CLAUDIA CÁRDENASMA. English Didactics

I know English- why nobody understands me?

Can we teach pronunciation?

• Why do teachers avoid teaching pronunciation?

• Do you know any effective method to teach pronunciation?

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cathedral

jeans

police

busy

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stUdent

spOOn

Uniform

sUgar

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Item

breakfast

peer

fate

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cArpet

sUnday

drAnk

glAss

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CHemical

CHaracter

CHart

CHarisma

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Gift

Giant

GHetto

Get

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THigh

THen

THis

THough

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THeft

THough

THeater

THought

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confuSion

oCean

measure

uSually

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reviSion

enGineer

aGeSHoe

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machiNe

thiNk

siNce

aNswer

Which of the following words has the stress on the first syllable

• Biologist• Photographer• Psychiatrist• Secretary

Which 2-syllable word has a different stress pattern from the others?

•police•mother•student•money

Which 3-syllable word has a different stress pattern from the others?

• cinema• Saturday• Umbrella• manager

Which 3-syllable word has a different stress pattern from the others?

• potato• paragraph• computer• professor

Which word sounds different?

• Debt • Fret • Treat• sweat

Which word sounds different?

• Mother• Bother• Brother• Another

Which word sounds different?

•Hot •Knot•Taught•What

Which word does not rhyme with the others

• Through• Sew• Due• Do

A necklace of brown glass ______

a.Beads

b.Bids

She broke her _______ falling down the stairs

a. Heap

b. Hip

Those shoes don’t _______ her _______.

a.feet, fit

b.Fit, feet

He made a ____ of $150 for the painting

a.Bead

b.Bid

He’s so brilliant. He’s a _____ at mathematics

a.Whiz

b.Wheez

This is the football _______

a.Peach

b.Pitch

There are 52 _______ in a year

a.Weeks

b.Wicks

The tap ______ all day, we have to get it fixed

a.Licks

b.Leaks

My parents in law are ______ enough to buy an airplane

a. Reach

b. Rich

Her face is as soft as a _______

a.Peach

b.Pitch

A candle _______ is string, cord, or wooden object that holds the flame of a candle.

a.Week

b.Wick

The tornado was so devastating that whole cities were wiped off the ________

a.Mop

b.Map

She must be a whiz! Are you telling me that she can ____ at the age of 2?

a.Add

b.Odd

What she ______ in beauty, she makes up for brains

a.Lacks

b.Locks

A _______ is a bundle of coarse yarn, a sponge, or other absorbent material, fastened at the end of a stick or handle for washing floors

a.Mop

b.Map

I can’t believe that Luren let the ______ out of the bag. Everybody was in shock.

a.Cot

b.Cat

Choose the ______ word out?

a. add

b. odd

• /rɪ'vɪ__ən/ • /__ɪ'pɑ:rtʃər/• /'edʒə‘__eɪʃən / • /'nɑ:lɪ__ /• /ˈ___ʌndərstrʌk/• /'kʌl__ər/• /ˈ__rekfəst/• /'ækwə'zɪ__ən / • /‘__ɑ:klət / • /'eɪn__ənt/

/‘__ɔ:rtʃn� ətli / /'læ__gwɪdʒ/ /əˈblaɪ__d/ /'ædvərtaɪ__ɪŋ / /'læ__tər / /kləʊ__z/ /kən'klu:__ən//'grænˌfɑ:__ər //__ɪs'fɔ:rtʃən / /'kæ__uəl/

Stress does not change when adding prefixes or

suffixes•Forge Forgetful Quietly

When a verb comes from a one-syllable word, compound

verbs second syllable

•Remove become•Understand overflow

Some two- syllable words are both nouns and

verbs. •Record record

Compound nouns are made from two smaller

words

•Bookshop newspaper•Check-in desk crossword

For compound adjectives, the stress is on the second

part•bad-TEMpered, old-FASHioned