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PRONUNCIATION MAP

Classification by Importance for Intelligibility (in international contexts)

Intermediate

Pre-Intermediate

Beginner

Elementary

Advanced

Intermediate+

Upper-Intermediate

  • Long vs. short
vowels, eg. /pik/ vs. /pi:k/
  • Aspiration of
initial voiceless plosives, e.g. /pʰ et/, /kʰi:p/
  • Consonants
(exc. <th> sound) e.g. /vet/ vs. /wet/
  • Consonant
clusters: initial and middle, e.g. /skri:n/, /ˈɒbstəkəl/
  • /ɜː/ like in first
  • Nuclear stress,
e.g. I didn’t BUY the car. I RENTED it. vs. I didn’t buy the car, but HE did.
  • Adapting your
pronunciation
  • Word endings,
e.g. /d/,/t/,/id/
  • Sentence stress
  • Connected speech
(elision: /ˌfɪʃ en ˈtʃɪps/)
  • Word stress
/ˈkʌmftəbəl/
  • Features of
connected speech, e.g. assimilation: /diʤu/
  • Vowel quality,
e.g. /rʌn/ vs. /ræn/
  • Intonation
  • Weak forms,
e.g. strong /hæv/, weak /həv/, weak /əv/
Important for intelligibility(in international contexts): Focus on clear pronunciation (NOT ‘native-like’ pronunciation)
NOT-Important or NOT Useful for intelligibility
7 sessions + 1 (overview) + 3 individual feedback 'goes'

PRONUNCIATION course overview

  • Aspiration of
initial voiceless plosives, e.g. /pʰ et/, /kʰi:p/
  • Word stress
  • Intonation
  • Connected speech
(elision: /ˌfɪʃ en ˈtʃɪps/)
  • Vowel quality,
e.g. /rʌn/ vs. /ræn/
  • Often mis-
pronounced words
  • Weak forms,
e.g. strong /hæv/, weak /həv/, weak /əv/
  • Strong and weak
forms of prepositions.
  • Consonants /v/ vs.
/w/ e.g. /vet/ vs. /wet/
  • /ɜː/ like in first
  • Homographs.
  • Homophones.
  • Sentence stress.
Questions.
  • Vowel /ɒ/
  • Foreign words
pronunciation.
  • Silent letters.
  • Features of
connected speech
  • Vowels:short and long i as in ship vs sheep
  • Consonant /f/
  • Nuclear stress, e.g. I didn’t BUY the car. I RENTED it. vs. I didn’t buy the car, but HE did.
  • Consonants /θ/
vs. /ð/
  • Word endings,
e.g. /d/,/t/,/id/
  • Consonants /r/,
/ŋ/, /h/.
  • Vowels:short and
long u
  • Br. vs. Am.
pronunciation