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Pronunciation Matters

Robin Walker

1) Why does it matter?

1) The impact on speaking

a) poor intelligibility

b) avoidance of vocabulary

c) avoidance of structures

infrastructure

If I’d known, I’d’ve learned Chinese

Grzegorz

2) The impact on listening

a) recognition

Who HASN’T finished?

1) Why does it matter?

Asia

i. sounds

ii. words

iii. sentences

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2) The impact on listening

b) overload

1) Why does it matter?

3) The impact on writing

a) invented spelling

b) misspelling

b) Hake with crap sauce

a) Łódź

1) Why does it matter?

Catherine Walter: This suggests strongly that teaching phonology will help L2 learners to read better.

4) The impact on reading

1) Why does it matter?

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4) The impact on reading

1) Why does it matter?

Sounds and spelling practice

2) Models, goals & priorities

Feature Accent Intelligibility

Vowels

Consonants

Clusters

Word stress

Connected speech

IntonationVIP = very importantIP = important

NIP = not important

2) Models, goals & priorities

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Feature Accent Intelligibility

Vowels VIP

Consonants VIP

Clusters VIP

Word stress VIP

Connected speech VIP

Intonation VIP

2) Models, goals & priorities

Feature Accent Intelligibility

Vowels VIP

Consonants VIP VIP

Clusters VIP VIP

Word stress VIP

Connected speech VIP

Intonation VIP VIP

2) Models, goals & priorities

Feature Accent Intelligibility

Vowels VIP IP*

Consonants VIP VIP

Clusters VIP VIP

Word stress VIP IP*

Connected speech VIP

Intonation VIP VIP

2) Models, goals & priorities

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Feature Accent Intelligibility

Vowels VIP IP*

Consonants VIP VIP

Clusters VIP VIP

Word stress VIP IP*

Connected speech VIP NIP *

Intonation VIP VIP

2) Models, goals & priorities

… accent and intelligibility are NOT the same

thing. A speaker can have a very strong accent,

yet be perfectly understood.

Derwing & Munro 2008

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good accent

Intelligibility

2) Models, goals & priorities

2) Models, goals & priorities

Internationally intelligible accents

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2) Models, goals & priorities

2) Models, goals & priorities

3) Where and when?

little & often

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3) Where and when?

vocabulary

grammar

pronunciation

3) Where and when?

Integratedpronunciation

grammar

pronunciation

speaking

4) Techniques & activities

a) Soundsin contrast

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a) Sounds in contrast

4) Techniques & activities

a) Sounds in contrast – minimal pairs

imPORtant IMpotent

4) Techniques & activities

a) Sounds in contrast:

classifying sounds

4) Techniques & activities

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p b m f v θ ð w

t d tʃ dʒ s z ʃ ʒ r

k g j h r

4) Techniques & activities

b) Demonstrating sounds – consonants

Easy

OK

Hard

4) Techniques & activities

b) Demonstrating sounds – consonants

Demonstrating /v/

4) Techniques & activities

b) Demonstrating sounds – consonants

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4) Techniques & activities

c) Associating sounds

4) Techniques & activities

c) Associating sounds

4) Techniques & activities

c) Associating sounds – colours

green

red

purple

grey

brown

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4) Techniques & activities

c) Associating sounds – schwa

d) Explaining sounds

4) Techniques & activities

4) Techniques & activities

d) Explaining sounds

Press your tonsils against the underside of your larynx.

Then with the convex part of the septum curved upwards so as almost but not quite to reach the uvula, try with the tip of your tongue to reach your thyroid.

Take a deep breath and compress your glottis. Now, without opening your lips, say

Garoo!

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a) Pronunciation MAtters

1) Why? Grzegorz

Summary

2) Models, goals & priorities

b) PronunCIAtion matters

Summary

3) When & Where?

O

I

L

b) PronunCIAtion matters

Summary

O often

I integrated

L little

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4) Techniques & activities?

Garoo!

b) PronunCIAtion matters

Summary

5) Handbooks

Robin Walkerrobin@englishglobalcom.com