Have your students touch their throats while pronouncing voiced and voiceless sounds. - Have your students touch their throats while pronouncing voiced and voiceless sounds.
- They should feel vibration with the voiced sounds only.
Aspiration - Aspiration
- Aspiration refers to a puff of air when a sound is produced.
- Many languages have far fewer aspirated sounds than English, and students may have trouble hearing the aspiration.
- The English /p/, /t/, /k/, and /ch/ are some of the more commonly aspirated sounds.
To illustrate aspiration: - To illustrate aspiration:
- have your students hold up a piece of facial tissue a few inches away from their mouths and
- push it with a puff of air
- while pronouncing a word containing the target sound.
- Mouth Position
- Draw simple diagrams of tongue and lip positions.
- Make sure all students can clearly see your mouth while you model sounds.
- Have students use a mirror to see their mouth, lips, and tongue while they imitate you.
Intonation - Intonation
- Word or sentence intonation can be mimicked with a kazoo (mouth organ), or alternatively by humming.
- This will take the students' attention off of the meaning of a word or sentence and help them focus on the intonation.
Linking We pronounce phrases and even whole sentences as one smooth sound instead of a series of separate words. - Linking We pronounce phrases and even whole sentences as one smooth sound instead of a series of separate words.
- 'Will Amy go away,' is rendered 'Willaymeegowaway.'
- To help learners link words, try starting at the end of a sentence and have them repeat a phrase, adding more of the sentence as they can master it.
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