Ana Paula Petriu Ferreira EngelbertUTFPR

14/05/2011

What does speech work involve?

The physical ability to articulate sounds

The ability to get your message across

The ability to convey attitude

Why learning/teaching pronunciation?

'pronunciation errors' 'native-speaker perfection''sounding foreign''intelligibility'

Activities

HomophonesHomographsMinimal pairs (vowel sounds)

What are homophones?

Homophones are words that have different spelling but sound the same.

HEEL - HEAL

Practice homophones with your students!

http://www.bbc.co.uk/skillswise/words/spelling/recognising/homophones/game.shtml

http://www.esltower.com/PRONUNCIATION/interactive/homonyms-pre-intermediate/index.html

Can you rewrite this newspaper ad? There are 25 spelling mistakes.

BIG SAIL HEAR AT MEYER'S & SUN SHOES: BY SUM NICE PEARS FOUR JUST ATE DOLLARS CLOTHES: THE

HOLE STOCK ON SAIL WITH SPECIAL PRICES. SEA THE VARIETY OF COLLORS WE OFFER: YELLOW,

READ, PINK AND BLEW DON'T WEIGHT! TOO WEAKS ONLY! BEE OUR SPECIAL GUESSED. OPENING

OURS: FROM ATE TWO FOR (ON SATURDAY WE CLOSE AT WON) KNEW ADDRESS: 36 KING RODE

BIG SALE HERE AT MEYER'S & SON SHOES: BUY SOME NICE PAIRS

FOR JUST EIGHT DOLLARS CLOTHES: THE WHOLE STOCK ON SALE WITH SPECIAL PRICES. SEE

THE VARIETY OF COLLORS WE OFFER: YELLOW, RED, PINK AND BLUE DON'T WAIT! TWO WEEKS ONLY! BE OUR SPECIAL GUEST.

OPENING HOURS: FROM EIGHT TO FOUR (ON SATURDAY WE CLOSE AT ONE) NEW ADDRESS: 36 KING

ROAD

What are homographs?

Homographs are words that have the same spelling and can be pronounced the same or differently.

READ - //(present) // (past)

BEAR - // (noun or verb)

Practice homographs with your students!

http://www.quia.com/cb/8285.html

What are minimal pairs?

Minimal pairs are words that differ in only one sound.

Fit/feetMan/men

Practice minimal pairs with your students!

Same or different?Minimal pairs picturesOdd man out

http://www.eslhq.com/worksheets/preview_worksheet.php?worksheet_id=24548

Minimal pairs – Song Alanis Morissette – Ironic

An old man turned ninety-eightHe won the lottery and tied the

next dayIt's a black fly in your

ChardonnayIt's a death row pardon two

minutes too fateIsn't it ironic ... don't you sink

It's like pain on your wedding dayIt's a free right when you've

already paidIt's the good advice that you just

didn't tapeWho would've thought ... it figures

Mr. Play It Safe was afraid to flyHe packed his suitcase and missed his

kids good-byeHe waited his whole damn light to take

that flightAnd as the plane crashed down he

fought'Well isn't this nice...'

And isn't it ironic ... don't you think?

Well life has a sunny way of sneaking up on you

When you thing everything's okay and everything's going right

And life has a sunny way of helping you out when

You think everything's gone wrong and everything flows up

In your face

It's a traffic jam when you're already laidIt's a no-smoking sign on your cigarette

braveIt's like ten thousand spoons when all you

need is a nightIt's meeting the man of my dreamsAnd then meeting his beautiful lifeAnd isn't it ironic... don't you think?

A little too ironic... and yeah I really do think...

It's like pain on your wedding dayIt's a free right when you've

already paidIt's the good advice that you just

didn't tapeWho would've thought ... it figures

THANK YOU!!!References: GODOY, S.M.B; GONTOW, C. & MARCELINO,

M. English Pronunciation for Brazilians: The Sounds of American English. São Paulo: Disal, 2006.

http://www.esltower.com/PRONUNCIATION/worksheets/crosswords/vowelsoundscrossword.pdf

http://www.britishcouncil.org/languageassistant/pdf/Unit6.pdf