1. USING FRENCH
TO FIX STUDENTS’
ENGLISH PRONUNCIATION
By
HANADI MIRZA
- LEBANON -

2. 1. Lèst wik, za manajer travelled to London wiz jorj
2. zey askid za asistant to bouk a singal roum
3. ay wont to conplit may work
4. ôt è l, Polis, Louk, (un)tèrnèt, (un)formeyshon
5. Voushé, Soshiyal, Job, Pypol, in zè pèst, Pérson, Sheynj
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3. ESL Language Textbooks
Skills Subskills
Listening Grammar
Speaking- Pronunciation
Reading
Writing- Spelling

4. Accuracy / Correctness
WRITING  SPELLING
SPEAKING  PRONUNCIATION
Problems: Meaning
Fossilized Mistakes

5. British English?
OR
American English?

6. ________________ [tshèr]
________________ [tsh é yndj]
________________ [vawtsher]
_____________ [last yri]

7. What Do We Remember?
We remember …
 10% of what we read;
 20% of what we hear;
 30% of what we see;
 50% of what we see and hear
 80% of what we say;
 90% of what we say and do
From: Resources for Organizations and Creative Training TechnIques, 1997
LEARNING by DOING
Learning Styles
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8. Loanwords
1. Police, Fiancé, étiquette, Opera, Drama
2. Prince, Lieutenant, Duke
3. Music, Letter, Soldier, Army

9. Helpful Sounds
 Won’t / want (1, 2, 3)
 In – Out / On- Off / Facebook
 Internet / Conference / Look ]
 Language, job [dj] NO ( j )  [dj] j / g
 Although [ol ذ ó ] [ ذ= zz]
 Thank You [ ثè nk] [ ث= sz]
 This [zz I s] These [zz y z]
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10. Simplified Phonetics
SOUNDS of a Language
People [Pypel] persons
Jordan [djorden] Country
Schedule [skèdjouweul Time
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11. French Letters
 English Sounds
[ e ] = (euh) sound  Le
 Person [p eu rs en
 Fair [fèr]
 London [landen]
 Work in pairs [weurk in pèrz]
 Question [kwèst shen]
 Brochure [broshour]
 Hotel [hotèll]
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12. Spelling vs. [Pronunciation]
Psychology (ps--) [p saykolodjy]
Pneumonia (pn--) [nemonia]
Climbing, comb, lamb, bomb (--mb)  [klayming], [kom], [lèm], [bám]
Calm, Palm (--l m) [kám] , [pám]
Folk , Folktale (-- l k)  [fok] , [fokteyl]
Vegetable [vè dj tebel]
Comfortable [kámftebel]
Government (nm) [gaverment]
Suggest, Suggestion [sag djèst], [sagdj èstshen]
People, Apple [pypel], [ápe]
Sensual , Sensuality [sènsh ou wel] , [sènsh ouwality]
Nation, Nationality [neyshen], [nashenality]
Social , Beautiful [soshel] , [byour efel]
Original but Originally [oridjinel] but [oridjenly]
Actually [aktshely]
Say but Says [sey] but [sèz]
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13.  Determine / Mine, Examine [ditermen] but [mayn] [égzámin]
 Seduce but Seduction [sidýous] but [sidakshen]
 Appreciate [áprishiyeyt]
 Result, Adult → [rizált] , [edált]
 World, Work, Word, War [w eu rld], [weurk], [weurd], [wor]
 July, Major [djoulay] , [meydjer]
 Children, Church [tshildren], [tsheurtsh]
 Pleasure , Pleasurable, Leisure [plèjer] , [plèjrebel] / [lyjer]
 Write/Written, Hide/Hidden [rayt] / [riten] , [hayd] /[hiden]
 Teacher [tytsher] , Doctor, Dollars [dákter] , [dále rz]
 Cat, Cup, Color: (c)  [k] [Kèt, [Kap], [káler]
 Circus, Ceremony: (c)  [s] [seurkes] , [sérémony]
 Gallery, Go, Gun: (g)  [g] [galery] , [go] , [gan]
 Giraffe, Generous: (g)  [dj] [djiraf] , [djèneres]
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14. (continued)
 The + consonant  [zze] never [ze]
 Although (th)  [zz] [o l zz o]
 Thank You (th)  [sz] [sz ènk] Never [sènk] You
 The +a pple/ e lephant/ i sland/ o range/ u mbrella→ [zz y ] never [zz e] nor [zy]
 The + eu ropean, u nited the+[you] (as 1st sound) [zz e] NOT [zz y]
 Use the [yous] but I/you [youz]
 Process but processes → [próses] but [prosesiz]
 Woman but women → [woumen] but [wymn]
 Police , Police station [polys]
 Symptom→ (--m p) [simtem]
 Wanted / Added / Promised / Grinned
 [want id] , [ád id] , [prom ist] , [grind]
 Battles, Flags / Groups, Mats Kisses, Churches,—>
 [bátelz] , [flágz] / [groups] , [máts] / [ kiss iz ] , [tsheurtsh iz]
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15. VOICED & VOICELESS
SOUNDS
Past Tense of Regular Verbs
(-ed)  [-id] , [-t] , or [-d] ?
[-t] & [-d] + [-id] / Vd + [-d] / vl + [-t]
Created , Needed / Proved / Fixed
Voiced sounds  a-b-d-g-i-j-l-m-n-o-r-u-v-w-y-z
Voiceless sounds  c[k,s] -ch-f-h-k-p-q-s-sh-t-x
Plural Form of Nouns
(-s)  [-z] or [-s] or [-iz] ?
vd + [-z] / vl + [-s] / -ch, -sh, -ss, -x + -ez]
Boys, girls / cats, lin ks / classes, foxes
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16. How Do We Say It?
 Electronic Reader
 Mobile reader
 Google Translate
 BBC & CNN

17. Intonation Makes Meaning
 1. John loves Richard more than Mary.
 2. Old men and women will be served first.
 3. The lamb is too hot to eat.
 4. Kissing girls is what John likes best.
 5. Women without men are nothing.

18. Order of Language Skills
 READ ALOUD
 Listening Activities
 Writing/Speaking Activities


19. Speaking Activities
- Monolog = lecture radio news,…
- Dialog = interpersonal or transactional
Fluency versus Accuracy
 Fluency: NOT speed
 ability to express one’s ideas logically
 Accuracy: NO Grammar OR
Pronunciation mistakes
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20. Hanadi MIRZA
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* www.hanadimirza.blogspot.com
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