Pronunciation Lessons

Suhanto Kastaredja
Email:kastaredjasuhanto@yahoo.com

(Source http://cle.ust.hk/~material/pl/)

Introduction
These pronunciation lessons have been developed to help you: understand the systematic differences between English and Cantonese pronunciation; monitor your own speech and become aware of ways in which you can improve the intelligibility

of your own spoken English; become aware of the rhythm of English in contrast to that of Chinese; use stress (strong and weak syllables) appropriately in both words and sentences; make use of transcription in dictionaries. Each lesson introduces an aspect of English pronunciation and many include short tasks for practice. You can expect to finish a lesson in 15 minutes.

Table of contents
Lesson 1 Lesson 2 Lesson 3 Lesson 4 Lesson 5 Lesson 6 Lesson 7 Lesson 8 Lesson 9 Lesson 10 Lesson 11 Lesson 12 Lesson 13 A guide to English pronunciation Syllables and wordstress Weak syllables Rhythm Syllable structure in English and Chinese Consonants and consonant clusters Linking words Sentence stress Intonation: showing feelings Intonation: as punctuation Sound symbols Linking words: more ways Long vowels ending in voiced consonants

Lesson 14 Lesson 15 Lesson 16 Lesson 17 Lesson 18 Lesson 19 Lesson 20 Further Practice

Sentence stress and intonation to convey a writer's message Highlighting keywords Using sentence stress to contradict or correct Pronunciation and grammar The schwa in "that" clauses Synthesizing all the pronunciation skills studied so far Specific problem sounds for Cantonese speakers: /v/, /z/ and 'th' Practice 1: /l/ and /n/ Practice 2: /l/ and /n/ Practice 3: /t/ and /d/ Practice 4: /t/ and /d/ Practice 5: /k/ and /g/ Practice 6: /k/ and /g/ Practice 7: // and /i/ Practice 8: // and /i/ Practice 9: /e/ and // Practice 10: /e/ and // Practice 11: // and // Practice 12: // and // Practice 13: /u/ and // Practice 14: /u/ and // Practice 15: // Practice 16: Word stress - compound words Practice 17: Word stress - nouns VS verbs Practice 18: 'ed' endings Practice 19: 'ed' endings

*Many of the lessons contain audio materials and/or interactive tasks. Please consult the "Technical" section on the menu bar if you have any problem displaying the transcriptions or listening to the sound re