D1-LP-04 10.00 -12.00 Jennie WONG Rebecca Chen HKIEd p.1 I take it you already know Of tough and bough and cough and dough? Others may stumble, but not you On hiccough, thorough, slough and through. Well done! And now you wish, perhaps, To learn of less familiar traps? Beware of heard, a dreadful word, That looks like beard and sounds like bird. And dead: it’s said like bed, not bead – For goodness’ sake don’t call it ‘deed’. Watch out for meat and great and threat. They rhyme with suite and straight and debt. What does this poem tell us about Letter-sound in English? I take relationship it you already know Of tough and bough and cough and dough? Others may stumble, but not you On hiccough, thorough, slough and through. Well done! And now you wish, perhaps, Same letters BUT different sounds To learn of less familiar traps? tough Bewarebough cough word, dough of heard, a dreadful /That looks like /b beard and / sounds like/d bird. t k U And dead:aU it’s said likeslough bed, not bead – hiccough thorough through For goodness’ sake don’t call it ‘deed’. f / f/ / / / /s / Watch out for meat and great and threat. / Ik. hiccup They rhyme . with suite and la straight and debt. What does this poem tell us about Letter-sound in English? I take relationship it you already know OfDifferent tough andletters bough and dough? BUTcough sameand sounds Others may stumble, but not you beard /b heard bird / /b On hiccough, thorough, slough and through. Id d d Well done! And now you wish, perhaps, ea / bead /b / To learn of less familiar traps? / bed dead /d /ded//bed/ d Beware of heard, a dreadful word, d /beard and sounds like bird. That looks like meat /m great /g threat / / And dead: it’s said like bed, not bead – suite /sw straight /st debt /d t/ eIt et For goodness’ sake don’t call it ‘deed’. tout for meat eIt et /great and threat. / Watch and / They/ rhyme with suite/ and straight and debt. Letter-sound What does this relationship poem tell in usEnglish about Letter-sound in English? I take relationship it you already know Of tough and bough and cough and dough? Same letters BUT different sounds Others may stumble, but not you e.g. tough & bough On hiccough, thorough, slough and through. Different letters BUT same sounds Well done! And now you wish, perhaps, e.g.ofheard & bird To learn less familiar traps? Beware of heard, a dreadful word, That looks like beard and sounds like bird. And dead: it’s said like bed, not bead – Forreally goodness’ so sake don’t call it ‘deed’. Watch out for meat and great and threat They rhyme with suite and straight and debt I take it you already know Of tough ough and a bough ough and a cough ough and a dough? ough? Others may stumble,, but not you On hiccough, thorough, slough and through. Well done!! And now you wish,, perhaps,, To learn of less familiar traps? more regular patterns than irregular ones in Bewareletters of heard, a dreadful word, many cases, in English can be mapped That looks and sounds like bird. reliably to justlike onebeard sound And84% dead: said like bed, bead – approx. of it’s English words arenot phonetically For (Blevins goodness’ sake don’t call it ‘deed’. regular 2006) Watch out for meatspelling and great and threat seeing links between & PRON = ability to narrow down possibilities vsstraight making and wilddebt guess They rhyme with suite and Using SPELLING (+ knowledge of the language) as a resource to help work out PRONUNCIATION Putting words together Sentence Stress and Rhythm p.2 Initial-h Harry hid a hammer behind his hat. / “h” as part of a letter group (digraph) Why did Philip choose these three shirts? / /w/ /f/ /tS/ /D/ // /S/ laugh graph /f/ /tS/ match with both cash /f/ /D/ // Silent-h hour honest heir honour / initial-h in words of French / Latin origin horse help happy hair / / words of Anglo-Saxon origin (Old English) horrible hospital host / human / of French / Latin origin but over the centuries, people started to / pronounce the initial-h herb UK /b/ Silent-h hour honest heir honour initial-h in words of French / Latin origin Sarah cheetah pharaoh finaI-h that follows vowel(s) vehicle exhibition Beckham exhale h in an unstressed syllable vehicular /.I.kl`/ /ek.sIbI.S /I /eks Ik.jU eI Silent-h hour honest heir honour initial-h in words of French / Latin origin Sarah cheetah pharaoh finaI-h that follows vowel(s) vehicle exhibition Beckham h in an unstressed syllable hate / date late state chocolate /tS e adequate k. approximate calculate It / coordinate lt/ graduate unfortunate VERB hate / approximate eI t/ calculate coordinate graduate NOUN chocolate /t ADJ adequate approximate coordinate graduate unfortunate How about these words with –age ending? stage age image damage encourage package /k /k /km common computer baI comfort m m.e comparable comprehensible / Id/ / cone concert conversation conduct condition