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THE MISSING LINK
Suprasegmentals forPronunciation
Whoarewe?
RaymondCarson,M.A.IrvineValleyCollege
EmilyWong,M.A.UCIrvine,DivisionofContinuingEducation
AGENDA
• Makingacase+evidence• 3Breakthroughs• Shadowing• Crackingthecase• Questions
MakingaCase+Evidence“Wheninaccurateprimarystressandintonationisusedinspeaking,languageprocessingfornativelistenersbecomesmoredifficult.”(Hahn,2004)
“Teachingofprosodicpronunciationfeaturesshowimprovedintelligibility.”(Foote,Holtby &Derwing,2011)
“Researchshowsthatteachingbothsegmentalandsuprasegmental aspectsofpronunciationimprovepronunciationincontrolledspeaking,butinstructioninsuprasegmentals improvedextemporaneousspeakingability.”(Foote,Trofimovich,Collins&Urzua,2016)
“Englishlearnershaveshownadesiretoimprovetheirpronunciationskillssothattheyareeasilyunderstoodandwellreceivedbynativespeakers.”(Foote,Holtby &Derwing,2011)
MoreEvidence
3BreakthroughsSongsChants
Dialogues
4CluesReductionsStresswordsIntonationLinking
Breakthrough#1SONG- Reductions
CommonSpeakingReductionsSinglewordreductions:• Because cuz• And n• You ya• -ing in• Her er• Him im• He ee• Them dem
Coarticulations with“to”• needto/needsto needta/needsta• haveto/hasto hafta/hasta• wantto/wantsto wanna/wansta• usedto yousta• goingto gonna
Coarticulations with”you”thatyou thachaaboutyou abouchacanyou kenya
I Don’t Wanna Know
• Idon'twanna know,know,know,knowWho'stakingyouhome,home,home,homeI'mlovingyouso,so,so,soThewayIusedtoloveyou,noIdon'twanna know,know,know,knowWho'stakingyouhome,home,home,homeI'mlovingyouso,so,so,soThewayIusedtoloveyou,ohIdon'twanna know• Wasted(wasted)AndthemoreIdrinkthemoreIthinkaboutyouOhno,no,Ican'ttakeitBaby,everyplaceIgoremindsmeofyou
• Doyouthinkofme?Ofwhatweusedtobe?IsitbetternowthatI'mnotaround?Myfriendsareacting strangeTheydon'tbringupyournameAreyouhappynow?Areyouhappynow?• Idon'twanna know,know,know,knowWho'staking you home,home,home,homeI'mloving youso,so,so,soThewayIusedtoloveyou,noIdon't…
Song– WhatTeacherNeedsToDo• Reviewwherereductionsareinthelyrics.• Passoutlyricsheetandletstudentspredictandmarkthereductions.• SuggestionstoSs:cutoutconsonants,markthewordsthatcanbeco-articulated(needsto>needsta,usedto>usta)
• Playsongsostudentscancheckpredictions.• Showanswers.• Extensionactivity:havestudentssingalongandemphasizethepartsthathavereductions(tryacapellawiththeteacher!).
• Idon'twanna know,know,know,knowWho'stakingyouhome,home,home,homeI'mlovingyouso,so,so,soThewayIusedtoloveyou,noIdon'twanna know,know,know,knowWho'stakingyouhome,home,home,homeI'mlovingyouso,so,so,soThewayIusedtoloveyou,ohIdon'twanna know• Wasted(wasted)AndthemoreIdrinkthemoreIthinkaboutyouOhno,no,Ican'ttakeitBaby,everyplaceIgoremindsmeofyou
• Doyouthinkofme?Ofwhatweusedtobe?IsitbetternowthatI'mnotaround?Myfriendsareacting strangeTheydon'tbringupyournameAreyouhappynow?Areyouhappynow?• Idon'twanna know,know,know,knowWho'staking you home,home,home,homeI'mloving youso,so,so,soThewayIusedtoloveyou,noIdon't…
SongChoiceTips•Tempo:Nottoofast,nottooslow•Notes:Nottoohigh,nottoolow
“Girlsjustwanna havefun”CindyLauper“Wannabe”SpiceGirls“Surfin USA”BeachBoys
IDon’tWanna LiveForever– Zayn&TaylorSwiftWeDon’tTalkAnymore– CharliePuthLikeI’mGonna LoseYou– MeghanTrainor&JohnLegendMalibu– MileyCyrusLoveYourself– JustinBieber
Breakthrough#2CHANTS- SentenceStress/Intonation
JazzChantswithCarolynGraham
SentenceStressWhatissentencestress?• wordsreceivingemphasis(louderandhigherthanotherwordsinthesentence)Howdowerecognizesentencestress?
- ContentWords:nouns,verbs,adjectivesandadverbs- Contrastwords:negativesandotherwordsrepresentingachangeofideas- Newinformationusuallyintheformofcontentwords- Questionwords
IntonationWhatisintonation?• melodicrisingandfallingpitchofspeech• everyonestartswithadifferenttonicpitchHowdoesintonationwork?
- Questions: Y/NQsendwithrisingintonationWHQsendwithrisingandthenfalling
- Statements: Intonationrisesonsentencestressbutusuallyendswithfallingintonation
- Surprise/Disbelief:Continuousrisingintonation
Chant-offbetweenHolmes&Watson
•Sherlock:HelloDr.Wong.•Dr.Wong:Hello Holmes.•Sherlock:Isawyoulastnightinthepub.•Dr.Wong:Yes,Iwasblowingoffsteamafterwork.•Sherlock:Whowasthatwomanyouweretalkingto?•Dr.Wong:Thatwasmysister,Harry.
