‘Squeaky’ toys and the weak form of function words Cam 2017/Silvia Cortese...... Listening to Spoken English. Harlow: Longman ... Marks, J. (2007) English Pronunciation ... Cambridge

‘Squeaky’ toys and the weak form of function words

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/ə/

From:Swan,M.andSmith,B.LearnerEnglish,SecondEdiDon,CambridgeUniversityPress,2001

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From:Dellar,H.andWalkley,A.Innova0onsElementaryCoursebook.Thomson,2005.

From:Dellar,H.andWalkley,A.Innova0onsElementaryCoursebook.Thomson,2005.

By being unaware of the inner processes we lose an opportunity to interest learners in their own learning and in the discovery that they can rely on themselves more than they thought.

Underhill, A. Sound Foundations. MacMillan. 2005.

Didyouhearthesound‘schwa’?

Whatvoicedidyouhearinyourhead?Yourown

Yourpartner’s

Yourpartner’sthenyourown

Other

/baˈnana/

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‘Colour Com’puter Infor’maMon

‘Salad Ba’nana

‘Lemon Po’lice

‘Shower

‘Parrot

‘Christmas

‘Carrot

‘Finland

‘Cinema

‘Circus

1. Where’s Kate’s dress/address? 2. Take that away/way. 3. The German teacher’s/teaches

English. 4. The officer’s/office’s here.

From: Hancock, M. English Pronunciation in Use Intermediate (Second edition), Cambridge University Press, 2012.

5. That’s a/our car.

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1. Where’s Kate’s -/ə? 2. Take that ə/-. 3. The German ə/ɪ English. 4. The ə/ɪ here.

Modified from: Hancock, M. English Pronunciation in Use Intermediate (Second edition), Cambridge University Press, 2012.

5. That’s з ə/ʌ a car.

Silvia

In each sentence there are two vowels which are not /ə/. Underline them.

1. from Canada to China 2. The parrot was asleep. 3. The cinema was open. 4. the photographer’s assistant 5. a question and an answer 6. a woman and her husband 7. a pasta salad


In each sentence/phrase there are two vowels which are not /ə/. Underline them.

1. from Canada to China 2. The parrot was asleep. 3. The cinema was open. 4. the photographer’s assistant 5. a question and an answer 6. a woman and her husband 7. a pasta salad



1.  ……..…….borninSuomi,it…...……16th……..March.

2.  It’s…...perfectplace…..…….if……lovenature.3.  ……..………alsosee……….wildanimalslikeelks.

3.If…………lucky………………see..…..standingproudlyin……middle…….……road.

4.people…….built……saunaintheirhouses……intheirco[agesnear….lake……they…….swim……fish.

5.…….don’tpay…..go…..…….doctor…….textbooks……free……children……..school.

1.  IwasborninSuomi,itwasthe16thofMarch.

2.  It’stheperfectplaceforyouifyoulovenature.3.  Youcanalsoseesomewildanimalslikeelks.

3.Ifyou’reluckyyoucanseethemstandingproudlyinthemiddleoftheroad.

4.Peoplehavebuiltasaunaintheirhousesandintheirco[agesnearthelakewheretheycanswimandfish.

5.Youdon’tpaytogotothedoctorandtextbooksarefreeforchildrenatschool.

Pronouns Adverbs VerbsLexical/full

Nouns AdjecMves

PreposiMonsInfiniMvemarker

Auxiliariesandlinkingverbs

ConjuncMons ArMcles Determiners


Nouns AdjecMves

IYouThem




ToForAtOf

WasAreCanHave

ButAndWhere

AThe

Some

IwasborninSuomiwhichistheFinnishnameforFinland.Itwasthe16thofMarchanditwasverycoldandsnowy,soIwastold.SuomiisaverybeauDfulcountry.It'stheperfectplaceforyouifyoulovenature.It’squiteasmallcountrywithonlyabout5millioninhabitants.YoucanalsoseesomewildanimalslikeelksinSuomi.Ifyou'reluckyyoucanseetheminaforestorstandingproudlyinthemiddleoftheroad.It’satypicallyFinnishtradiDon.Alotofpeoplehavebuiltasaunaintheirhousesandintheirco[agesnearthelakewheretheycanswimandfish.Thesocialsystemworksverywell.Youdon'tpaytogotothedoctorandtextbooksarefreeforchildrenatschool.Forkidsupto18alsothedenDstisfreewhichisagreathelpforparents.IfyouwanttoseetherealSuomidon'tstopinHelsinki,thecapitalcity,buttraveltothelakeareainthecentreortotheNorth.


Nouns AdjecMves

QuiteOnlyAlsoProudly

BornLoveSee

SuomiNameFinlandMarchCountryNatureInhabitantsAnimalsElks

ColdSnowySmallWildLucky




Word Strongform

Weakform

Word Strongform

Weakform

I aɪ ʌ Was wɒz wəz

You juː ju/jə Are ɑː ə

Them ðem ðəm/m Can kæn kən/kn

To tuː tʊ/tə Have hæv həv/əv

For fɔː fə A eɪ ə

At æt ət The ðiː ðɪ/ðə

Of ɒv əv Some sʌm səm/sm

But bʌt bət

And ænd ənd/ən/nd/n

Where weə we/wə

From:Field,J.ListeningintheLanguageClassroom.CambridgeUniversityPress,2008.

Fromthegreenhouse…

…tothegarden…

…tothejungle.

Cauldwell,R.Phonologyforlistening.SpeechinacDon,2013.Imagesfrom:pixabay.com

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