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ProNunciationWorkshopTrainingManual
PronunciationWorkshop
—TheAmericandreamdoesnotcometothosewhofalloutquick.
SessionOne
1.ConsonantR
2.ConsonantW
Hi,I’myourinstructorPaulGruberandwelcometothePronunciationWorkshops---FirstTrainingSession.
IamveryexcitedthatyouhavetakenthisfirststeptoimproveyourEnglishpronunciationandIdohopethatyouwouldenjoythisprogramandreceivegreatbenefitsfromit.BeforewebeginIwannamakesurethatyouhavedownloadedandprintedoutthetrainingmanualwhichaccompaniesthiscourse.Ifyouhavenotyetdoneso,pleasedoitsoonbecauseyou’lldefinitelyneedit.
NowyoumaybewonderinghowisitthatIamgoingtohelpyouchangethewayyouspeak.Well,basically,whenyoulearnedEnglishasasecondlanguage,youkeptmanyofthesoundsandspeechrulesfromyourfirstlanguageandyouwerecontinuingtousethemwhenyouspeakEnglish.Thisiswhatgivesyouanaccent.YouwereusingthesoundsandspeechrulesfromyournativelanguageinsteadofthesoundsandspeechrulesofEnglish.Andyouknowwhy?
Well,becausewhenyoulearnedEnglish,nobodyevershowedyouwhatthesoundsandspeechrulesofEnglishwereuntilnow.
That’swhyI’mcoming.BecauseIamgoingtoshowyouandtrainyouonhowtousethesesoundsandspeechrulescorrectly.Knowinginusingtheseruleswillhelpyoureduceorpossiblyeveneliminateyouraccent.Nowthroughouttheprogramyou’reoftengoingtoseemepointtomymouthtoshowyouhowtoproduceaparticularsound.IwantyoutopaycloseattentionandtrytocopyexactlywhatitisIamdoing.Iwouldbeshowingyouhowtocorrectlyformnewsoundsbychangingthepositionofyourtongueorchangingtheshapeofyourlips.Thesesmallchangesaregoingtomakeverybigchangesinyourspeech.We’regoingtopractisingandIrecommendthatyouusethetrainingmanualandtrytopractiseoften.Whenyoupractise,Irecommendthatyoustartoutspeakingslowlyoutloudinastrongvoicewhileexaggeratingallthemouthmovements.Whatwouldyoubedoingisretrainingthemusclesofyourmouthinyourtonguetomoveinnewways,whichwillproduceanewpronunciationpatterns.Thesenewspeechpatternswillslowlyandeventuallyinvolveintoyourownspontaneousfastspeech,butitisimportantthatyoustartoutgoingveryslow.Ifyoucanpronuncewordsandsentencescorrectlyspeakingslowly,well,thenyou’llhavenoprobleminsayingthemfast.
Ibelievepractisingisimportant,butIdonotbelieveit’stheonlykeytowardssuccess.Beingawareofyourerrors.That’sthekey.Beingawareandalsorecognizingmistakeswhenyouhearthemwillprobablybethemostimportantfactorstowardsyourimprovement.
AnotherthingI’dlikeyoutokeepinmindandI’msureyoumayhavenoticedthisalreadyisthatwhenmostAmericansspeakyouwillnoticethatweseemtoopenourmouthalotandthereisagreatamountofmouthmovements.WatchmymouthwhenIsaysomethinglike“Wow,wastherereallyrainingonWednesday!
〞Didyouseehowmymouthseemedtomove?
Itwasn’twithmylipsflat.Itwasn’t“Wow,wastherereallyrainingonWednesday.〞Therewasalotofmovements.Mymouthopenedwide,butalsomywholemouthmovedforward.NowIfindmanyforeignspeakers,maybebecauseoftheirlanguagecharacteristics,theydon’tmovetheirmouthsmuch.Thereisverylittlefacialmovement.Becauseofthis,toanAmericanlistener,thewordsoftensoundmumble,makingitveryverydifficultforanAmericanlistenertounderstandwhatitisyousaid.Oneway tobebetterunderstoodimmediatelyistobecomemoreawareofyourspeechandtoreallystartopeningandmovingyourmouth.
I’dliketotrytoobservewhatI’mtalkingabout.Whenyouspeaktonative-bornedAmericansorwatchTVormovies,noticehowwhenAmericansspeak,generallyourmouthsreallyopenbigandourlipscomeforward.ThesemovementshavealottodowiththesoundofAmericanEnglish.
IalsowanttoaddthatI’lloftenbeaskingyoutorepeatwordsandsentencesonthesevideos.TrytothinkasifwewerebothsittinginthesameroomandIamdirectlyrightinfrontofyou.ListencarefullytothewordsandsoundsthatIgiveyou.Listencarefullytomypronunciationandwatchmymouth,thenrepeatthewordsbacktomeinyourownvoicewiththetechniquesthatI’mshowingyouasclearlyasyoucan.Nowatfirstyoumayfeelabitoffoolishtalkingtoyourcomputerscreen,butreallyyoushouldn’t.Makebelieveyou’respeakingdirectlytome.You’llfindthiswilltobeextremelyhelpfulandeffective.
Duringthecourseofthisprogram,Iwillbeginbyaddressingconsonantsoundsandthenlateronwe’llworkwithvowelsounds.Nowvowelsounds,asyouknow,areAEIOandU,likeahh,ohh,eee,ehh,ihhandooo.Andconsonantsoundsarebasicallyalltheotherletters’sounds,likeb,ch,s,t,f,g,sh,wandofcourse,therearemanymanymoresounds.