Chant-offbetweenHolmes&Watson• Sherlock:HelLO Dr.Wong.
•Dr.Wong:HelLO Holmes.
• Sherlock:ISAWyoulastNIGHTinthePUB.
•Dr.Wong:Yes,IwasBLOWing offSTEAMafterWORK.
• Sherlock:WHOwasthatWOman youwereTALKing to?
•Dr.Wong:THATwasmySISTER,HARRY.
Howtochantforsentencestress• Readthesentenceorthoughtgroupandidentifythestressedwords.• Clapinasteadybeatof4.• Makesureyourstresswordsfallonthestrongerbeats.
Englishspeakerslikeiambicrhythminspeakingwhichismadeupofweakandstrongbeats.
YOURTURN:CHANTWITHAPARTNER!
•Sherlock:Whowasthatmanshewassittingwith?
•Dr.Wong:ThatwasherhusbandnamedPaul.
Chants- WhatTeacherNeedsToDo•Provideaquestionandansweranddeterminestresswordsandintonation.•Demothechantwiththestudents.•Putstudentsingroupsandgivethemanewquestionandanswer.•Havestudentspredicttheintonationandwherethestressedwordisanduseachanttodemonstrateit.•Askforvolunteerstoperformchanttoclass.
Breakthrough#3DIALOGUES- Linking
• Inspeech,certainwordsareconnectedorlinkedintolongerunits
LinkingWords
we are
say
fly
employ
it
out
all
y
Y-GlideWhenwordends
with/iy/,/ey/,/ay/,and/oi/andthenextwordstarts
withavowel,insert/y/sound.
• Inspeech,certainwordsareconnectedorlinkedintolongerunits
LinkingWords
go out
you
how
eat
are
w
W-GlideWhenwordendswith/ow/,/uw/,and/aw/,andthenextwordstartswithavowel,
insert/w/sound.
• Inspeech,certainwordsareconnectedorlinkedintolongerunits
LinkingWords
think about it
Whenawordendswithaconsonantsoundandthenextwordstartswithavowel,theconsonantsound
carriesover.k t
George&Mr.Cantwell
Dialogue- WhatTeacherNeedsToDo•Checkthedialogueforlinkinginstances.• Explaininfogapactivitytostudents:• Ss pairup- oneisAandtheotherisB.Receiveappropriateworksheet.•Worksheethasspecificpartsmarkedwithlinking.PartnerAreadshalfdialoguemarkedwithlinking,PartnerBlistensandmarkspaperwithlinking.Switchhalfway.
• Showvideoclipwithactorsusinglinkingnaturally.•Havestudentstaketurnspracticingroleswithlinking.
TheBreakthroughofAllBreakthroughs!Shadowing
Reductions
SentenceStress
Intonation
Linking
SHADOWING“Itisanactivityinwhichlearnersrepeatedlylistentoandimitatethespeakersinashortvideocliporsoundrecording.Thentheytrytospeakthelinesofthedialoguewithorslightlyafterthecharactersintheclip.”
MarlaT.YoshidaBeyondRepeatAfterMe
ShadowingLessonSequenceStep1:Findashortclip(1-2minutes)forstudentstowatch.Providesomebackgroundinformation.Step2:Havestudentswatchandtrytounderstandmeaning.Step3:Passoutdialogueandreviewvocabulary.Helpstudentsunderstandthemeaning.Step4:Havestudentswatchagainwithpurpose:Markpaperwithpauses,intonation,etc.Step5:Discusscontentandwhypartshavespecificintonation/stress.Step6:Havestudentspracticerepeatingdialoguewithpartner.Step7:Showvideoagain,pauseaftereachlineandletstudentsrepeataftertheactor.
MarlaT.YoshidaBeyondRepeatAfterMe(Pg.134)
CRACKINGTHECASE
CRACKINGTHECASE•ProvidemoreopportunitiesforPREDICTION,PERCEPTION,andPRODUCTION•Considerhavingstudentsrecordusingtheirphonetopracticelisteningtoandcomparingtheirproductiontonativespeakers.(Meta!)• Giveshadowingachance!Itworkedforus!
RaymondCarsonrcarson4@ivc.edu
EmilyWongegwong@uci.edu
teachwithemily.wordpress.com
BibliographyFoote,JenniferA.,AmyK.Holtby,andTraceyM.Derwing."SurveyoftheteachingofpronunciationinadultESLprogramsinCanada,2010." TESLCanadajournal 29.1(2012):1-22.
Foote,JenniferAnn,etal."Pronunciationteachingpracticesincommunicativesecondlanguageclasses." TheLanguageLearningJournal 44.2(2016):181-196.
Hahn,LauraD."Primarystressandintelligibility:Researchtomotivatetheteachingofsuprasegmentals." TESOLquarterly 38.2(2004):201-223.
Yoshida,MarlaTritch. BeyondRepeatafterMe:TeachingPronunciationtoEnglishLearners.TESOLPress.Availablefrom:TESOLInternationalAssociation.1925BallengerAvenueSuite550,Alexandria,VA22314,2016.
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