SHORT AND LONG I

1- Listen to the sentences and repeat

1- No more green beans to eat please.

2- Would you like some more veal, Jean?

3- Does your niece need more tea?

4- For dessert: ice-cream or cheese?

5- At least these three peaches are easy to peel.

6- I'd like to eat more meat and peas.

2- Listen and choose the right words.

CHANTS

BIG MOUTH JOHN BROWN.

Who did you see?

I saw John.

John who?

John Brown.           

I can't hear you.

I said John Brown.

I can't hear you.

I said John Brown.

I can't hear you.

I said John Brown.

I said John Brown.

John Brown.

John Brown.

What did he say?

Who?

John Brown.

John Brown?

Yes. What did he say?

He didn’t say anything.

Nothing?

Not a word.

I don't believe it.

I don't believe it.

Big Mouth John Brown didn't say a word?

Not a word.

I don't believe it. I don't believe it.

Big Mouth John Brown didn't say a word?

Big Mouth John Brown didn't say a word.

SOME STUDENTS DOING THE CHANT

THE SCHWA SOUND (IV)

1- I had a salad and a main course.
2- Give her an egg if she's hungry.
3-She went to look for the fruit.
4- He gave me a basket of bread.
5- Get some pasta and rice.
6- I like to cook.
7- She ordered a soup.
8- Have some orange juice.
9-He invited me for lunch.
10- He made this jar of jam himself.


1- It's time for lunch.
2- Some egg and chips.
3- The bag of nuts.
4- To drink and eat.
5- To cook some rice.
6- As fast as that.
7- A meal for two.
8- the box of food.
9- Some fish or meat.

THE SCHWA SOUND (III)

THE SCHWA SOUND (II)

Listen to these questions. Please note how, in fast speech, the speakers pronounce many of the questions with only three syllables. The rhythm is OooO in most of them. When the rhythym is different, it is witten in brackets.

1- What do you want?

2- What does he do?

3- Where have you been?

4-Where did he go?

5- What did he do?

6- Where do they live?

7- What did he say?

8- Where will they work?

9- What did you see?

10- Where have you gone?

11- Who did we meet?

12- Where will he sit?

13- When will it end?

14- Where have you been?

15- Who has she asked?

16- What do you do? I'm a doctor.

17- Where do you live? I live in Kingston, Jamaica

18-Where do you work? I work in the University Hospital.

19- Are you married? (ooOo) Yes, I'm married. My husband is a teacher.

20- What does he teach? He teaches History and Geography.

21- Where does he teach? At the Grove Road Secondary School.

22- Where did you meet him? (OooOo) I met him when I was on holiday in Florida.

23- When did you get married? (OoooOo) We got married in 1999.

THE SCHWA SOUND (I)

Listen to these pairs of words. Then listen to the sentences and repeat.

1- Woman or women? What time did the women arrive?
2- Dress or address? Where's Kate's address?
3- Manager's or manages? The team manager's well.
4- Teacher's or teaches? The German teaches English.
5- Weight's or waiters? The waiter's heavy.
6- Dancer's or dances? The woman dancer's fast.
7- Officer's or offices? The officer's here.
8- Away or way? Take that away.
9- Driver or drive? What a nice drive!
10- Racer's or races? The races finished.

PRONUNCIATION AND SPELLING

Pronunciation is very important in English. I'd like you to have a look at these two videos and realize how important this aspect is when learning a language. 






Still sceptical? Then, try this one!

I hope these two videos have whetted you appetite to practise English pronunciation!

Now watch two videos where the teacher explains why learning English pronunciation is important. Watch, listen and answer the questions below.

Video 1

 

1- Why is pronunciation important, according to the teacher? Good pronunciation is  very important for good spoken communication

2- She says it's not important to speak like a native speaker. What is then a good pronunciation for her? What is important is that you're able to speak clearly and that you don't prevent other people from understanding what you are trying to say.

3- She says there are lots of different accents. What's her accent? Standard Southern British English Accent.

Video 2

1- What's her first advice to those who want to improve their pronunciation? To try to learn each different sound of English.

2- Why does she think learning the symbols representing the sounds is so important? Because that way we learn the sounds.

3- How many sounds are there in English? There are more than twenty-six sounds. In fact there are over forty different sounds in English.

4- Where can you often find these symbols? You can find them in dictionaries for English learners.

5- Why are slashes /     / used? They are used to show that it is the sounds which have been written and not the letters, the transcriptions are written between slashes.

6- So, what's the teacher's advice about sounds and symbols? She says that if you want to improve your English pronunciation, you should  learn the different sounds and if you want to learn the different sounds you should learn the symbols.

7- What's the point in learning sounds and symbols in English? If you know the symbols and the sounds you'll be able to use many dictionaries to find the pronunciation of any word in English and you won't even need a teacher.

Well , after all these videos I think it's time to work and to work hard........

LONG AND SHORT "-I"

VIDEOS PARA EL SONIDO "I LARGA"


VIDEO 1

VIDEO 2

VIDEO 3

Mr McGuee: Hello, Josephine. Are you raising money for your school?

Josephine: Yes, Mr McGuee. Would you like to buy a tree?

Mr McGuee: I've already got one of those.

Josephine: How about your very own street?

Mr McGuee: I'd love it. But I already live in my very own street.

Josephine: That's pretty much all I have Mr McGuee.

Mr McGuee: How about if I buy your sneeze?

Josephine: What? I can sell you something normal like a tree.But a sneeze? It's just plain weird!

Mr McGuee: I'll give you 5 bucks for it.

Josephine: Sold it!

VIDEO 4

In this video you can learn some commomn spellings for the "long i"

VIDEO 5

 In this video you can see and listen to a song using words with the "short i"

LONG AND SHORT "E"



THE SHORT "E" SONG



SOME SPELLING PATTERNS FOR THE LONG "E"



Please note that in this last video the spelling pattern is "wor-" rather than "-or"

LONG AND SHORT "O"



LONG "A"



DOS PRONUNCIACIONES PARA LA "A" CORTA



THE SHORT "U"

THE LONG "U"

THE VOWEL "SCHWA"