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Created on May 24, 2024

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Transcript

alveolar

fricative

voiceless

alveolar

fricative

voiced

VS

Spanish speakers tend to say [ɛ] before [s] in English.

stars

smile

school

sky

Venezuelans tend to omit the s sound in the middle or end of words. In Venezuelan pronunciation /S/ is aspirated.

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letter x

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double ss

letter c

letter s

scent scene,scissors, ascend, descend.

lamps, clocks, hats, snacks, maps, coats.

waltz, pretzels quartz, glitz, blitz.

voiceless consonant + s

sc

tz

/z/ doesn't exist in Spanish, which is why we tend to pronounce it as /s/

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letter s

letter z

DeserveBecause Resign

Shoes Legs Leaves Beds Cars

XilophoneXenon

letter x

between stressed vowels

plurals

eyes breeze rise

prolongued vowel

Read aloud the following words. Write down on your computer or notebook the word in each group that is NOT pronounced with [z].

eyes

nose

wrist

ears

walls

waltz

wells

ways

carrots

apples

peas

raisins

pleasant

plesure

please

pleasing

deserve

daisy

serve

design

cease

seize

size

signs

Validate

Minimal Pairs

Minimal Pairs

This Sound Maze

sounds 'mazing.
To find the correct path through the maze, you must only go through words that use the sound /s/. The class can ask for pronunciation clues however, there are only 5 opportunities. Use the chat to decide with your classmates which 5 words you want to hear. Then, one person must ask the teacher to play the sound. Good luck!

This Sound Maze

sounds 'mazing.

Validate

My pizza is sure to be one of a kind, my pizza will leave other pizzas behind, my pizza will be a delectable treat, that all who love pizza are welcome to eat.

I'm making a pizza the size of the sun, a pizza that's sure to weigh more than a ton, a pizza too massive to pick up and toss, a pizza resplendent with oceans of sauce.

I'm topping my pizza with mountains of cheese, with acres of peppers, pimentos, and peas, with mushrooms, tomatoes, and sausage galore, with every last olive, they had at the store.

The oven is hot, I believe it will take a year and a half for my pizza to bake. I can hardly wait ‘til my pizza is done, my wonderful pizza the size of the sun.