/kaʊ/ or /kɔːl/:

a workshop on
pronunciation
JOÃO EDUARDO DE MOURA
PROFESSOR DE INGLÊS
AGENDA
01 PRONUNCIATION IN L2 ENGLISH
04 HETERONYMS

02 MINIMAL PAIRS
05 STRESS

03 HOMOPHONES
06 LINKING SOUNDS
 CONCEPTS

PHONEME GRAPHEME PHONETICS

(noun) the smallest (noun) the smallest (noun) the study of
unit of speech in a unit in a writing speech sounds and
language that makes system that makes how they are
the difference the difference produce d.
between one word between one word
and another. In and another. In
English, the /s/ English, the s in sip
sound in sip and the and the sh in ship.
/z/ sound in zip.
 CONCEPTS

IPA
THE INTERNATIONAL
PHONETIC
ALPHABET
 01

Accent is not the focus

Inteligibility
the fact of being able to be easily understood
Cross-linguistic differences
02
MINIMAL A pair of words that differ by one sound.

PAIRS
pen pan
/pen/ /pæn/
 /ɪ/ /iː/

ship sheep
Practice
sit seat saying
the
bin bean
words.
slip sleep

fit feet
height hate

dirty thirty
Practice
bad bed saying
the
man men
words.
hop hope

knot note
03
HOMOPHONES
A word that is pronounced like another
word but has a different spelling or
meaning.

two too
/tuː/ /tuː/
 buy - comprar bye - tchau

ate - comer (pas.) eight - oito

Now, make
here - aqui hear - escutar sentences
using the
peace - paz piece - peça
words.
know - saber no - não

son - filho sun - sol

04
HETERONYMS
Two or more words that have the same
spelling but different meanings and
pronunciation.

tear tear
/ter/ /tɪr/
a drop of liquid that comes
to damage something
out of your eye when you cry
 /ˈpɑːlɪʃ/ - polir
polish
/ˈpəʊlɪʃ/ - Polonês
Practice
/bəʊ/ - arco saying
bow the
/baʊ/ - curvar-se
words.
/liːd/ - conduzir
lead
/led/ - grafite
 (n) /ˈɒbdʒɪkt/
object
(v) /əbˈdʒɛkt/
Practice
(n) /ˈproʊtɛst/ saying
protest the
(v) /proʊˈtɛst/
words.
(n) /ˈpreznt/
present
(v) /prɪˈzent/
05
STRESS
stress
sounds we emphasise in
words and sentences
Syllables
• garden
• vegetable
• potato
• attractive
• enough
• include
 Practice saying the sentences,
stressing the words in bold.
What are the differences in meaning?

• He came to the party yesterday.

• He walked to the party yesterday.
• He came to the party yesterday.
• He came to the party yesterday.
06
LINKING
the merging of different
words together until they
sound like they're just
one word.
Same sound Consonant + vowel
quiet town an elephant
pink car an apple
red dress these are
There’s an apple in the tree.
Practice
She asked for a glass of water.
saying the
I need to see you right away. sentences.

I fell in the swimming pool.

Disappearing /h/
I like (h)er.
Is (h)e here?
Was (h)e sleeping?
Ask (h)er about it.
Look (th)em up.
Flap T
Festa - Party
Sábado - Saturday
Melhor - Better
Carta - Letter
Esperando - Waiting
Pequeno - Little
I just need a little bottle of water.
This city is very pretty, but security is bad. Practice
This metal battery box is a total waste. saying the

Ask her about it. sentences.

Look them up.

I don’t know him.
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EDUARDO
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