comfort // common comparable // concert // computer cone /U/ comprehensible conversation conduct condition conduct /b /b lesher little finger. les. She crooked /k t/ on the crookedId/ I drove slowly country road. Uk /k t/ Uk. wicked /w naked Ik. / Id/ Id/ eI. kId / p.3 hallelujah Durham Nottingham enhance gate appropriate separate irritate cottage voyage percentage compare comic comma composition concave contribute confidentiality She is a learned professor. I learned English at school. His beloved wife died last year. Using SPELLING (+ knowledge of the language) as a resource to help work out PRONUNCIATION Putting words together Sentence Stress and Rhythm It's raining, it's pouring The old man is snoring He went to bed, And he bumped his head And he couldn't get up in the morning. Rain, rain, go away Come again some other day Rain, rain, go away Come again some other day. http://www.bbc.co.uk/schoolradio/subjects/earlylearning/nurserysong s/F-J/raining_pouring Come again some other day Come ▲ again ▲ some ▲ other ▲ day Come again some day Come again some other day Consonant-Vowel Linking other It’sover. Whatif? Whatelse. I’mOK. The old man is snoring. The old man is snoring. Linking-/j/ (yi) The y old man is snoring. beyond /b d/ See y eye to eye. Rain, rain, go away. Rain, rain, go away. Linking-/w/ Rain, rain, gow away. See eye toweye. koala w /kUA CV linking Linking-/j/ (yi) Linking-/w/ Two boys were arguing when the teacher entered the room. y w The teacher says, "Why are you arguing?" One boy answers, "We found a ten dollar note and decided to give it to whoever tells the biggest lie." y "You should be ashamed of yourselves," said the teacher, "When I was your age I didn't even know what a lie was." The boys gave the ten dollars to the teacher. Using SPELLING (+ knowledge of the language) as a resource to help work out PRONUNCIATION Putting words together Sentence Stress and Rhythm Listen to the following sentence carefully. Pay attention to the stress and rhythm. p.4 I’m going to the shop to buy some eggs. Which syllables receive greater stress? 2 5 English has stress-timed rhythm A, B, C, D A and B and C and D An A and a B and a C and a D An A and then a B and then a C and then a D A, B, C, D A and B and C and D An A and a B and a C and a D An A and then a B and then a C and then a D O O O O A and B and C and D An A and a B and a C and a D An A and then a B and then a C and then a D O O O o O O o O O o O An A and a B and a C and a D An A and then a B and then a C and then a D O O O O O o O o O o O o O o o O o o O o o O An A and then a B and then a C and then a D O O o o O o o o Oooo O O o O o o Oooo O O o O o o Oooo O O O O A, B, C, D A and B and C and D An A and a B and a C and a D An A and then a B and then a C and then a D I’m going to the shop to buy some eggs. I’m GOing to the SHOP to BUY some EGGS. im GO ingtothe SHOP to BUY some EGGS Weak forms unstressed, with softer voice & faster pace stressed syllables of an utterance are louder, longer and more clearly articulated & they tend to be evenly spaced unstressed syllables are squeezed in between resulting in a regular alternation of strong & weak syllables making up the rhythm of English utterances im GO ingtothe SHOP to BUY some EGGS Weak forms unstressed, with softer voice & faster pace Kenworthy (1987) “All aspects of rhythm and stress, including word stress, are highly problematical for [Chinese] learners and must be given high priority.” (p.130) English – stress-timed Chinese – syllable-timed all syllables are of approximately equal length equal time intervals between stressed syllables Kenworthy (1987) “All aspects of rhythm and Good morning stress, including word stress, are highly 陳老師早晨。 Miss Chen. problematical for [Chinese] learners and must 很高興認識你。 Nice to meet you. be given high priority.” (p.130) English – stress-timed Chinese – syllable-timed all syllables are of approximately equal length equal time intervals between stressed syllables To practise this stressed-timed rhythm: Kenworthy (1987) “All aspects of rhythm and gradually build up a phrase stress, including word stress, are highly add more and more syllables problematical for [Chinese] learners and must but keep the stressed syllables clear & keep the time be given high priority.” (p.130) between them constant. equal time intervals English – stress-timed between stressed syllables Good morning Miss Chen. Nice to meet you. I’m going to the shop to buy some eggs. Baa baa black sheep, Have you any wool? Yes sir, yes sir, Three bags full! One for the master, One for the dame, And one for the little boy Who lives down the lane. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g3xtMZvG2WI http://mymedia.yam.com/m/3209749 http://ec-concord.ied.edu.hk/phonetics_and_phonology/wordpress/ Rebecca Chen hsuehchu@ied.edu.hk Jennie Wong jennie@ied.edu.hk