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November 28, 2016
Pronunciation difference between WOULD and WOOD?
What is the difference between the pronunciation of WOULD and WOOD?
Nothing, these words are all pronounced the same way: W-short oo-D.
Learn how to say WOULD and WOOD with this video.
November 25, 2016
How to stress a syllable and why?
English is a stress-timed language. This means that a word gets a certain “time” to be said. The speaker makes the syllables longer or shorter to fit into the allotted time. For instance, it takes the same time to say Kent as it does to say Ohio. The difference is that the syllables in Ohio are shorter to fit the allotted time. English and German are stress timed languages. This is in contrast to syllable timed languages where each syllable gets a certain “time” to be spoken. Spanish and Japanese are syllable timed languages.
How do you stress a syllable? Make the vowel longer. It is also higher and louder. In contrast, unstressed syllables are softer, shorter, and lower.
Don’t let this confuse you. It is like music. Listen to words and try to hum them. Listen to the “musical beats” of the word. Then try to imitate it by saying the word.
November 22, 2016
Research: Cut your kids food to improve behavior
This is so interesting and just in time for the holidays- chewing is better that biting when it comes to table behavior. So, cut up your kid’s food to get better behavior this Thanksgiving. Maybe that turkey leg is why the kids were so crazy at the Ren Faire.
November 15, 2016
How to say Mystery & Misery
Take this quick ESL pronunciation speaking lesson to learn how to pronounce the words: MYSTERY and MISERY. These words have a slight difference in pronunciation making them confusing to say. Improve your speaking today with this short video lesson.
MYSTERY: M-short i-S-T-short er-long E
MISERY: M-short i-Z-short er-long E
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November 12, 2016
Be on your child’s level
This sounds simple; and it is. When you want to encourage more and better communication from your child, be on their level.
It’s best to be at your child’s eye level. This way, he can see your face and you are less intimidating. Sit on the floor, put him in his high chair, or pick him up. Not only will he be able to see you better, but you will be better able to see and hear him, too.
November 11, 2016
Pronunciation difference between PAIR, PEAR, and PARE
What is the difference between the pronunciation of PAIR, PEAR, and PARE?
Nothing, these words are all pronounced the same way: P-AIR
PAIR is a set of two.
PEAR is a fruit.
PARE means to cut.
Word Stress
English words are made up of syllables or beats in a word. Syllables always contain a vowel. They usually have a consonant too. Words may have 1, 2, 3, or more syllables.
One syllable words are pronounced with falling intonation and the stress on the one syllable.
In two or more syllable words, there is primary stress, secondary stress, and sometimes tertiary stress.
Stress is marked by making a syllable higher, longer (vowel), and louder than the others, in a word “stronger”. Other syllables are pronounced faster and softer. Sometimes, a syllable is so short that it is only an UH sound, the schwa.
Many of my clients improve their word stress by improving their pronunciation of vowels and listening skills. Some clients still need help. Here is a quick list of some word stress rules that usually work.
Accents are typically on the first syllable.
Accents are typically on the root word, the most important part of the word, not the prefix or suffix.
In words of three or more syllables, the accent is typically on the 1st or 2nd syllable
November 1, 2016
How to say Election
Take this quick ESL pronunciation speaking lesson to learn how to pronounce the word: ELECTION. Learn to say this common word to avoid an embarrassing mistake. It is pronounced: short e-L-short e-K-SH-short u-N.
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October 28, 2016
Pronunciation difference between THERE, THEIR, THEY’RE
What is the difference between the pronunciation of THERE, THEIR, THEY’RE?
Nothing, these words are all pronounced the same way: TH-AIR
There refers to a specific position.
Their is a possessive pronoun referring to a group of people.
They’re is a contraction meaning “they are”.
Why do people have an accent?
Why do you have an accent? Three reasons: sound rules, sound discrimination, and motor patterns.
Sound rules:
Each language has sounds and rules for combining these sounds. When we learn a language in school or as an adult, we typically aren’t taught sounds or sound rules. We learn grammar but not sound rules. Most speakers learn sound rules from immersion, not instruction. These sound rules govern what sounds can be combined together into syllables, which sounds can end words, and how to combine words in sentences.
Sound discrimination:
It is difficult to distinguish and “hear” sounds in languages other than our mother tongue. Babies can distinguish every sound that every language uses. But, as we get older, we lose this ability. So even if we want to change our accent it becomes difficult because we don’t know what to change. We can’t distinguish the mistakes. If you can’t hear the sounds from the new language, you can’t figure out your mistakes. So the English learner finds the closest sound in their language and use that.
Motor patterns:
Making speech sounds involves motor patterns. Swinging a golf club is a motor pattern. For those of us who started golfing without a lesson, we know it can be difficult to start using a new one after getting instruction. This is because motor patterns become habits. Our mouth wants to do what we always do. This is easy. When learning a new language, it takes time for the new sound patterns to become habits. In most cases, it takes daily practice to learn new motor patterns associated with a new language.
