Pronúncia de Língua Inglesa
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.
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