!English Listening and Pronunciation

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tips

• stress

  • focus on stress and 'feeling'
  • stress relates to rhythm and intonation
  • think about not just individual sounds but also think about the overall feeling of the sentence.

• study mouths movement

• repetition

pitch

• raised the pitch for the stress words, and dropped it at the end, and played with the level so every syllable was a little higher or a little lower than previous word .

• Intonation - emojis

  • understand the hidding meaning

  • GPS or mapping

  • "that was good" - rise, fall, and rise
  • "that was good" - rise, falling at then end <- negative

Stress - longer, louder, and higher

• verb, adj, and noun
• de-stress: relaxed and short -> function word

reference

• How To Sound Like A Native Speaker In A Second Language

American English Pronunciation

• notes

  • clothing /ˈkloʊ.ðɪŋ/

  • vest /vest/

    • v - voiced, making a sound with the vocal cords
      • the lips under the top teeth
    • west - the lips
    • f - Voiceless, meaning only air passes through the mouth

  • g /dʒiː/

  • J /dʒeɪ/

• reference

  • American English Pronunciation

ELP: English Listening and Pronunciation

• errors

  • says /sez/
  • of /əv/
  • because /bɪ'kəz/ /bɪˈkɑːz/
  • done / dʌn/
  • sheet /∫i:t/ vs shit /∫it/

• reference

  • ELP: English Listening and Pronunciation
  • ESL GOLD

intonation

• melody - music

• stress

  • the content words

• Rhythm

pronouncation

• reduce your accent

  • repeat with a native person
  • use the spoken words the local use
  • adopt cultural traits

• interact with natives

Intonation, Linking, Rhythm

• The shape of stress
• stress-timed language

pronunciation

• Language has its

  • hear the music in your language
  • English is a beat-driven language

  • how how to beat the rhythms

  • imitate

• correct the misakes

  • m -> some 放在单词结尾时， 嘴巴闭上后，喉咙要震动
  • n -> none 放在单词结尾时，舌头还保留再前鄂原位置
  • l -> milk
  • v -> victor 上牙輕咬下嘴唇
  • s -> 嘴型 稍微大
  • ɔ -> 喉咙 张开
  • a: -> 喉咙发音
  • e, æ -> 后面喉咙, æ 更靠后
  • ei, ai -> 不能漏掉 /i/
  • au -> 不能漏掉 /u/
  • t p d k ->

• 副音

  • h

  • oʊ/əʊ

  • b, p

    • a stop of the airflow, and a release
    • Stop consonants at the ends of words or syllables are sometimes not released.
    • book

  • t, d

    • 舌尖抵住上齿龈，然后将舌头摊弹开； 词尾不发出声， 只舌尖抵住上齿龈再憋气即可 two
    • it -a- could -a- be <- notice

  • k, g

    • 双唇微开，舌后跟轻触口腔软腭，把气往前推
    • girl， clean, clock

  • [f] -> 上齒咬下唇，没有爆破 coffee

    • Voiceless, meaning only air passes through the mouth
  • [v] -> very
    • voiced, making a sound with the vocal cords
      • the lips under the top teeth
    • west - the lips

  • [θ, ð] -> 舌尖伸出来

  • l

    • 舌尖上扬抵住上齿龈
    • light l （such as like） 是在嘴的前面发音
    • Dark l
      • made at the back of the mouth; the back part of the tongue moves back
      • the tongue pulls back, and might even press down a bit in the back
      • Dark l（在后面 like apple, special） 舌尖接触上齿龈

  • /n/ 舌尖抵触齿龈， 鼻音

  • /s, z/ -> sea; θ, s, d,

  • /∫，ʒ/ -> 嘴唇稍前伸，呈圆形, 送气; sheets， shell， sheep

  • /tʃ, dr/ -> 不卷舌， 唇法

  • /ŋ/ -> thing

  • [r] -> the middle part of the tongue lifts up to towards the roof of the mouth . the front part of the tongue is hanging in the middle of the mouth, not touching anything. -> 舌尖上翘，口型成圆形 three r

• 元音

  • American Vowels
  • {舌高低}x{舌前后}x{唇圆展}
  • i: -> e -> æ 舌头从高到低（嘴巴张开从小到大）
  • 舌头的最高位置从前到后

  • 唇從展开到圆型 （从左到右）

    • i: 衣； eat, 展唇(stretch your lips back more - smile),舌头高，舌前
    • i, i:
    • i
    • /i:/ -> the tongue stretches up more towards the roof of the mouth. - open mouth widely

    • /i/ -> the tongue is bit more relaxed, the jaw does drop a little bit more - don't open mouth widely not stretched into a smile

      • i
      • i, i:

    • æ： 嘴巴开口大（舌头低）， 舌头最高位位前，唇展开

    • sit sleep spell shade

    • /e/ -> lips = slightly open, mostly relaxed, tongue = bottom of mouth
      /æ/ -> open your mouth; lips = a little tighter, tongue = bottom of mouth

    • /ə/ tomatoes , letter, onion, question

    • /ər/ - 卷舌， waiter, doctor, reporter
    • movie
    • /a:/ /ʌ/ 嘴张比 æ 大， 稍微比 ʌ 圆唇 -> a, ʌ
    • /ɔ/， 圆唇
    • u:, u
      • make the lips a bit tight and forward
    • ʊ
      • The back of the tongue lifts towards the back of the roof of the mouth.The front of the tongue remains down, but it might be pulled slightly back .
      • foot,took, cook, shook, stood, good, look, book,wool, swoosh
      • wood
      • u:, u

• 双元音

  • /e/ 美音里的， 和英音里的/ei/ 一样
  • /o/ /ɔu/, 和美式的/ɔ/类似，但是嘴稍微闭上一些, from /ɔ/ to /u/, 有点类似英式的/əu/, bowl， woke
  • /ai/
  • /au/, from /a/ to /u/

  • /ɔi/, point， 不能吞掉／i/

  • [au]

  • [i, ei]

    • /ei/ -> pull your lips back and push top/back of the tongue

  • English Pronunciation Lessons for Chinese English Language Learners

  • n, ŋ

  • ai

  • æ, a:

  • æ

• Pronunciation workshop

  • practice

• Consonant clusters

• Consonant Clusters

English

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refereence

• ELP: English Listening and Pronunciation
• Shadowing technique – your secret key to English fluency
• Intonation
• Professional English
• Pronunciation Workshop Video Training Program
• cuhk
• HKUST
• Effective Communication
• Improve Your English Communication Skills
• Writing in the Sciences
• essential skills for the workplace
• English Skills for Business