Pronunciation 4: schwa stress and magic E

Schwa & Magic E
 Previously on pronunciation....
Pet /e/ and Batman /æ/
Luck /ʌ/
th-sounds

Today: 
stress & schwa
magic E

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Schwa & Magic E
 Previously on pronunciation....
Pet /e/ and Batman /æ/
Luck /ʌ/
th-sounds

Today: 
stress & schwa
magic E

Slide 1 - Diapositive

STRESS
 (and not the kind we experience at school 
or life in general)

Emphasis on part of the word

Slide 2 - Diapositive

Slide 3 - Diapositive

Stress can change the meaning
Even similar words can have different stress patterns

Slide 4 - Diapositive

Schwa
The sound a vowel can make when the syllable isn’t stressed.

Sounds like UHH
Check out the unstressed syllables in ‘photographer’:
Pho - TO - gra - pher 

Slide 5 - Diapositive

Schwa in Dutch
Makkelijk
Gelukkig 


Lisanne
Janneke

Slide 6 - Diapositive

Coming up: spot the schwa!

Slide 7 - Diapositive

Decimal
A
E
B
I
C
A

Slide 8 - Quiz

Medium
A
E
B
I
C
U

Slide 9 - Quiz

Harmony
A
A
B
O
C
Y

Slide 10 - Quiz

Postman
A
O
B
A

Slide 11 - Quiz

Present
A
E1
B
E2

Slide 12 - Quiz

Survive
A
U
B
I
C
E

Slide 13 - Quiz

Brother
A
O
B
E

Slide 14 - Quiz

Wizard
A
I
B
A

Slide 15 - Quiz

Alone
A
A
B
O
C
E

Slide 16 - Quiz

Slide 17 - Diapositive

MAGIC E
MAGIC E

Slide 18 - Diapositive

“MAGIC E” sounds a bit weird.
What do you think it is?

Slide 19 - Question ouverte

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Slide 20 - Vidéo

Now that you’ve survived watching that... what’s magic E?

Slide 21 - Question ouverte

Slide 22 - Diapositive

Slide 23 - Diapositive

You’ve heard and seen some words that change with magic E. Try to come up with a word pair yourself!

Slide 24 - Question ouverte

Today we’ve learned...

Slide 25 - Diapositive