Pronunciation Course

Pronunciation Course Class 8

Listening Exercise Wife’s (/s/) legs (/z/) sister’s (/z/) Those(/z/) places (/Iz/) gets (/s/) Pedicures(/z/) separators(/z/) That’s (/z/) looks (/s/) Colors(/z/) tips(/s/) Face (/s/) goes (/z/) Is(/z/) eyes (/z/) Stops(/s/) marks(/s/) Close (/z/)

Nasal Consonants Mispronounced by Brazilians in final position, because we nasalize vowels, not consonants. E.g. cantaram. • /m/ - bilabial sound SAM • /n/ - alveolar sound TAN • /N/ - velar sound SIGN

-ng spelling • Normally, the /g/ is pronounced. Anger finger stronger However, when the word derives from a verb, the /g/ is silent. To sing singer /sINr/ to bring bringing /brININ/ To hang hanger /hQNr/

/l/ Mispronounced by Brazilians Brazil /U/ instead of /l/ /h/ /r/ Mispronounced in two ways: Brazilians don’t use enough airflow to produce the /h/, or Brazilians don’t roll the /r/ sound.

Let’s practice Once upon a time, there was a little girl who lived in a village near the forest. Whenever she went out, the little girl wore a red riding cloak, so everyone in the village called her Little Red Riding Hood. One morning, Little Red Riding Hood asked her mother if she could go to visit her grandmother as it had been awhile since they'd seen each other. "That's a good idea," her mother said. So they packed a nice basket for Little Red Riding Hood to take to her grandmother.

Stops /p/, /t/, /k/ • Aspiration occurs in the following situations: a) Word starts with a /p/, /t/, /k/ followed by a vowel e.g. palace comfort b) the stressed syllable starts with a /p/, /t/, /k/ followed by a vowel. e.g. appear compare

Watch the video and observe the concept of aspiration

Some Sibilant Consonants • /S/ is the sound of She • /tS/ is the sound of Chair • /Z/ is the sound of Measure • /dZ/ is the sound of Jet

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