Descrição: este curso trata de forma sistemática da relação entre sons da língua inglesa e sua ortografia, tonicidade e intonação e fala conectada.

Objetivo: conscientizar e treinar o aluno com respeito a aspectos fundamentais para uma boa pronúncia da língua inglesa, indo da produção de sons à intonação dentro de contextos.

Organização: 04 módulos de 12 unidades cada -  01 básico (+ 2 unidades) e 03 intermediários.

Pré-requisito: acessível para alunos de qualquer nível de conhecimento de inglês. É necessário completar os módulos em sequência, do 1 ao 4.


Conteúdo:

 O curso tratará de todos os sons da língua inglesa. Pela impossibilidade de representar os símbolos fonéticos corretamente aqui, onde é informado "Sounds" serão trabalhandos sons específicos representados pelos símbolos fonéticos abaixo.

English Language Phonetic Symbols 

Module 1 - Basic

 Unit 1

Sounds

Introduction to consonant sounds

Word focus

The sound of English Stress in numbers

Connected speech

Short forms (contractions) of be

 

Unit 2

Sounds

Introduction to vowel sounds (1)

Problem consonants: final '-s' The shwa sound

Stress

Introduction to sentence stress

 

Unit 3

Sounds

Problem consonants

Connected speech

Weak forms and linking

Intonation

Introduction to intonation: up or down?

 

Unit 4

Sounds

Final '-es' pronounced /izl

Stress and connected speech

Weak forms in Present Simple questions

Weak forms of a and the

Word focus

How many syllables?

 

Unit 5

Sounds

Introduction to vowel sounds (2)

Problem consonants: th sounds

Intonation

Sounding polite

 

Unit 6

Sounds

Problem consonants: /w/

Connected speech

can and can't

Pronunciation of negative forms

 

Unit 7

Sounds

Problem vowel sounds: /i/ and /i:/

Word focus

Past Simple forms that are difficult to pronounce

Connected speech

Hearing Past Simple forms

Stress and intonation

Intonation in Wh- questions

 

Unit 8

Sounds

Problem consonants: /dj/ Problem vowel sounds: /j/

Connected speech

Saying dates

 

Unit 9

Sounds

Problem vowel sounds: /ael and /a/

Connected speech

Weak form of of

Stress and intonation

Special stress Polite requests

 

Unit 10

Sounds

Problem consonants: /h/

 

Word focus

Stress in compound nouns

 

Connected speech

Comparatives and superlatives Short forms (contractions)

 

Unit 11

Sounds

Introduction to diphthongs Problem consonants: /n/ and /ng/

Word focus

Word stress (revision)

 

Unit 12

Sounds

Problem vowel and diphthong sounds:

Sounds and spelling

Words ending in the sound /a/

Connected speech

Weak form of to

Intonation

Sounding enthusiastic

 

Unit 13

Sounds

Problem vowel and diphthong sounds

Problem consonants

Sounds and spelling

The sound /a/ in final syllables

Connected speech

Linking (revision)

 

Unit 14

Sounds

Problem consonants

Words with similar vowel sounds

Connected speech

Contractions and weak forms in the Present Perfect

Phonemic symbols Key


Module 2 - Pre-intermediate

 

Unit 1

Sound symbols

Consonant symbols 1: the easily recognizable

phonemic symbols  - voiced

and voiceless consonants

Connected speech

Word linking

Intonation and sentence stress

Intonation in Wh- and Yes/No questions

 

Unit 2

Sounds

Sounds with Present Simple third person singular verbs

Word focus

Two-syllable nouns

Connected speech

Strong and weak forms of auxiliary verbs

 

Unit 3

Sounds

Pronunciation of -ed past tenses

Word focus

Saying years in a History Quiz

Connected speech

Strong and weak form of prepositions of time

and place in a James Bond dialogue

 

Unit 4

Sound symbols

Single vowel symbols - long and short vowels       

Word focus

Containers with "of"

Intonation and sentence stress

List intonation in the game 'My sister Sally went to the summer sales ...' using clothes vocabulary

 

Unit 5

Sounds

The sound /w/

Sentence stress

Rhythm and /a/ with the going to future in the poem 'Future Intentions'

Intonation

Hearing the difference between polite and impolite offers

 

Unit 6

Sounds

Word focus

Three-syllable words

Connected speech

Hearing different forms of like

 

Unit 7

Sound symbols

Consonant symbols 2: the less easily recognizable phonemic symbols  - voiced and voiceless consonants

Sounds

Sounds

Connected speech

Hearing the difference between Present Perfect and Past Simple and the different pronunciations of s

 

Unit 8

Sounds

Sounds and the different spellings of the sound

Intonation and sentence stress

Questions with or with friendly and unfriendly intonation, in formal and informal dialogues

 

Unit 9

Sounds

Sounds

Connected speech

Word counting and sentence stress patterns in First Conditional sentences

Intonation and sentence stress

Showing interest and surprise with short reply questions in a dialogue

 

Unit 10

Sound symbols

'Double vowel' or diphthong symbols

Connected speech

Strong form prepositions at the end of questions

Connected speech

Contractions: when they are used and when they are not used

 

Unit 11

Sounds

Connected speech

Word linking

Weak form auxiliaries and passive verbs in

a newspaper article

 

Unit 12

Sounds

Sounds

Word focus

Words with silent letters

Connected speech

Linking in phrasal verbs

 

Unit 13

Sounds

The sound /h/

Word focus

Counting syllables Four-syllable words

Intonation and sentence stress

Corrective stress in addresses and phone numbers

 

