American Intonation - 1
tips
- stress
- focus on stress and 'feeling'
- stress relates to rhythm and intonation
- think about not just individual sounds but also
think about the overall feeling of the sentence.
- study mouths movement
- repetition
pitch
- raised the pitch for the stress words, and dropped it at the end, and played with the level so every syllable was a little higher or a little lower than previous word .
- Intonation - emojis
- understand the hidding meaning
- GPS or mapping
- "that was good" - rise, fall, and rise
- "that was good" - rise, falling at the end <- negative
Stress - longer, louder, and higher
- verb, adj, and noun
- de-stress: relaxed and short -> function word
Intonation, Linking, Rhythm
- [The shape of stress](http://rachelsenglish.com/stress-syllable-shape-stress/)
- the schwa sound
- vowel -> /ə/
- [stress-timed language](http://rachelsenglish.com/english-stress-timed-language/)
- to -> /tə/ or /də/
- because of -> /kəz ə/
- for -> /fər/
- and -> /ən/
- them -> /əm/
- at -> /ət|/
- can -> /kən/
- are -> /ər/
- was -> /wəz/
- that -> /ðət|/
- your -> /yər/
- at the -> /ət| ðə/
- her -> /ər/
- it's okay -> /tsou 'kei/
- as -> /əz/ as tall as
- was -> /wəz/
- You're welcome /jər' wel kəm/
- [WHAT DID Reduction](http://rachelsenglish.com/reduction-2/)
+ what did -> /'wʌt| did/ or /wʌd/
+ what did he -> /'wʌd i/
+ what did you -> /wʌdʒ ə/
- [helping verb](http://rachelsenglish.com/reduction/)
+ do -> /də/
+ does -> /dəz/
- [should, would, could](http://rachelsenglish.com/pronounce-reduce-link/)
+ should -> /∫əd/ or /∫ə/
+ would -> /wəd/
+ could -> /kəd/ or /kə/
- [shoulda,coulda,woulda ](http://rachelsenglish.com/shoulda-woulda-coulda/)
+ should have -> /∫ud ə/
+ should not have -> /∫ud ən ə/
+ could have -> /kud ə/
+ would have -> /wu dəv/
- [can, cann't](http://rachelsenglish.com/pronounce-can-vs-cant/)
+ can -> /kən/
+ cannot -> /kænt/
- [are]()
+ are -> /ər/
+ were -> /wər/
- [what](http://rachelsenglish.com/ways-to-say-what/)
+ /wʌt|/
- [the](http://rachelsenglish.com/english-phrases-with-the/)
+ at the -> /ət | ðə/
+ is the -> tongue pushes on back of the teeth
+ with the -> /wiθ ð|ə/
- [?]()
+ what do you think ? -> /wʌ də jə/
- whaddya /wa:dəyə/
+ What do you ... ? ->
Connected speech
- [Change vibration] [7]
- [t] + [y] -> [t∫]
+ I got you? -> /ai GAt∫yə/
- h-deletion
- "he" -> /iy/
- "him" -> /im/
- "his" -> /iz/
- "her" -> /ər/
- "has" -> /æz/
- "have" -> /æv/ /əv/
+ Did he get it? -> /Di-diy Ge-dit/
+ Did he get the new car? -> /DId hiy/ -> /DI-diy/
write what you hear
improve listening
- study reducation
- study linking
- he always /hi(y) 'ɔl weiz/
- study native speech
- write what you hear
- try Youglish -> YouGlish
reference
[1]: "https://learningenglish.voanews.com/a/improve-your-english-pronunciation-shadowing-others/3339007.html" "Improve Your Pronunciation By 'Shadowing' Others"
[2]: "http://rachelsenglish.com/video-categories/#consonants" "Intonation"
[3]: "http://englishspeaklikenative.com/resources/common-pronunciation-problems/chinese-pronunciation-problems/#error4" "CHINESE PRONUNCIATION PROBLEMS IN ENGLISH"
[4]: "http://www.weibo.com/ttarticle/p/show?id=2309404005596264270260" "英语口语"
[5]: "http://tw.blog.voicetube.com/archives/12275" "斷句和語調"
[6]: "http://www.bilibili.com/video/av2681140/index_13.html" "Intonation"
[7]: "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OTZV3zHohdc" "vibration-change"