So you think you can dance your way to perfect pronunciation! by bill acton
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So you think you can dance your way to perfect pronunciation! by bill acton
- 1. So You Think You can Dance Your Way to Perfect Pronunciation! William Acton Trinity Western University University of Victoria January 19, 2010 Acton©2010
- 2. Agenda Warm Up! The Music Box dance (High, Mid & Low Pitch) The i-moves (Intonation) “Come on over!” with Shania Twain How about a movie? (Discourse prosody) Rhythmic Feet (of English) The Rhythm Fight Club! Acton©2010
- 3. Rock Star vowel-a-font Acton©2010
- 4. Rock Star Vowels! Acton©2010
- 5. Golf Jaw (ae – ah – awe) Acton©2010
- 6. Opera Diva Catelephant(Ah – Oh) Ah Oh Acton©2010
- 7. The Matrix, the Music Box (key of C) Acton©2010
- 8. The Nodes (the Mavericks) Acton©2010
- 9. The i-moves (PSST!s) See handout! Acton©2010
- 10. Come on Over! (Twain) Flat Flat Dip Up Up jump Down – final fall (mid) Down Down Dip Down – final fall (mid) Down jump Down jump Dip Down Jump – final fall (mid) Down – final fall (high) Acton©2010
- 11. How about a Movie I? (See handout) Acton©2010
- 12. How about a Movie II? (See handout) Acton©2010
- 13. Rhythmic Feet (of English) Composed of stressed and unstressed syllables Maximum 7 syllables for learners (That’s very fascinating!) Possible 16 patterns (16 feet) Sometimes both primary and secondary stress Often obvious in traditional poetry but not in general conversation (She sells sea shells by the sea shore!) Varies depending on dialect of English (US/Canada) Varies depending on English competence, current cognitive and emotional state Acton©2010
- 14. Rhythm Feet Fight Club Begin every pattern with the same hand Stressed syllable will be on the “ball” hand Like this: Cool! (ball in left hand) That’s cool! (ball in right hand) Very cool! (ball in left hand) That’s very cool! (ball in right hand) “Float like a butterfly; sting like a bee!”( M. Ali (1982) Acton©2010
- 15. RFFC Key words Sparring Cool Funky Super Cool! Super Funky! Fighting! Bad Nasty Dangerous Devastating Acton©2010
- 16. RFC - Moves Very smooth, with full rotation, when “sparring”, feet apart As fast as possible when “fighting”; feet together Jabs “o” (short, close to body) Punches “0” (extend arm to maximum) Punch is always with hand with ball! Always start with left hand when sparring Always start with right hand on fighting Change ball after each foot Acton©2010
- 17. RFFC Feet – Butterfly Sparring! 0 Cool! o0 That’s cool! oo0 Very cool! ooo0 That’s very cool! 0o Funky! o0o That’s funky! oo0o Very funky! ooo0o That’s very funky! 0oo Super cool! o0oo That’s super cool! oo0oo Very super cool! ooo0oo That’s very super cool! 0ooo Super funky! o0ooo That’s super funky! oo0ooo Very super funky! ooo0ooo That’s very super funky! Acton©2010
- 18. RFFC Feet – Bee Sting Fighting! 0 Bad! o0 That’s bad! oo0 Very bad! ooo0 That’s very bad! 0o Nasty! o0o That’s Nasty! oo0o Very Nasty! ooo0o That’s very Nasty! 0oo Dangerous! o0oo That’s Dangerous! oo0oo Very Dangerous! ooo0oo That’s very Dangerous! 0ooo Devastating! o0ooo That’s Devastating! oo0ooo Very Devastating! ooo0ooo That’s very Devastating! Acton©2010
- 19. Benediction [Left] May the wind oo0 [Right] Be at your back ooo0 [Left] And the sun upon oo0oo [Right] Your face o0 [Left] May the road rise up to meet you oooooo0o [Right] Good fortune greet you ooo0o [Left] And you win the big one! oooo0o Acton©2010