Unit 14

Sounds

Sounds in single words and in the game 'Space Battle'

Word focus

Words often confused because of their pronunciation

Connected speech

Hearing 'd (had or would)


Module 3 - Intermediate

 

 

Unit 1

Sounds

Plural sounds  

Consonant clusters

Word focus

Word stress and the shwa sound using dictionary entries

Connected speech

Weak and strong auxiliaries

Intonation

Intonation in Wh- questions in a general knowledge quiz

 

Unit 2

Sounds  

 

Intonation

Intonation in single words

Connected speech

be with the Present Continuous

Word focus

Metric numbers in a sports quiz

 

Unit 3

Sounds

-ed forms

Sounds in dates

Connected speech

Weak forms and contractions in past tenses

Intonation

Showing interest through short questions

Word focus

Transcribing phonetic script: the arts

 

 

Unit 4

Sounds

Intonation and sentence stress

Making polite requests with Could and Would

Responding to requests

Connected speech

Modals of obligation

 

Unit 5

Sounds

Sound at the end of words with will for offers and decisions

Connected speech

Word linking in fast speech

Sentence stress

Emphatic stress

Word focus

Stress and the sound hi in word families

 

Unit 6

Sounds

Sounds  

Intonation and sentence stress

Showing degrees of enthusiasm

Connected speech

Disappearing sounds and word linking

Word focus

International food words

 

 

Unit 7

Sounds

Sounds  

with the Past Simple and past participles

The sound /h/

Connected speech

The weak forms of for

Stress and intonation

Question tags with falling intonation

Word focus

Stress in multi-word verbs

with separable multi-word verbs and

multi-word verbs with two prepositions

/

 

Unit 8

Sounds

Sounds  

Intonation and sentence stress

Intonation with really and absolutely

Connected speech

Contractions of will and would

in first and second conditional sentences

Word focus

Adjectives ending in -ed and -ing

 

Unit 9

Sounds

Sound

using dictionary entries

Connected speech

Weak forms with present and past modals with can't be I can't have been, could be I could have been, must be I must have been, might be I might have been

Sentence stress

Sentence stress with So do I, etc.

Word focus

Adjectives ending in -al, -ful, -able, -ible, and -ous

 

 

Unit 10

Sounds  

Intonation and sentence stress

Correcting politely with the Present Perfect Continuous

Connected speech

Strong and weak forms oias, at, for, from, of, and to

Word focus

Stress in compound nouns

 

Unit 11

Sounds  

Stress and connected speech

Understanding fast speech

Stress and intonation

Rising and falling intonation in question tags

Word focus

Transcribing words about city life

 

Unit 12

Sounds

Vowel and diphthong sounds Consonant sounds

Intonation and sentence stress

Showing disbelief with reported speech

Connected speech

Contractions, linking, and weak forms

Word focus

Words with silent letters

 


Module 4 - Upper-intermediate

 

 

Unit 1

Sounds and spelling

Sounds

The silent -e rule

Connected speech

Pronouns and verbs in fast speech

Intonation

Helios and goodbyes

Word focus

Word families, stress, and sound

 

Unit 2

Sounds and spelling

The sound /h/ and linking

Silent letter h

Connected speech

Strong and weak forms of prepositions in questions and answers

Intonation and sentence stress

Exclamations

with countable and uncoutable nouns

Word focus

Stress in phrasal verbs

 

 

Unit 3

Sound of "r" in British and American English

Connected speech

Linking with book and film titles

Intonation

Rising and falling intonation in questions

Word focus

Stress in compound adjectives

Opposites with dis-, il-, im-, in-, ir-, and tin-

 

 

Unit 4

Sounds and spelling

Sounds

 Pronunciation of the letter o

Connected speech

Sentences with and without the indefinite article

Intonation and sentence stress

Wh- questions with up intonation

Word focus

Homographs

 

Unit 5

Sounds and spelling

'Dark' and 'clear' sounds

 Silent letter

Connected speech

Linking with and in common phrases

Stress and intonation

Special stress

Word focus

Words ending in -ion

 

Unit 6

Sounds and spelling

Sounds

Silent letters g, k, and n

Connected speech

Unpronounced plosives

Intonation and sentence stress

Sentence phrasing

with defining and non-defining relative clauses

Word focus

•ed adjectives + /d/ and exceptions

 









 

Unit 7

Sounds

Sounds

Pronunciation of s with different spelling patterns

Connected speech

Linking in phrases with get

Word focus

Stress in compounds with nouns and

adjectives

Stress in multi-word verbs and nouns

 

Unit 8

Sounds and spelling

Sounds

Pronunciation of the letters e, a, and it

Connected speech and intonation

Modal verbs in fast speech

Intonation and sentence stress

Exaggeration and understatement in short dialogues

Word focus

Stress in numbers: 30/13 (with dates)

Sounds

Sounds

Stress and intonation

Polite intonation in indirect wh- questions

Word focus

 

 

Unit 10

Sounds and spelling

Sounds

Pronunciation of the letters ch

Connected speech

used to, be I get used to, and usually in fast speech

Stress

Stress

patterns in words and poems

Word focus

Rhyming words

 

Unit 11

Sounds and spelling

Sounds and silent w

Sounds and silent b

Connected speech

Weak forms with past conditionals Word linking in idiomatic expressions

 

Unit 12

Sounds and spelling

Sound symbol crossword puzzle Silent letter round-up

Connected speech

Assimilation in short phrases

Intonation and sentence stress

Emphatic forms

in short dialogues

Word focus

Homophones