ADVANCED PRONUNCIATION & SPEAKING

DAY 4

AdministrativeAttendance

Return homework

Midterm next week! We will talk about the details toward the end of class

Plan for TodayQuick review of pausing from last week

Return to stress:Sentential (sentence-level)Emphatic (stress for emphasizing)Stress homework exercise

Small Group Discussion!

Midterm Format with Sample Questions

Tongue Twisters?

(Thought groups, pausing, stress… the overall MUSIC of English)

“HOW DO YOU SPELL EASY?”

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Review (Handout from last week)

Listening for pausing & giving meaning

Pasta salad, or omelette? //Pasta, salad, or omelette?

Mother called the dentist. //“Mother!” called the dentist.

The fire which you started spread fast. // The fire, which you started, spread fast.

“Who?” wrote Rebecca. // Who wrote Rebecca?

How would you describe the meanings of each based on pause placement?

The Prosody PyramidThought GroupFocus WordStress

Peak Syllable

What does it mean to stress a word?

THREE CHARACTERISTICS

1. LOUDER

2. LONGER

3. HIGHER

ReviewSentential stress (or sentence-level stress)

This is partly about not being monotone:

“HOW DO YOU SPELL EASY?” ♫(How would you read these without adding new meaning with stress for emphasis?)

The party was really fun

She broke her right leg

I am studying Applied Linguistics.

Stress and Meaning

“HOW DO YOU SPELL EASY?”

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ReviewEmphatic stress (or stress for emphasizing)

This is about adding or changing meaning or emphasis:

The party was really fun

She broke her right leg

I am studying Applied Linguistics.

ReviewEmphatic stress (or stress for emphasizing)

This is about adding or changing meaning or emphasis:

The party was really fun

She broke her right leg

I am studying Applied Linguistics.

ReviewListening for stress & giving meaning

The boy stole the big book.

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John is mildly allergic to cheese.

How would you describe the meanings of each based on stress placement?

ReviewListening for stress & giving meaning

The boy stole the big book.

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John is mildly allergic to cheese.

How would you describe the meanings of each based on stress placement?

Stress Homework Activity

Class Discussion

Class Discussion“Diversity may be the hardest thing for a society to live with, and perhaps the most dangerous thing for a society to be without.” ― William Sloane Coffin Jr.

1. What do you think the overall message of this quote is?

2. Do you agree with this quote?

3. Thinking about either your native country or your experience in the U.S., how do you think people in general feel about the importance of diversity?

Midterm Listening FormatPause placement & meaning (like in-class

exercises)

Stress placement & meaning (like in-class exercises)

Authentic text listening for pausing and stress (like homework)

Example Question: Pausing

You will hear one of two given sentences.

A. SLOW//MEN AT WORK B. SLOW MEN AT WORK

You will 1) select the order they are read (A,B or B,A), and then you will describe the meaning of both based on the pause placement.

Example Question: Stress1A. Underline the stress: Didn’t I tell you about Fred’s new wife?

 

1B. What does the phrase mean?

A. We are talking about Fred, not Jake.

B. This is about the new wife, not the old one.

C. It was me who told you, not somebody else.

D. We are talking about the wife, not a girlfriend.

Example Question: Stress1A. Underline the stress: The woman is a soccer coach.

 

1B. In your own words, write the meaning of the sentence based on the stress placement.

Midterm Speaking FormatSmall groups, 2 small groups at a time for

logistical reasons.

Discussion format

Opinion-based topic

PracticeEveryone needs to speakTHINK ABOUT WHAT WE’VE LEARNED

STRESS (sentence-level & stress for emphasis)TURN-TAKINGAGREE/DISAGREE phrases and practices

Example Question: Authentic Video text

EXAMPLE:

PRESENTER: Let's talk about manias. Let's start with Beatle mania. Hysterical teenagers, crying, screaming, pandemonium. Sports mania: deafening crowds all for one idea get the ball in the net.

A. Sports mania // deafening crowds all for one idea // get the ball in the net

B. Sports mania // deafening crowds // all for one idea // get the ball in the net

C. Sports mania // deafening crowds // all for one idea // get the ball // in the net 

D. Sports mania // deafening crowds // all for one idea get the ball // in the net

Advanced P&S Tongue Twisters!!

Allie read aloud all the paragraph with really lovely English

Please breathe with these other brothers together.

The mother thought it was good to her fifth son's health to breath fresh air walking along a path in such weather.

My daughter broke her right-leg recently (or on last Saturday). Real story.

People purchase grocery child grabs fresh milk

The mother thought it was good to her fifth son's health to breath fresh air walking along a path in such weather.

Advanced P&S Tongue Twisters!!

A large orange changes orange juice.

Raining ruined my ritual to read an article outside.

That is the other duke that in his birthday wear those dirty clothes

Deteriorated people living in rural area are resisting to the cruel regulation with pillows and arrows illegally built by malicious refrigerator manufacturers who love irrelevant procedure.

In my dream, I was in the beach, watching the sea, eating a peach

A long hair lady really likes lemon and lime.