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Pronlist (Pronunciation in Listening)

This document discusses pronunciation in listening and provides rules for word stress in English. It notes that English is not phonetically consistent, so words are not always pronounced as they are spelled. It defines homographs as words with the same spelling but different pronunciations, and homophones as words with the same pronunciation but different spellings and meanings. It discusses word stress, syllables, and provides rules for determining stress patterns in words with 1, 2, or more syllables based on their spelling patterns, including noun/verb distinctions and compound words. The document instructs students to apply these rules and concepts by analyzing the pronunciation of words in videos from the first online listening class.

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Pronlist (Pronunciation in Listening)

This document discusses pronunciation in listening and provides rules for word stress in English. It notes that English is not phonetically consistent, so words are not always pronounced as they are spelled. It defines homographs as words with the same spelling but different pronunciations, and homophones as words with the same pronunciation but different spellings and meanings. It discusses word stress, syllables, and provides rules for determining stress patterns in words with 1, 2, or more syllables based on their spelling patterns, including noun/verb distinctions and compound words. The document instructs students to apply these rules and concepts by analyzing the pronunciation of words in videos from the first online listening class.

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PRONLIST

(Pronunciation in Listening)
PRONUNCIATION

Pronunciation (noun):
the way in which we pronounce a word

Pronounce (verb):
to make a sound of a word
ENGLISH IS NOT PHONETIC

It means that we do not always say


a word the same way we spell it.
• Some words can have same spelling
but different pronunciation (homograph)
- I like to read (dibaca riid)
- I have read that book (dibaca red)
• Some words can have
different spelling and
same pronunciation
- I have read that book (dibaca red)
- My favourite colour is red (dibaca red)
HOMOPHONES

Words that have exactly


the same pronunciation (sound)
but different spelling and meaning

to, two
our, hour
read (past form), red
WORD STRESS

If we don’t use word stress in English:


1. non-native speakers will find it difficult
to understand native speakers, especially
those who are speaking fast
2. native speaker will find it difficult to
understand non native speakers
SYLLABLE
- Word is made from syllables
dog, green, quite 1 syllable
quiet, table, flower 2 syllables
interesting 3 syllables

- Every syllable at least consists of


one vowel
- We do not say each syllable with the same
force or strength; we accentuate
one syllable

photograph
photographer
photographic
RULES OF WORD STRESS

1. One word, one stress


2. The stress is always on vowel
plastic /plaes’ tIk/
/’plaes tIk/
3. The stress on the 1st syllable is found
in the most 2 syllable nouns
present, export, china

4. The stress on the last syllable is found


in the most 2 syllable verbs.
to present, export, begin
5. The stress on the penultimate syllable
(2nd from end) is found in
- words ending in -ic
graphic, geographic, geologic
- words ending in –ion, sion
television, revolution
6. The stress on the ante-penultimate
syllable (3rd from end) is found in
- words ending in –cy, ty, phy, gy, al.
geography, critical, democracy
7. Compound words (words with 2
parts)
have the stress
- compound as nouns
word the following:
have
the stress on the 1st part.
black bird
- compound word adjectives have
the stress on the 2nd part.
bad-tempered
- compound word verbs have
the stress on the 2nd part.
understand
THE 2ND ONLINE CLASS OF ACADEMIC LISTENING

 Read the PPT file to understand concept of pronunciation in listening


 Watch and listen again to the videos you transcribed in the 1 st Online Class
 Do the following assignment as the instruction says
1. Find homographs as many as you can in the video
2. Find in the video the words that have different spelling and same pronunciation as many as you can
3. Find homophones as many as you can in the video
4. Find as many as possible the words in the video that consist of 1, 2, 3 syllable/s
5. The stress on the 1st syllable is found in the most 2 syllable nouns. Find as many as possible the example
such pronounced words.
6. The stress on the last syllable is found in the most 2 syllable verbs. Find as many as possible the example
such pronounced words.
7. The stress on the penultimate syllable (2nd from end) is found in
a. words ending in –ic
b. words ending in –ion, sion
Find as many as possible the example such pronounced words.
8.The stress on the ante-penultimate syllable (3rd from end) is found in words ending in –cy, ty, phy, gy, al.
Find as many as possible the example such pronounced words.
9. Compound words (words with 2 parts) have the stress as the following
- compound word nouns have the stress on the 1 st part.
- compound word adjectives have the stress on the 2nd part
- compound word verbs have the stress on the 2 nd part.
Find as many as possible the example such pronounced words.

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