TheconsonantsthatwearegoingtocoverinthisfirstsessionaretheconsonantRandtheconsonantW.Ok,areyouready?
Herewego.Let’sgetstarted.Let’sstartwiththeAmericanR.
R’sareeverywhere.They’reprobablythemostcommonlyoccurringconsonantsoundinEnglish.OnereasonforthisisthatR’saffectvowelsounds,especiallywhenanRfallsattheendofwordorafteravowelsoundasinthewordCAR,orthewordAIR,orthewordTURN.
Afterworkingwithsomanynon-nativeEnglishspeakersfromaroundtheworld,IbelievetheRsoundisoneofthemaincausesforbeingmisunderstoodinAmericanEnglish.Therefore,thisiswhyI’vechosentostartoutwiththissound.Nowwhensomelanguages,likeourspeakingSpanish,theRisproducedbybringingthetongueforwardinthefrontofthemouthbehindtheupperteethandrollingortrillingthetongue~,likethat.Nowwhensomeotherlanguages,likeGermanandFrench,theRisproducedinthebackofthethroat,butthisisnothowweproduceanRsoundintheUnitedStates.InAmericanEnglish,inordertosayaclearRsound,twodistinctthingshafta(haveto)happen.ThefirstthingisthatourmouthandlipscometightlyforwardasifyouwouldbesayingtheOOsound.Dothiswithme,sayOOandmakesureyoubringingyourlipsallthewayforward.SayOO.That’sit.Youseehowyourlipsareforward?
That’swhatyouwannado.ThisisthepositionyourmouthshouldbeinwhenyouproducinganAmericanR,likethat,andI’llbetyouknowwheneverItoldyouthat.Now,thesecondthingisthatyourtonguemovesbackinyourmouth.Itdoesn’tcomeforward.It’spulledback.Thisisprobablytheoppositeofwhatyou’redoingrightnow.So,forexample,intheword Rock,noticehowmylipsarecomingforwardandmytonguemovesbackinmymouthandIpushouttheRsound.Watchthis:
RRRock.DowithmeandexaggeratetheR:
RRRock.Watchwithmyheadturn:
RRRock.Youseethat?
Seehowthewholebottomofmyfacecameforward.Don’tbeafraidtodothis.ThisforwardmouthmovementiswhatisgoingtogiveyouanAmericanRsound.It’snot~andit’snotRockwithyourlipsflat.Yourwholemouthreallyhasta(hasto)comeforward.NowlatterIrecommendthatyoupractisedoingthisinfrontofamirrorwhilewatchingyourmouth.ReallypushouttheRandremembertopullyourtongueback.Nowonewayofcheckingifyou’redoingthiscorrectlywithyourtongueisbyactuallyputtingyourfingeraroundaninchintoyourmouthwhilesayinganRsound.Watchthis, RRRock,likethat.Youshouldbeabletotakethetipofyourfingerandfeelthetipofyourtongue.Ifyoudothesetwosimplethings---bringingyourmouthforwardandpullingyourtongueback.I’mtellingyouyourspeech’sgoingtobeclearandyou’regoingtosoundsomuchbetter.
Ok,we’regoingtostartoutwithR’satthebeginningofwords.Herewego.Repeatafterme.
RockRipReachRoadRain
RichRomeRaiseRobeRice
Verygood.Nowrepeatthissentence.
The round rooster rushedintothe wrong road.
Verygood.NowpronuncingR’slikethismayfeelalittleweirdtoyou,butifyounoticethisishowmostAmericanstalk.
Ok.Nowlet’sdoR’sattheendofwordsorafteravowel.WhenaforeignspeakerproducesRwhichattheendofwordoffollowsavowel,it’susuallyveryweak---getsnotreallyheardandleavesthewordopenerunfinished,likeinthewordCAR.NowyoumaysayCAR endingwiththeAvowel.Butit’snotCAR.It’sCAR/r/.Yourtonguehastapullback.CAR.Andalsoyourlipsclosealittlebitinthefront.TheRneedstobeverystrongandyouneedtoclosetheword.CAR.Let’spractisethesewords.Repeatafterme.
CarFarStarDoorBearFourAir
Year(nowhasahighvowelsoundEE.Year.)TurnPoor
Verygood.Ok.Nowlet’sdiscussR’sinthemiddleofwords.
InthewordVery,forexample,whichisafrequentlyusedwordinEnglish.TheRoccursinthemiddleoftheword.It’snotaDsound.ThewordisnotVedi,orVehi,it’sVery.MakesurethattheRsoundisstrongandyourlipsarecomingforward.YourtongueisbackandyoupushouttheR:
Very,likethat.Practisethesesentenceswithmeniceandslow.HeisVeryVerynice,likethat.Seehowmylipsare comingallthewayforward?
Nextone.SheisVeryVerytall.Hereare somemorepracticewordswithRinthemiddle.Repeatafterme.
DirectionArrangeEraseCorrectMarry
GarageOriginalHurryZeroMarine
BerryOperationCaringArriveEveryone
Ok.Verygood.Now,R’sareoftencombinedwithotherconsonantsandformwhatwecallRBlends.ItisimportanttounderstandthattheRsoundisthestronggestsoundoftheblendandyourlipsoftencomeforwardbeforeyouevensaytheword.Andexampleofthisistheword Grape.NownoticehowmymouthcomesforwardbeforeIevensaytheword. Grape.Didyouseethat?
Andnoticeinthew
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