How to Speak - Pronunciation

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How to speech: Pronunciation

- Speaking: I can discuss abstract subjects in English and am intelligible and convincing. (B2-level)

o I can use linking words to structure my speaking.

o I know what intonation is and I can use it in my speaking.

o I am able to pronounce most English words correctly.

Improving your pronunciation

Step 1: awareness of the difference (between vowels that look the same and between your mother tongue and English)

Step 2: PRACTISE and check what you're doing is right 
(https://dictionary.cambridge.org/) 

"th" sound

voiced (That/this) vs voiceless (three/third)

Practice - "th" - Try:

- think, thin, thing (voiceless)

- bathtub, toothpick, birthday (voiceless)

- math, tooth, tenth (voiceless)

- that, this, the, they're (voiced)

- feather, weather, brother (voiced)

- breathe, smooth, bathe (voiced)

I know how to do the 'th' sound and I can now practise this on my own.

1. Yes
2. No, I need more help.

The most common vowel in English?

What word do you always find very difficult to pronounce?

/e/

bed

get

dead

/ɪ/

busy

England

did

/ʌ/

sun

but

money

/æ/

cat

flat

family

/ə/

the

arrive

popular

/i:/

sea

busy

be

/ɜː/

person

nurse

bird

and more...
https://www.englishradar.com/english-pronunciation/english-vowel-sounds/

Odd one out

1. table, name, night

2. mouse, boat, house

3. bat, head, red

4. sun, up, hand

Odd one out

1. table, name, night

2. mouse, boat, house

3. bat, head, red

4. sun, up, hand

Odd one out Answers

1.  /ˈteɪ.bəl/, /neɪm/, /naɪt/ 

2. /maʊs/, /bəʊt/,  /haʊs/

3. /bæt/, /hed/, /red/

4.  /sʌn/,  /ʌp/,  /hænd/

diphthongs = a sound that combines two vowel sounds.

/ai/

night

shine

prize

/ei/

today

late

date

diphthongs= a sound that combines two vowel sounds.

/aʊ/

mouth

south

couch

/əʊ/

show

glow

though

Tongue Twisters

If two witches would watch two watches, which witch would watch which watch?

Betty Botter had some butter, “But,” she said, “this butter's bitter. If I bake this bitter butter, it would make my batter bitter. But a bit of better butter – that would make my batter better.”

So she bought a bit of butter, better than her bitter butter, and she baked it in her batter, and the batter was not bitter. So 'twas better Betty Botter bought a bit of better butter.

Improving your pronunciation

Step 1: awareness of the difference (between vowels that look the same and between your mother tongue and English)

Step 2: PRACTISE and check what you're doing is right 
(https://dictionary.cambridge.org/) 

I feel ready to start practising pronunciation on my own.

1. Yes
2. No, I need more help