pronunciation: 2009

viernes, 13 de noviembre de 2009

/wɪtʃ wɪtʃ duː jə wɪʃ?/

The witch who was frightened of Halloween

The following is a site where you can read stories as well as listen to them. Here in this link we have the story of a witch who was frightened of Halloween (ironic ah!). Read, enjoy and practice!
Search on this web page and you will find amazing things!

http://storynory.com/2007/10/14/the-witch-who-was-frightened-of-halloween/

Vowel sounds (A cute video to practice the vowels)

President George W. Bush, Hu's on first?

A great web page to practice pronunciation

Hi everyone. The following link will provide you a lot of exercises to practice pronunciation at home. Hope you enjoy it!

http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/learningenglish/grammar/pron/quiz/quiz1/

Misunderstanding "The fork"

The "schwa"

If you want to watch the full video screen, go to the following site:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lo8KNFzHsd4&feature=related

The "w" sound and the "r" sound

Hi everybody! In order to practice the difference between the W sound and the R sound, I strongly recommend you to visit the following link. I couldn’t upload the video because the embedding is disabled by request (that’s what it says!). We will discuss and practice in the next class the difference between both of those sounds.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UpB09DKh4F8&feature=related

Phonics and home methodology

Task

Due to November the 17th

First assignment:
Watch the video "The Italian man who went to Malta" analyze it; write down a text (200 words minimum) where you explain all the misunderstandings and the moral of the video. It is an individual task and I will collect all your texts coming class.

Second assignment:
Create a short funny story (your own story) where you can evidence pronunciation misunderstandings.