Pronunciation

tocThe examiners focus on pronunciation, grammar/vocabulary, and fluency/communication in the oral exam. Pronunciation is the first consideration.
 * __Pronunciation__**

//Warm up://

She stood on the balcony, inexplicably mimicking him hiccuping and amicably welcoming him in.

Which words (syllables) are stressed and which are not? Why?

**Voice setting**
or articulatory setting (Honikman, 1964)

Rich: [|Voice-setting for teachers] Kerr: [|Articulatory setting and voice production: issues in accent modification] Wilson, 2006, [|Articulatory settings of French and English monolingual and bilingual speakers]

Consonants

**Th**
One of the things I thought I should mention is the theme of atheism.

[|The sounds of American English] [|Anatomy] θ versus ð What moves? What is different between the two sounds?

**Aspiration: h**
[|The sounds of American English] [|Anatomy] h What happens? What two problems are likely to occur for French speakers?

//Vowels://

**the letter 'o'**
Songs of innocence: [|A cradle song (William Blake)] Write down the words with an 'o' and put them in categories according to how they are pronounced.

**Practice**
[|Teacher-led shadow-reading] (British Council) Independent practice with [|shadow reading]

**Student presentation**
Birgit on Good manners in King Lear (listen and view comments)

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