEdiatorAPpetizer

*The Echo Game

Many words in English have the same pattern as short phrases.

repuTAtion See you LAter. Glad to

MEET you.

compreHEND in the END Make a

FRIEND.

fanTAStic It’s PLAStic. Let’s FAX it.

*Reduced Vowels – The Schwa /ə/

Homonyms (Look-alikes)

Nouns Verbs

PERmit PerMIT

INsult inSULT

PROduce proDUCE

INcrease inCREASE

OBject obJECT

*The Schwa /ə/

*Sounds like ‘uh’

*Nearly always a short sound

*Often found in ‘function’ words like:

*a, am, an, and, has, have, than, was, can

*VowelsUnit 2 – pgs 6-7

Vowels /ɑ/, /ə/, and /ʊ/

1. Repeat the words.

2. Match the words that have the same vowel sound.

3. Check with a partner.

4. Repeat & check your answers.

5. Fill in the conversations (#4).

6. Listen & repeat.

7. Listen & repeat with Clear Conversations. Go to kweis.wikispaces.com

*Individual Practice

1. Get a microphone (and headset if needed).

2. Plug in your microphone.

3. Log in to a computer.

4. Go to kweis.wikispaces.com, Pronunciation Class, Week 6.

5. Open Shadow Talking Instructions.

6. Practice Shadow Talking (with or without recording).

*Shadow Talking Practice – Clear Conversations

1. Choose a something you would like to listen to. Some examples include: * Voice of America (www.voanews.com/specialenglish)

* Ted Talks (www.ted.com/talks)

* National Public Radio (www.npr.com, 89.7 FM, 90.7 FM)

2. Decide if you will just listen and repeat or if you will use the transcript.

3. Make sure your audio is set up (headphones, microphone, and volume).

4. If you are going to record, use the Accessory ‘Sound Recorder’ on a pc computer. (See Kristi for help with this.)

5. When you are ready, press ‘Record’ and then begin your listening. Record yourself repeating what the speaker says immediately after they say it. Pause your listening at any time.

6. Repeat & have fun!

*Please remember.

*Return ALL microphones!

*Bring your own headsets next week.

*Practice listening & speaking (with or without recording).