Session 4 1' AE does not sound the way it looks 2' Pronunciation of ed 3' Pronunciation log 4' Speec

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Session 41. AE does not sound the way it
looks2. Pronunciation of ed 3. Pronunciation
log4. Speeches feedback
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American English does not sound the way it looks

• Sounds are linked
• Is-everybody-here?
• 2. Deleted
• Is (h)e in (h)is office? Try (h)im on (h)is cell.
• 3. Reduced (give and or take give a take)
  andsharing, helping and getting help oradd or
  subtract
• 4. Altered (meeting meeDing)
• 5. Contracted (no, he isnt)

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Diagnostic ed grammar sound

• Change the verb to the past tense
• Read at normal pace
• Read fast and read slow

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Past Tense

• How do you talk about past in your language?
• Do you use words like last week or a part of
  word such as ending?
• How do you write past tense ending in English
  (regular verbs?

Grammar sounds are very important in English
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Grammar sounds are very important in English, WHY?

• If you do not use it,
• You sound ungrammatical
• Your listeners may be confused
• Your sentences may have the wrong rhythm

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Ways to pronounce ed ending

• If the final sound (not letter) of the verb is t
  or d, add ID
• Want wanted ID
• Need needed ID
• If the final sound unvoiced, add t
• Fix fixed t
• If the final sound is a vowel or voiced, say d
• Use used d
• Borrow borrowed d

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Pronunciation Success Log ________________________
_________________(_name)
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One-on-one and speeches

• Tape recorders
• Written speech printout
• Log print outs
• Next time technical speech topics