ngữ âm thực hành 2

NGO QUYNH HOA, M.A


Course Outline
ENGLISH PRONUNCIATION
PRACTICE 2
Units of credit
2 (30 periods)
Suggested self- study 90 periods
Instructor
NGO QUYNH HOA
Contact details

Cell phone: 0983791306
Subject


Course Description
 This course designed to help the students more

accurately reproduce pronunciation features of English
through the use of intensive pronunciation drills,
listening activities and guided conversation practice.
Speech awareness and self- monitoring of
pronunciation will be emphasized. The features
include syllables, word stress , sentence stress and
intonation.


Learning Goals
 By the end of the course, students will be able to:

 Demonstrate increased intelligibility, accuracy and
fluency in speaking English.
 Demonstrate the ability to link sounds at the beginning
and end of words, contractions, and assimilation of
sounds.
 Demonstrate increased ability to self-monitor and
correct his/her own pronunciation.


Assignments
 Students will take written & oral exams, participate in

small group activities, and do homework records.
Grades will be assigned according to the following
percentages:


Assignments
(a)
Class
attendance
(b) Oral
presentation
(c) Participation /
small
group
activities
(d) Mid – term
tests
(e)

Final Exam

Required
assessment
(> 2 absences in
the
tutorial
sessions: FAIL)
Required
assessment
Required
assessment
Required
assessment
Required
assessment

Yes

10%

Yes

10%

Yes

15%

Yes

15 %

Yes

50%


Proposed schedule
Time
Week 1
Week 2
Week 3
Week 4
Week 5
Week 6
Week 7
Week 8
Week 9
Week 10
Week 11
Week 12
Week 13
Week 14
Week 15

Contents
Course introduction
Part 1: Syllables
Part 1: Syllables (cont.)

Part 2: Word stress
Part 2: Word stress (cont.)
Part 3: Sentence stress
Part 3: Sentence stress (cont.)
Part 4: Linking
Part 5: Emphatic stress (cont.)
Part 5: Emphatic stress (cont.)
Part 5: Emphatic stress (cont.)
Part 6: Intonation
Part 6: Intonation (cont.)
Part 6: Intonation (cont.)
Revision


Textbooks & References
 English Pronunciation in Use – Intermediate (Mark

Hancock – Cambridge University Press)
 Elements of Pronunciation (Colin Mortimer Cambridge University Press)
 Sounds English (J.D,O’Connor & Clare Fletcher –
Longman)
 English Pronunciation in Use – Advance (Mark
Hancock – Cambridge University Press)


NGO QUYNH HOA, M.A


CONTENTS
 Introducing syllables

 Consonants at the start of syllables
 Consonants at the end of syllables
 Plurals & other –s endings
 Past tense endings


INTRODUCING SYLLABLES
 A syllable is a group of one or more sounds.
 The essential part of a syllable is a vowel sound (V).
 A syllable can have consonant sounds (C) before V,

after V or before and after V.
 Note: letters are not the same as sounds
 The word “syllable” is used to talk about pronunciation
of words, not the writing


Consonants at the start of syllables
 Some one-syllable words are just a single V.

oh
eye
 If we add one or more C to the beginnings of these
words, they are still only one syllables.
no
lie
snow
fly

Consonantstwo Cs at the start ofof syllables
at the start a syllable:
 When there are
 If the first C is /s/, the second C can be any of these: /f/,

/k/, /l/, /m/, /p/, /t/, /w/, /j/
 If the first C is any sound other than /s/, the second C
can only be one of these: /l/, /w/, /r/, /j/

 When there are three Cs at the start of a syllable:
 The first C is always /s/


Consonants at the start of syllables
 For example:
o /s/ + C: spell
stairs; sleep; small
o C + /l/, /r/, /w/, /j/: blue
swim dress view
o /s/ + CC: spring strange
scream
o If you add a V before the first C, you may get a different

word: sleep  asleep
o If you add a V between the Cs, you may get a different
word: sport  support


Consonants at the END of syllables
 Some one-syllable words have no C after V. If we add

one or more C to the end of these words, they are still
only one syllable.
go
goal
gold
 If you do not pronounce the last C, you say another
word. It is important to pronounce the final Cs.
belt
bell
help
hell


Plurals & other –s endings
 Add –s to make plural nouns, the third person singular

present, or the possessive  not change the number of
syllables of the words.
go – goes
cat – cats
Tom’s cat
 Sometimes, plural, third person and possessive
endings are another syllable when the original word
ends in one of sounds below:
/s/, /z/, /tS/, /dZ/, /S/
Chris’s kisses, Trish’s wishes, Rose’s roses, the witch’s
watches, George’s fridges

Plurals & other –s endings
 Note: Try to make sure you pronounce the –s ending. It

is very important to the meaning.
Noun
Verb
Jane’s nose Jane knows
Nick’s weights
Nick waits


Past–ed or –d to make past tense not change the
tense endings
 Add
number of syllables of the words.
arrive
arrived
play
played
 If the infinitive of the verb ends the sounds /t/ or /d/, ed or –d is a new syllable. The letter E is pronounced as
a V.
rent
rented
hate
hated
need
needed


Past tense endings

 Past tense endings tell you if the sentence is present or

past.
You never cook a meal. (present
You never cookED a meal. (past)


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Introduction
 If the word has more than one syllable, give stress to

one of the syllables.
 To give the syllable stress:
 Speak longer
 Speak louder
 Speak higher


Introduction
 We can show stress with circle

0oo
Saturday
 Different words have different stress patterns (patterns
of stressed and unstressed syllables).
 Stress patterns can help you hear the difference
between similar words.
thirteen

thirty
record (verb)
record (noun)


Stress patterns
0o
Table
Language
Window
Teacher

o

0

Begin
Arrive
Select
Around

0oo
Happiness
Melody
Bicycle
Hospital

o

0o

Discover
Example
Romantic
Election


Stress in two-syllable words
 Nouns & adjectives: Oo
 Verbs: oO
 Note: there are a number of exceptions

asleep, mistake, machine, etc.
answer, enter, offer, happen, etc.
 Some words are both nouns and verbs


Stress in two-syllable words
Nouns

Record
Contrast
Desert
Export v
Object
Present
Produce
Protest
Rebel

/`rekO:d/
/`kQntrA:st/
/`dez@t/
/`ekspO:t/
/`QbdZIkt/
/`preznt/
/`prQdju:s/
/`pr@Utest/
/`rebl/

Verbs

/rI `kO:d/
/k@n `trA:st/
/dI `z3:t/
/Ik ` spO:t/
/@b `dZekt/
/prI `zent/
/pr@ `dju:s/
/pr@ `test/
/rI ` bel/