Assignments - Thursday 05/03/17

Review all previous posts, particularly the ones from March.

On Thursday, we will read the script of a speech and practice sounds, linking, and intonation.

REVIEW

Review everything I've posted over the last few days.

See you in class.

IGNITE

Check out a few of these Ignite talks:

http://www.ignitetalks.io/

Practice...

https://youtu.be/Q7VvXtsOX2M

Linking / Blending

http://campusweb.howardcc.edu/ehicks/YE618/Mastering%20American%20Pronunciation/Sentenc_Stress_Linking_Blending_revised/Sentenc_Stress_Linking_Blending_revised_print.html

Sounds “sh” [ʃ] & ”ch” [tʃ]

http://www.elementalenglish.com/sh-vs-ch-english-pronunciation/

Sounds /p/ & /f/

https://www.engvid.com/p-f-pronunciation/

TED Talks

https://www.ted.com/playlists/226/before_public_speaking

My Summer Classes

Some students asked me which classes I would be teaching this summer, and I promised to post them on this blog... so here they are:

ESL 331 - INTERMEDIATE MULTISKILLS II (10345A & 10345D) - Saddleback College Campus
Monday/Tuesday/Wednesday/Thursday 7:00pm-10:05pm
Classroom LRC105

ESL 322 - BEGINNING CONVERSATION (80210A & 80210D) - Off-Site / Cap Adult *
Tuesday/Thursday 1:30pm-4:35pm
* Capistrano Adult School 31351 El Camino Real, San Juan Capistrano
Classroom 20

Schedule Information

Our last day of class will be Thursday, May 25th.

REVIEW

Please review all the posts from this blog. 
We will have exercises on every aspect of pronunciation at the next meeting, Thursday, April 20th.
Thank you!
Noosha :-)

Intonation

I know you love Rachel's pronunciation videos on intonation, and I encourage you to watch them again, but I also want you to watch the INTONATION series with Jennifer.  To access those videos, please  follow these directions:
1) go to YouTube
2) type "intonation pronunciation esl"
3) choose Jennifer ESL's videos

Linking

https://pronuncian.com/introduction-to-linking/

 http://www.elementalenglish.com/connected-speech-linking-american-english-pronunciation/

... and review all the other links that were posted starting March 10th on LINKING...

Stress

http://www.eslfocus.com/articles/phonology_syllable_stress-491.html

 https://www.toeflgoanywhere.org/learn-these-4-word-stress-rules-improve-your-pronunciation

http://www.really-learn-english.com/word-stress.html

Diphtongs

http://clas.mq.edu.au/speech/phonetics/phonetics/vowelgraphs/USE_Diphthongs.html

Sounds

https://pronuncian.com/sounds/

Simon Sinek

https://www.ted.com/talks/simon_sinek_how_great_leaders_inspire_action

SEE YOU TONIGHT AT SADDLEBACK COLLEGE!

Review...

... and remember that class meets at a different location this week... :-)

Resources...

http://home.apu.edu/~rrobison/Pronundiation%20Web%20Sites.htm

April 6th Class... THIS WEEK

Dear Students,

Our class will be at BGS 146  on Saddleback College campus on Thursday, April 6th.

See you next Thursday at 6pm!

Also, you can go to Admissions and Records (SSC 102) before 6 pm (closing time) to get your Saddleback picture ID if you want one.

All you need to have is your Saddleback ID number and sort kind of identification. More info here: https://www.saddleback.edu/admissions/college-id-cards

Noosha Ravaghi

Pronunciation Maze

The /ɔy/ sound is like the one found in words like "boys" and "choice"...
In this game, you have to find a path from boys to choice by connecting words with the /ɔy / sound. You can move up, down, left, right, or diagonal.

boys	employed	sleep	report	used	stay
girls	lie	toys	joined	noise	void
house	spoke	dance	stay	two	oyster
storm	speed	letter	know	employ	police
poker	toilet	coin	oil	jail	sorry
noisy	annoy	follow	sold	money	doing
boil	stole	fill	more	going	spoil
thief	enjoyed	now	good	play	hello
store	point	poison	buy	apply	destroy
baby	honk	age	royal	avoid	choice

Pronunciation / Stress

TED Talk

https://www.ted.com/talks/ric_elias?utm_source=tedcomshare&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=tedspread