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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"

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