Pronunciation ClassWeek 3

Attendance Name Plates (please make, take, &

bring back) Pink receipts Who has a computer username &

password already? Books – Please bring $24 next

Saturday (or during the week if you have class).

Start up

Were you able to do any practicing this week?

How did you practice? (listening to the

phonemes, with a mirror, English Central, etc.)

Did it help? Why or why not?

If you want to practice online, where can you

practice?

Practice, Practice, Practice

/ɪ//i:/

Review

Let’s play with rubber bands!

‘Short’ ‘Long’

bit itch fill hid hill hit ill

beat each feel heed he‘ll heat eel

‘Short’ ‘Long’

kip mill lip pitch still sin

keep meal leap peach steal seen

Same Vowel, Different Length

‘Short’

beat speak seek seat peat heap

‘Long’

bead speed sees seed peed heed

So, why the difference?

Voiced Consonants

p t k s

Voiceless Consonants

b d g z

Compare /ɪ/ and /ɜ/

/ɪ/ /ɜ/

bill fill lift disk pin tin

bell fell left desk pen ten

/ɪ/ /ɜ/

miss pick rid till spill bitter

mess peck red tell spell better

beatspeakhealleapleafbeater

bitspithilllipliftbitter

betspeckhellletleftbetter

Mirrors

Listen and write down the vowel you hear. beat /i:/ bead /i:/ bet /ɜ/ pitch /I/ peach /i:/ lip /I/ tin /I/ ten /ɜ/

/i:/, /I/, or /ɜ/?

Get a microphone & plug it into your computer. Log in to the computer (or ask Kristi to log you in). Double-click on Google Chrome. Type http://kweis.wikispaces.com into Google

Chrome. Click on Pronunciation Class on the left side of the

page. Click on the English Central link. Practice Pronunciation (videos with /ɪ/, /i:/, and /ɜ/).

Work with English Central

Go to http://kweis.wikispaces.com. Click on Pronunciation Class on the left. Click on the Audio Dropbox box under Week

3. Type your name. Record yourself reading the Pronunciation

Diagnostic paragraph.

Diagnostic Pronunciation Test

Listen closely to the native speakers you hear this week. Write down at least 3 times when you listened for the vowel sounds we heard in class. Make notes of any differences you heard.

Go to Kristi’s site http://kweis.wikispaces.com to review and practice on EnglishCentral.com.

Bring money for your book.

Homework