TeachingPronunciationCraigHunterFriday25/05/2012“Why”–IfthepersoncannotbeunderstoodallcommunicationislostWorse–ifthewordismispronouncedthereceiver(Personhearingtheexchange)receivesor‘gets’thewrong/incorrectmessageDuringtheEurovisioncontest24May2012apersonwassingingthesong“WearetheWinners”butpronouncedthewordas“Wieners”–baby/smallGermansausages“What”–Pronunciationisword&sentence‘stress’andonlyoccurswithspokenEnglishWatchAdrianUnderhill–YouTubeforagoodunderstandingorexplanation“Remember”–Pronunciationisan‘ongoing’lessonandrequiresattentioneverydayNativeLanguageInterference–thismeansL1languagecanhaveanaffectoncorrectpronunciation,soundandeventhecorrectwordorinterpretation.E.g.Arabicpersonshaveabattlewithsaying“P”and“B”(Iateapear>Iatea‘bear’)BearinthisinstanceisananimalManyAsianpeoplewith“R”and“L”(Iaterice>Iatelice)Liceinthisinstanceisanotveryniceinsectinfestation“Presentation”–considersmallmirrorsforthestudentsforthemtobeabletoseetheirmouthactionandwheretheyplacetheirtongueandlips.Drawapictureofa“Mouth”andpointoutthevariation/swiththetongue,lipsandteeth.Whenstudentscanseeandhearandfeelthesoundstheirconfidencewillgrow.Warmupthemouthtoencouragemovementofthetongue,lipsandmouthwith“Drills”.Startwithanimageof‘anoperasinger’–lalalalaandthena‘tiger’rararararrrrrPracticethefollowing-Leftrightleftrightmakingsureofthestudent/s‘Pronunciation’andoccasionallyinclude‘tonguetwisters’forvariationAccent–soundofspokenlanguage.PeoplefromallovertheworldspeakEnglish,whethertheyarefromGermany,America,Poland,Australiaandpeoplecanunderstandthemevenwiththeirdifferentaccents.Keepanduseyouraccent–don’ttrytocopyaspecificaccent,itwon’twork.IfsomeoneinsistsyoumustspeakwithanAmericanaccent.Suggesttothem,thisismyaccentandmostotherenglishspeakingpeoplecanunderstandme.Theydon’tseemtohaveaproblem.(Compromisewillalwayscauseaproblem)WordSyllableStress–highlightwherethestressisin“Barbecue”(Practicesayingwordoutaloudandstresseachsyllabletillyoufindonesyllablethat‘sounds’“correct