sábado, 12 de mayo de 2012

Vowels and vowels rules

In english, spelling, each vowel letter can be pronunced with different sounds. There are only five vowel letters, but there are many more vowel sounds. The most common pronunciation are the alphabet vowel sounds and the relative vowel sounds

Sometimes vowel letters are pronunced like their names. These sounds are called the alphabet  vowel sounds.The alphabet vowel sounds are pronunced with a small change in the sound at the end  this change is called the off-glide




If there are two vowel letters in an one- syllable word

1. The first vowel letter is pronunced with its aphabet vowel sound

a /ei/
e /i/
i /ai/
o /ou/
u  /iu/

2. The second vowel letter is silent 

Example 

Fine
Twice 
Note 
Chose 

Listen this video and practice




jueves, 10 de mayo de 2012

INTONATION


Intonation is crucial for communication,  It's also a largely unconscious mechanism, and as such, a complex aspect of pronunciation.
Intonation is about how we say things, rather than what we say. Without intonation, it's impossible to understand the expressions and thoughts that go with words.


SOME RULES:
* Wh-word questions: falling intonation
* Yes/No questions: rising
* Statements: falling
* Question-Tags: 'chat' - falling; 'check' - rising
* Lists: rising, rising, rising, falling

A SHOPPING DIALOGE:
SK: Can I help you?
C: I'd like a chocolate (fall) ice-cream.
SK: One chocolate (fall-rise) ice-cream. Anything else?
C: One strawberry (fall) ice-cream.
SK: One chocolate (fall), one strawberry (fall). Anything else?
C: Yes. One chocolate (fall), one strawberry (fall), and one vanilla (fall-rise).