WEEK 2

Monday August 10th

1. Review:
1.1 How to use Stress and Rhythm (PPT)
1.2 English Pronouncing Dictionary: How many Syllables? / Stress Patterns
1.3 Go to: http://davidbrett.uniss.it/phonology/
o Word and Phrasal Stress
o Word Stress Exercise 1
o Word Stress Exercise 2
o Word Stress Exercise 3

2. Weak and strong form (PPT)

2.1 The syllable. English Phonetics and Phonology p.80
2.2 Handout: Stress and rhythm. English Phonetics and Phonology (#3)
2.3 http://davidbrett.uniss.it/phonology Go to: “Phonemic Transcription
Exercises”. In these exercises you will be presented with a series of short
phrases that you will be expected to transcribe indicating Weak Forms and
r-linking but not other phenomena of connected speech, e.g. assimilation,
elision etc.
2.4 Audio Unit 9&10 English Phonetics and Phonology

3. http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/learningenglish/grammar/pron/features/spell
ing/    
 Quiz 1 – 5

Tuesday August 11th

1. Worksheet:
1.1 Transcription, stress and rhythm exercises Based on “A Course in English
Phonetics for Spanish Speakers”, by Hector Ortiz and Diana Finch.
2. Word stress and sentence stress. Pronunciation Practice Activities.
2.1 Pronunciation Games. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2vKa1J6_cjk

3. Project:
3.1 English Pronunciation in use
 Unit 28: Stress in two syllable words
 Unit 29: Stress in compound words
 Unit 30: Stress in longer words 1
 Unit 31: Stress in longer words 2
 Unit 32: Sentences with all the words stressed
 Unit 33: Unstressed words
 Unit 34: Pronouns and contractions
 Unit 35: Verb “to be”
 Unit 36: Auxiliary verbs
3.2 English Pronunciation in use
 Chapter 8: The syllable
 Chapter 9: strong and weak syllables
 Chapter 10: Stress in simple words